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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 9.

Events

• 1879 - Back with Brown University‚ Lee Richmond pitches his school to the College Championship by beating Yale, 3 - 2. In the 9th‚ Yale puts runners on second and third base with two out‚ but Richmond fans Ripley on a full count (8-2) pitch.
• 1881 - Buffalo wins a 13-inning thriller, 1 - 0 in Boston, to move into a tie for first place with Chicago‚ which loses to Worcester‚ 7 - 6. Dan Brouthers is the star‚ saving the game with a one-handed catch in left field and then tripling and scoring the only run.
• 1883:
  • After falling behind 5 - 2 in the 2nd inning‚ Boston rallies to whip Detroit, 30 - 8. Paul Radford and Jim Whitney each get five hits‚ and Whitney sets a major league record by scoring six runs. Four players have eight plate appearances. This record will stand until 1886. Boston has 28 hits, good for 26 runs‚ off Stump Wiedman and outfielder Tom Mansell. Mansell's 6 2/3 innings pitched marks his only major league appearance on the mound. He gives up 18 runs, 14 earned.
  • Despite three triples and a single by C Buck Ewing‚ New York loses to visiting Buffalo‚ 8 - 7.
  • Philadelphia's National League team receives permission to charge 25¢ for admission‚ instead of 50¢‚ to allow them to compete with their popular cross-town rivals‚ the American Association-leading Athletics. Philadelphia's attendance quadruples for the rest of the season.
  • In the first meeting of Cincinnati and Brooklyn teams in Brooklyn since the Atlantics broke the two-season unbeaten streak of the legendary Red Stockings in 1870‚ winning 8 - 7‚ the Reds turn the tables winning today‚ 3 - 1.
• 1884:
  • Frank Mountain follows up his no-hitter by giving up seven hits in a 9 - 0 loss to Philadelphia.
  • Against Cleveland‚ Billy Sunday of Chicago homers for the third time in three games. His season total will be four.
• 1886 - At an American Association league meeting in Columbus‚ Browns owner Chris Von der Ahe pays Charles Comiskey's many fines after Comiskey has steadfastly refused to pay them. The AA threatened to bar Comiskey from all games.
• 1887:
  • Metropolitans RF Candy Nelson sets a major league record by starting three double plays‚ two on throws to home and one to start an infield rundown. Only two other major league outfielders have tied this record: Jack McCarthy on April 26, 1905 and Ira Flagstead on April 19, 1926. New York tops Louisville‚ 8 - 4.
  • Detroit edges Indianapolis with the help of 13 walks by the Hoosiers' John Kirby. There will be five games this year in which the pitcher walks 13 or more batters; three of those instances will occur with Bill George in the box.
• 1888:
  • In New York‚ the Giants make fun of yesterday's Chicago entrance by marching onto the Polo Grounds wearing white plug hats and swallow-tail linen dusters. Jack Lynch‚ the old Mets pitcher‚ walks in the lead with a bat as a baton. Thirteen thousand fans are delighted. Chicago scores four times in the 1st and finishes with an 8 - 3 win.
  • The resurgent Wolverines hold off the Beaneaters, 10 - 9, to post their seventh consecutive victory and move to within two games of first place.
  • Henry Porter follows up his no-hitter with a 12 - 4 loss to Louisville. He gives up 17 hits.
• 1889 - Darby O'Brien leads the way with six steals as the Bridegrooms steal 11 bases and win, 12 - 2, over Louisville. The hapless Colonel battery is Toad Ramsey and Paul Cook.
• 1890 - Brooklyn beats Syracuse‚ 13 - 7‚ as the American Association club begins playing the rest of its home games at the Polo Grounds‚ except on Sundays when a Long Island park is used.
• 1891 - The Giants win their tenth in a row‚ beating Pittsburgh‚ 7 - 3. New York now trails Chicago by one game.
• 1893:
  • The Washington Nationals' Jim O'Rourke legs out an inside-the-park homer. At the age of 42 years‚ 9 months, he's the oldest ever to accomplish the feat. When Honus Wagner does it in 1916‚ he'll be five months younger.
  • New York's Mark Baldwin surrenders only three hits‚ but is outdueled by Ed Stein‚ who pitches his second one-hitter of the season to lead Brooklyn to a 3 - 0 victory.
• 1898:
  • Ed Doheny of the Giants fans 12‚ but seven walks‚ five wild pitches‚ and six New York errors give Chicago a 10 - 8 victory.
  • P-OF Jack Stivetts breaks a 9th-inning 5 - 5 tie with Cincinnati as he delivers a game-winning pinch home run‚ the third such wallop of his career. His record will stand for 16 years.
• 1900 - A forerunner of today's players' union is organized in New York. Three delegates from each National League team launch the Players Protective Association and elect Charles Zimmer president. Former player Harry Taylor‚ of Buffalo‚ is the attorney. Their goal is to negotiate contracts and rules changes.
• 1901 - Overflow crowds ringing the outfields of small parks is a frequent occurrence. At Cincinnati on this Sunday afternoon‚ the first-place Giants lead 15 - 4 after six innings before 17‚000 fans. Ground-rule doubles multiply‚ and 19 more runs score in the next 2 1/2 innings. When the crowd edges onto the infield with two outs in the 9th and the Giants leading 25 - 13‚ umpire Bob Emslie forfeits the game to New York‚ the second of two forfeits this year. The Reds make 18 hits. The Giants register a 20th Century-record 31 hits‚ led by the outfield: Kip Selbach is 6 for 7‚ and "Piano Legs" Hickman and George Van Haltren have five hits apiece for a National League record 16. Hickman and Van Haltren score five runs apiece. The Giants also set a record for most runs without a home run‚ a mark that will be tied by Cleveland in 1930. The two teams combine for a league-record 36 singles‚ 22 by New York.
• 1903:
  • At St. Louis‚ the Giants win easily‚ 11 - 2‚ over the Cards. With the game in hand‚ Christy Mathewson (12-2) is lifted in the 7th for Roscoe Miller.
  • Kaiser Wilhelm‚ the 29-year-old rookie for Pittsburgh‚ holds the Phils scoreless for three innings before they score a run in the 4th breaking the Pirates' record run of six straight shutouts and 56 scoreless innings. The Pirates score six runs in the first three innings off Bill Duggleby and win‚ 7 - 3.
• 1905:
  • The A's Rube Waddell loses after ten wins in a row as the White Sox beat him, 3 - 2 in 14 innings. Waddell will be 26-11 for the Athletics this year; his 1.48 ERA will be the American League's best.
  • The Giants score five runs in the top of the 1st against Sam Leever‚ but the Pirates come back with six runs off Joe McGinnity in the bottom of the inning. Christy Mathewson relieves in the 2nd but six Giant errors help sink the visiting New Yorkers. Pitt wins‚ 12 - 6.
• 1906:
  • A National League record 19-game losing streak ends for the Boston Beaneaters with a 6 - 3 win over the Cardinals.
  • Under threatening skies‚ the host Phillies take the field in the 8th inning holding a 1 - 0 lead over the Pirates. As the Pirates rally, the Phils stop trying for outs‚ hoping that umpire Bill Klem will call the game and declare them winners. But after seven runs cross the plate‚ Klem declares a forfeit and the fans erupt.
• 1907 - Throwing the only perfect game of his career‚ Weiser (Idaho) P Walter Johnson beats Emmett‚ 11 - 0. He strikes out 14‚ and the game helps bring him to the attention of the Washington Nationals.
• 1908 - In the New York Globe writeup of today's 8 - 2 Giants win over Pittsburgh‚ reporter Peter Morris uses the term cup of coffee in referring to a player: "It isn't often that Hank O'Day is caught napping‚ but a young player just getting his cup of coffee in the league put one over on Hank and Mr. Klem yesterday". According to Paul Dickson‚ this is the first documented use of the term.
• 1909 - Benjamin Shibe, of Bala, Pennsylvania, obtains a patent for a cork-center baseball. Spalding will license the idea and manufacture a ball based on his design.
• 1912 - In St. Louis‚ Red Sox rookie Hugh Bedient coasts to a 9 - 2 win over the Browns. Tris Speaker‚ the American League's leading hitter‚ is 4 for 5 off Roy Mitchell‚ hitting for the cycle to pace the Boston attack.
• 1913:
  • In Chicago‚ the Giants score six runs in the 3rd inning‚ against Lew Richie and Lefty Leifield‚ and roll to an 11 - 3 win. Christy Mathewson goes eight innings before Jim Thorpe pinch hits for him.
  • At Philadelphia‚ the Phillies' Beals Becker‚ acquired four days ago from the Reds‚ lines two inside-the-park homers‚ one short of the record set in the 19th century. His new team beats his old team‚ 10 - 1.
  • The Red Sox finally stop Cleveland's Cy Falkenberg‚ who was 10-0 going into today's game. The Sox win‚ 4 - 1.
• 1914 - At National League Park, Honus Wagner joins Cap Anson as the only members of the 3000 hit club. It comes in Wagner's 2,332nd game. Nap Lajoie will join the club in September. Later calculations will put the date of Wagner's historic hit on June 30th or July 4th, given discrepancies in 19th century record-keeping.
• 1915:
  • The Phils move into first place‚ as Grover Alexander flirts again with a no-hitter‚ holding the Cubs hitless until the 7th. The Phils win‚ 4 - 3‚ in the 11th‚ beating Larry Cheney.
  • In St. Louis‚ the Cardinals collect seven runs in the 7th inning as they hold off the Giants to win‚ 11 - 10. It is not the only loss: Owen Wilson has his wallet and $700 stolen from the clubhouse during the game. The trainer reports that he had fallen asleep there and when he awoke he saw a stranger who said he was getting a drink of water.
  • The second-place Tigers paste the Red Sox‚ 15 - 0. With lefty Ray Collins on the mound in the 3rd‚ Ty Cobb swipes home‚ one of his three steals on the day. His steal attempt in the 1st inning cuts up SS Everett Scott‚ forcing him to leave the game. The Tigers manage 17 hits‚ including four by Bobby Veach. Hooks Dauss‚ with six innings pitched‚ is the winner.
  • At New York‚ the White Sox pound the Yankees‚ 13 - 0‚ as Eddie Cicotte allows just two hits. Braggo Roth leads the attack with a homer‚ triple and single.
• 1916 - In Detroit‚ consecutive doubles by Bobby Veach and George Burns stop Babe Ruth's scoreless innings streak at 25. Ruth evens the score with a longest drive ever seen at Navin Field‚ into the right field bleachers. When Ruth tires in the 9th‚ Carl Mays relieves and loses‚ 6 - 5. Ruth is 3 for 3 at bat.
• 1917 - The White Sox move into first place in the American League. They will swap the top spot with the Red Sox until August 18th when they will pull away to a final nine-game margin.
• 1918 - Washington's Walter Johnson allows one hit - a single by Oscar Vitt - in beating the Tigers‚ 2 - 0.
• 1919:
  • Against the Reds in Cincinnati‚ Rube Marquard breaks a leg when he stumbles rounding second base in the 5th‚ limiting him to a 3-3 record for the Robins. The Reds win today‚ 7 - 3.
  • Browns 1B George Sisler beats Washington, 2 - 1, with two hits off Walter Johnson‚ driving in one run and scoring the other. He also makes both an assist and putout on a single play when he gets a glove on a ground ball hit wide of first base. The ball bounds toward second‚ and Sisler gets back to first to take the throw in time.
• 1920:
  • Former Chicago OF Lee Magee loses his suit against the Cubs. He had charged that he was released without just cause last February. While on the witness stand‚ Magee admits to having bet on the first game of a doubleheader with Cincinnati on July 25‚ 1918‚ while a member of the Reds. He said he bet $500 along with Hal Chase. He said he found out after the game that the money had been bet on Boston and stopped payment on the check to the bookmaker. Chase's check went through. The Reds won the game in the 13th on Edd Roush's home run. Christy Mathewson testifies that, as the Reds manager, he was suspicious that all was not right in the game.
  • The Yankees come from behind to club the host Tigers‚ 13 - 6. Pacing the Yanks are Bob Meusel‚ with a double and two singles‚ and George Mogridge with a bases-loaded double before the Tigers knock him out. Babe Ruth has a single‚ two walks and is hit with a pitch. The Tigers are playing without Ty Cobb‚ out ten days with an injured knee.
• 1922:
  • James C. Dunn‚ who brought Cleveland its first pennant as Indians president in 1920‚ dies. He is succeeded by former newspaperman Ernest S. Barnard‚ who will later become American League president.
  • At Chicago‚ the Yankees use a courtesy runner against the White Sox. On a two-out single to SS‚ Wally Schang is injured in the 6th inning when he slides into first base‚ and is replaced by Al DeVormer. After the third out‚ Schang returns to catching. When Schang reaches base in the 8th‚ De Vormer again runs for him‚ this time staying in to catch.
• 1927 - At New York‚ the Yanks win for the third straight time over Chicago‚ winning 8 - 3. New York knocks Ted Blankenship out of the box in the 7th and Ray Morehart hits reliever Bert Cole's first pitch for a three-run homer. Babe Ruth follows with a triple and then steals home. The Yanks score six in the frame.
• 1928 - Outfielder Charlie Jamieson starts his second triple play in three weeks‚ this time against the Yanks in the 2nd inning. Ben Paschal is on third base‚ and Tony Lazzeri on first‚ when Jamieson snags a line drive hit by Joe Dugan. Charlie's quick throw to 1B Lew Fonseca nabs Lazzeri‚ and Paschal is out at home when he tries to score. Again‚ Cleveland is on the losing end‚ as New York wins, 7 - 3.
• 1929 - Babe Herman's bases-loaded double in the 8th pushes the lowly Robins past the league-leading Pirates‚ 9 - 6. Jess Petty is the loser‚ giving up 14 hits. The Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd, each hit a homer off starter Doug McWeeny‚ but the win goes to Clise Dudley in relief. It is the second time the Waners have homered in the same game.
• 1930 - A game at old Washington Park in Indianapolis is the first night game in the American Association. The Indians will open Perry Field next year to replace Washington Park. In 1937‚ Minneapolis will be the last AA team to light up.
• 1932:
  • Hack Wilson avenges an April humiliation as he clouts a 1st-inning grand slam off Chicago's Pat Malone to lead the Dodgers to a 5 - 2 win. Hack also drives home the fifth run. Weeks ago in Chicago‚ the Cubs had walked a man to load the bases for Wilson‚ who then grounded into a double play. The fans heaped scorn on Hack and showered lemons onto the field. Wilson's five RBIs is a birthday present for the 21-year-old Van Lingle Mungo‚ who finishes the win in an hour and 37 minutes. His only mistake is a two-run homer to Gabby Hartnett in the 2nd.
  • Mel Ott duplicates his effort of two days ago by clouting a pair of homers in the Giants' 3 - 2 win over the Reds at the Polo Grounds. The clouts help Jim Mooney best Ownie Carroll. The southpaw allows just three hits after George Grantham connects for a homer in the 2nd.
  • St. Louis veteran Jesse Haines allows just five hits - three in the 9th - to beat the Braves' 20-year-old Bob Brown‚ 2 - 1. It is Brown's first loss of the year. The fourth-place Cards score twice in the 6th on doubles by Pepper Martin and Frankie Frisch and singles by Rip Collins and Ernie Orsatti.
  • The Indians outhit the A's, 16 to 15, and beat Philadelphia, 9 - 8‚ dropping the A's from third to fifth place. The Tribe is paced by George Myatt‚ who has a homer and five RBIs and Johnny Burnett with four hits. Al Simmons homers for the A's while Jimmie Foxx‚ the triple crown leader‚ is 1 for 5.
  • The Browns send P Dick Coffman (5-3) to the Senators for lefty Carl Fischer (3-1). Neither will pitch well for their new teams and will be traded back for each other on December 13th.
• 1933:
  • In Philadelphia‚ Jimmie Foxx ties a major league record with another homer‚ his fifth in three games and his 12th of the year‚ but the A's bow to the Yankees, 7 - 6. Lou Gehrig also hits his 12th of the year and Tony Lazzeri hits a three-run homer in the 8th to ice it. The sweltering heat in the east (New York City sets a heat record for the date with 97 degrees) causes both starters to end early; Jim Peterson leaves after walking the leadoff batter and after five innings Jumbo Brown collapses in the Yankees dugout and has to be carried away.
  • Luke Appling hits a home run in the 14th inning to give the White Sox a 10 - 9 win over the Tigers.
• 1934 - A tired and sore-armed Lefty Grove gives up major league record-tying six doubles‚ including a record five consecutive‚ in the 8th inning as the Senators beat the Red Sox‚ 8 - 1.
• 1936 - Browns manager Rogers Hornsby makes his second and last appearance of the season as he replaces the injured Jim Bottomley at 1B. The Browns beat the league-leading Yankees‚ 5 - 3‚ when The Rajah draws a walk to force in the winning run and Beau Bell follows with another walk.
• 1937:
  • Mickey Cochrane is taken off Detroit's active-player roster. 3B Marv Owen is sidelined with a broken bone in his hand‚ and Rudy York is recalled from Toledo to replace him.
  • Dizzy Dean outpitches Carl Hubbell as the Cards top the Giants‚ 8 - 1.
• 1946 - The New York Giants' Mel Ott becomes the first major league manager to be ejected in both ends of a doubleheader. The Pittsburgh Pirates win both games, 2 - 1 and 5 - 1.
• 1947:
  • Walker Cooper hits a two-run homer in the 8th inning and a three-run homer in the 9th to help give the Giants a 13 - 10 win over Pittsburgh. Pinch-hitter Sid Gordon adds a single and double in the eight-run 8th inning. Buddy Kerr‚ Jack Lohrke‚ and Mickey Witek also hit for the circuit. Larry Jansen pitches one inning for the win.
  • At Philadelphia‚ the Phils and Cards split a doubleheader‚ St. Louis taking the opener, 4 - 2, and losing the nightcap in 15 innings, 2 - 1. Del Ennis drives in the winner in the 15th. Charley Schanz‚ the Phils' fifth pitcher is the winner. Starter Schoolboy Rowe pitches six innings but leaves after being hit on the elbow by a piece of flying wood from Stan Musial's broken bat. Red Schoendienst sets a doubleheader record (24 innings) for futility by going 0 for 12.
  • At Boston‚ Red Barrett tosses a one-hitter‚ winning 1 - 0 over the Cubs. Cubs pitcher Hank Borowy has the only hit‚ a 6th-inning single. Barrett hands out one walk‚ his first in three games.
  • Good timing. The Reds' Benny Zientara belts his first major league homer - a three-run clout in the 8th‚ to beat the Dodgers‚ 9 - 6.
  • The second-place Yankees drop a 9 - 8 decision to the woeful White Sox. Allie Reynolds issues eight passes‚ and Bill Bevens adds three more. Joe Page walks none in the 9th but Aaron Robinson lets a pop-up drop in front of the plate for a single‚ and two hits later‚ the Sox score the winner. Johnny Lindell and Luke Appling match homers.
• 1949:
  • The Phillies tip the Pirates, 4 - 3, in 18 innings in Philadelphia. No Phillies reach base via a walk in the game and each team has the same line: 68 at bats; 16 hits; 21 assists; and 3 errors.
  • Athletics P Dick Fowler records nine putouts in a 12-inning 1 - 0 win over the White Sox. Bill Wight allows just six hits‚ including two by 1B Chuck Kress‚ acquired from the Reds yesterday. Luke Appling's two-base error paves the way for the winning run.
• 1950 - Commissioner Happy Chandler orders the Cardinals to cancel their Sunday night game with the Dodgers. On the advice of National League President Ford Frick‚ the Cards comply and reschedule it as part of a July 17th day/night doubleheader.
• 1952 - A week after being traded from the Red Sox‚ Don Lenhardt hits another grand slam and drives home five but Detroit loses to Boston‚ 9 - 8. Walt Dropo and Jimmy Piersall homer for the Hubmen.
• 1953 - The refusal of the National League owners to allow the Pirates to remove Greenberg Gardens after the trade of Ralph Kiner proves a boon to the Bucs in their 7 - 4 win over the Cards. Eddie Pellagrini belts a three-run pinch homer into the shortened gardens in the 8th‚ and P Dick Hall lofts a solo shot in the 4th into the same spot.
• 1954:
  • Cards P Harvey Haddix defeats the Dodgers, 3 - 0‚ the first lefty to shut them out since 1950. The Dodgers drop into a tie with the Giants for first place.
  • In the second game of two against the Phils‚ the Cubs' Joe Garagiola and Bill Serena each hit pinch homers‚ but it is not enough as the Phils win, 14 - 6, for a sweep of the doubleheader.
  • At Cincinnati‚ the Redlegs hit four solo home runs‚ one by winning pitcher Joe Nuxhall‚ to top Max Surkont and the Pirates, 4 - 3. Jim Greengrass hits one while Gus Bell rings twice.
• 1955 - The Redlegs trade OF Bob Borkowski and cash to the Dodgers for 1952 Rookie of the Year pitcher Joe Black.
• 1959:
  • Joan Payson‚ a wealthy investor‚ is identified as the principal backer of a New York franchise in the proposed Continental League. That team will never get off the ground, but Payson will end up as principal owner of the expansion New York Mets in three years' time.
  • At Yankee Stadium‚ the Yanks edge Kansas City‚ 9 - 8, in 13 innings. Mickey Mantle homers in the 4th‚ off Murry Dickson‚ but it is Hector Lopez's single that wins it in the 13th.
• 1960 - George Strickland's two-run homer in the 6th is the winning margin in Cleveland's 3 - 2 win over the Red Sox. With the Orioles losing a pair to Detroit‚ Cleveland stretches its American League lead to 1 1/2 games. After the game‚ the Red Sox send outfielder Gene Stephens to the Orioles for OF Willie Tasby.
• 1961:
  • Ryne Duren sets an American League record with seven straight strikeouts against the Red Sox. He fans 11 batters in a 5 - 1 win for the Angels.
  • In a rain-interrupted game in New York‚ Mickey Mantle's three-run homer in the 3rd is the difference in a 8 - 6 win over Kansas City. Roger Maris also homers‚ the third time this year the two have gone deep in the same game.
• 1963:
  • The Houston Colt .45's beat the San Francisco Giants, 3 - 0, in the major leagues' first Sunday night game. The exception is made because of Houston's oppressive daytime heat.
  • At Forbes Field, Pirates first baseman Donn Clendenon hits a home run to the opposite field over the right-center fence near the 436-foot mark. The 6th-inning shot makes it 2 - 0, Pittsburgh, backing up Bob Friend's five-hit shutout pitching in the first half of a doubleheader split with the Braves.
  • The Phils score five runs in the 9th inning on homers by Don Demeter‚ Jim Lemon and Johnny Callison to tie the Reds, 7 - 7. Philadelphia scores again in the 10th inning to win, 8 - 7.
  • Ernie Banks bangs solo homers off Sandy Koufax‚ in the 2nd and the 5th at Wrigley Field‚ and the Cubs kayo the ace with six earned runs in 5 2/3 innings. But Sandy gets no decision as the Dodgers outslug the Cubs‚ 11 - 8. Larry Sherry is the winner over Cubs ace Dick Ellsworth‚ who has his worst outing of the year.
• 1966:
  • Roberto Clemente hits his third tape measure homer in three months and second in five days. against Al Jackson of the Cardinals, but the Pirates still lose the game, 4 - 2. Clemente,s blast travels almost 500 feet.
  • The Minnesota Twins rock the Kansas City Athletics with the first five-home run inning in American League history. Rich Rollins, Zoilo Versalles, Tony Oliva, Don Mincher and Harmon Killebrew connect in the 7th inning to give the Twins a 9 - 4 victory.
• 1967:
  • Cal Ermer‚ who played only one game in the majors‚ replaces Sam Mele (25-25) as manager of the Twins. The Twins are in sixth place.
  • At Fenway Park‚ Carl Yastrzemski earns a standing ovation as he makes two great catches and poles two homers in the Red Sox's 8 - 7 win over the Senators.
• 1968:
  • After President Lyndon B. Johnson declares this a national day of mourning in memory of the assassinated Robert Kennedy‚ the Reds players threaten to boycott today's doubleheader with the Cardinals. Led by Milt Pappas and Vada Pinson‚ the team‚ by a slim majority‚ votes not to play. A very upset general manager Bob Howsam and manager Dave Bristol call for nine volunteers to play. Pete Rose‚ Tommy Helms‚ and Jim Maloney leave the clubhouse and shortly afterwards the rest of the team follows. The Reds take an 8 - 0 lead after four innings before the Birds lay ten runs in the 5th to complete the scoring. It's a reverse in the nightcap as the Cards take a 6 - 1 lead‚ and the Reds score five in the 5th to tie‚ and once in the 12th inning to win‚ 7 - 6.
• 1969 - Mickey Lolich's 16 strikeouts in nine innings ties the Detroit record he set May 23rd‚ but the Tigers drop a 3 - 2‚ ten-inning decision to Seattle. Pat Dobson is the loser. The only run off Lolich is a leadoff home run by Dick Simpson on the first pitch of the game.
• 1970 - Detroit's Willie Horton clubs three home runs‚ including a grand slam‚ knocking in seven runs in an 8 - 3 win over Milwaukee.
• 1971 - Expo Steve Renko pitches the first of two one-hitters this season. He beats the Giants, 4 - 0 exactly a month before he will top the Phillies, 3 - 0. Dick Dietz's single is the only hit.
• 1972 - Fumio Narita hits his second career grand slam, the first pitcher to have done so in NPB history.
• 1973:
  • At Kansas City‚ the Yankees rally for five runs in the 9th to stop the Royals‚ 6 - 4. Newcomer Pat Dobson pitches five innings and allows one hit to win in relief. New York moves into first place with the win.
  • After the old timers' game at Shea Stadium‚ Willie Mays puts on his own show with a homer and circus catch and the Mets top the Dodgers‚ 4 - 2. Willie‚ older than a half dozen of the old Mets‚ hits homer #655 of his career. Rusty Staub drives in two runs to back Jon Matlack. In the old timers game‚ the Brooklyn Dodgers/Yankees lose to the Mets‚ 1 - 0‚ in two innings.
  • At Wrigley Field‚ the Reds turn a 4 - 1 deficit into an 8 - 4 win over the Cubs‚ by scoring seven runs in the 9th inning. Dan Driessen‚ in his major league debut‚ has a double and walk in the 9th.
• 1974 - Richie Zisk of Pittsburgh hits for the cycle and the Pirates roll over the Giants‚ 14 - 1. Jerry Reuss is the winner.
• 1975:
  • The Dodgers beat the Expos, 4 - 0, and go over the one million mark in home attendance in only their 27th date. This breaks the major league record of 28 days set by the 1948 Indians.
  • In a 12 - 4 loss to Texas at Fenway Park‚ Carl Yastrzemski hits his 500th double. Jackie Brown is the wining pitcher.
• 1979:
  • Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 batters in a four-hit‚ 9 - 1‚ Angels victory over the Tigers.
  • Tom Seaver fires a three-hitter‚ retiring the last 24 batters‚ in the Reds' 7 - 1 win over the Expos. Dave Concepcion hits a red seat homer off Bill Lee.
  • Charlie Manuel‚ playing for the Kintetsu Buffaloes‚ is critically injured when a brushback pitch fractures his jaw in seven places. Hitting .371 with 24 HRs and 60 RBI at the time‚ Manuel will earn the respect of the fans for his determined comeback effort.
• 1980 - At Cincinnati‚ three rain delays and a four-run 9th for the Reds add up to a 6 - 6 tie with the Padres. The game is called at 2:30 a.m.
• 1982 - Steve Carlton strikes out 16 while handing the Cubs their tenth consecutive loss‚ 4 - 2. Carlton is now 7-6 after an 0-4 start.
• 1984:
  • Greg Luzinski becomes the tenth player in major league history to hit grand slams in consecutive games when he connects off the Twins' Mike Walters in the 7th inning of an 8 - 4 White Sox victory. The previous day‚ Luzinski sparked the Sox to a 6 - 1 win with a 1st-inning grand slam off Frank Viola.
  • Pete O'Brien's bizarre sacrifice fly gives Texas a 4 - 3‚ 12-inning win over Oakland. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 12th‚ A's left fielder Garry Hancock catches O'Brien's deep fly ball‚ then intentionally drops it when he realizes he is in foul territory. The umpires rule that the catch had been made‚ however‚ and Wayne Tolleson trots home from third base with the winning run.
  • For the second time in a week‚ the Orioles' Mike Flanagan beats the Tigers‚ this time shutting them out‚ 4 - 0‚ out on seven hits. The Tigers stay in front by 5 1/2 games.
• 1987 - At Des Moines‚ Iowa outslugs Louisville‚ 18 - 12. Cubs DH Wade Rowdon is 4 for 4 with four homers‚ six RBIs and five runs. Rowdon clouts two dingers in the Cubs' nine-run 2nd inning. In his only plate appearance without a homer‚ Rowdon is walked intentionally‚ then Damon Berryhill homers.
• 1989 - Mets OF Darryl Strawberry hits his 200th career home run in a 4 - 3‚ ten-inning loss at Pittsburgh.
• 1990 - Eddie Murray of the Los Angeles Dodgers homers from each side of the plate for the tenth time in his career (the second time this season) to tie Mickey Mantle's major-league record. The Dodgers beat San Diego, 5 - 4 in 11 innings.
• 1992:
  • The Dodgers' Orel Hershiser scatters four hits in eight innings to beat the Braves‚ 3 - 2. Kal Daniels' two-out homer in the 8th‚ off reliever Mike Stanton‚ is the difference. For Hershiser‚ it is his 12th straight win over Atlanta going back to September 13‚ 1987.
  • The Yankees trade P Lee Guetterman to the Mets in exchange for P Tim Burke.
• 1993 - The Padres fire general manager Joe McIlvaine and appoint 29-year-old Randy Smith as VP of baseball operations and GM‚ making him the youngest GM in the history of Major League Baseball.
• 1995 - The Padres defeat the Mets‚ 8 - 4‚ behind Joey Hamilton. To make his day complete‚ Hamilton doubles off Mets P Pete Harnisch for his first hit in 58 major league at bats.
• 1996 - In Denver‚ John Smoltz‚ pitching after the Rockies scored 32 runs in the first two games‚ picks up his 12th win in 13 decisions as the Braves win‚ 8 - 3.
• 1997:
  • The Mets' Bobby Jones singles in a run and cops his eighth straight win‚ beating the host Reds‚ 4 - 2. Jones has won 11 games faster than any pitcher in Mets history and is the first National League pitcher to win 11 this season.
  • Mike DiMuro‚ the first American to umpire in Japan‚ announces he is returning home following an altercation when a batter poked him in the chest and a crowd of angry players surrounded him during the game. DiMuro had been invited to Japan to teach correct officiating.
• 1998 - Cecil Fielder of the Angels and Yamil Benitez of the Diamondbacks each hit grand slams in the same inning in Anaheim's 10 - 8 win over Arizona. It is the first time that both teams have hit grand slams in the same inning since 1992. Darin Erstad adds five hits for the Angels‚ while Fielder brings home six runs altogether.
• 1999:
  • The Mets defeat the Blue Jays‚ 4 - 3‚ in 14 innings. New York manager Bobby Valentine is ejected in the 12th inning for arguing a call. He later returns to the dugout wearing dark glasses and a lampblack mustache. For his indiscretion‚ he will be suspended for two games and fined $5‚000.
  • In a game featuring ten home runs‚ the Rockies defeat the Mariners by a score of 16 - 11. Butch Huskey‚ Ken Griffey Jr.‚ David Bell‚ and David Segui homer for Seattle. Angel Echevarria homers twice for the Rockies‚ who also get round-trippers from Edgard Clemente‚ Kurt Abbott‚ Dante Bichette and P Curtis Leskanic.
  • The Dodgers defeat the Rangers‚ 7 - 2. Prior to the game‚ the national anthem is sung by three-year-old Rex Spjute of Meridian‚ Idaho‚ who becomes the youngest person ever to perform the song before a game.
  • The Expos pound the Red Sox‚ 13 - 1‚ handing Pedro Martinez (11-2) his first loss in two months. Pedro still fans ten. Mike Thurman gets the win pitching into the 8th inning. Montreal scores eight in the 8th‚ including a three-run homer by rookie relief pitcher Guillermo Mota in his first major league at bat. He'll have a sacrifice in his only other plate appearance this year.
  • Arizona defeats the Cubs‚ 8 - 7‚ as 1B Travis Lee gets five hits‚ including a double and triple. Diamondbacks P Byung-Hyun Kim is ejected from the game after a bandage containing heat balm flies out of his shirt sleeve. Kim claims he used such a bandage during games in Korea‚ but forgot to take it off when he entered the contest.
  • Houston defeats the White Sox‚ 13 - 4‚ as 1B Jeff Bagwell hits three homers and drives home six runs for the Astros. In doing so‚ Bagwell joins Johnny Mize and Ralph Kiner as the only players in history to hit three homers in a game twice in the same city in the same season. Bagwell is the first to perform the feat in a city on the road.
  • Jerrod Wong of Atlanta's Myrtle Beach farm team‚ hits for the cycle while going 5 for 6 in a Class A game. Tomorrow‚ Jerrod's younger brother‚ Travis Wong‚ drafted earlier this month by the Cincinnati Reds‚ will hit for a homer cycle in an American Legion game. Travis will stroke a solo‚ two-run‚ three-run‚ and grand slam home run in a contest for the Boise Gems.
• 2000:
  • Toronto beats its rival Montreal‚ 13 - 3, behind homers by Carlos Delgado and Shannon Stewart. Stewart adds three doubles and drives in four runs.
  • The Cubs‚ Rangers and Marlins complete a three-way trade‚ with OF Brant Brown going from Florida to Texas in exchange for P Chuck Smith. The Rangers then send him to the Cubs for veteran Dave Martinez.
  • The Marlins trade OF Danny Bautista to the Diamondbacks for IF Andy Fox.
• 2001 - Bobby Jones stops Seattle's 15-game winning streak with a 6 - 3 victory. Rickey Henderson drives in three runs as the Padres hand Freddy Garcia his first loss of the year.
• 2002 - The Cubs trade C Robert Machado to the Brewers for minor league OF Jackson Melian.
• 2006 - The Mets trade 2B Kaz Matsui to the Rockies for utilityman Eli Marrero.
• 2007 - Jun-hyuk Yang of the Samsung Lions connects for his 2,000th career hit. He is the first player in Korea Baseball Organization history to reach that level.
• 2010:
  • The Cubs clout five homers, including Derek Lee's 300th, in beating Milwaukee, 9 - 4. Marlon Byrd and Geovany Soto hit two long balls each, in support of Carlos Zambrano's return to the starting rotation, to complete the barrage; all of the homers are hit against Brewers starter Randy Wolf. The news is not all good for the Cubbies, though: before the game, they place 3B Aramis Ramirez on the disabled list with a thumb injury.
  • Justin Masterson pitches a two-hit shutout over his former team when the Indians beat up on the Red Sox, 11 - 0. Most of the offensive damage takes place against two relievers recently called up from the minors, Boof Bonser and Joe Nelson. Travis Hafner belts a grand slam against Nelson in the 8th, when Cleveland scores eight runs to put the game away.
  • The Diamondbacks beat the Braves, 2 - 1, on a play that takes out two Braves outfielders at once. Gerardo Parra hits a ball to right-center in the 8th inning; RF Jason Heyward and CF Nate McLouth run into each other at full speed, allowing the ball to drop for a two-run inside-the-park home run. It is the first homer allowed by Peter Moylan since March 30, 2008 - 102 1/3 innings ago. Both outfielders will miss some playing time, but it could have been much worse given the violence of the collision.
  • Carlos Lee becomes the first major leaguer to hit three career extra-inning grand slams, delivering the winning blow in a 6 - 2 Astros win over Colorado.
• 2011:
  • The Athletics, losers of their last nine games, fire manager Bob Geren and replace him with Bob Melvin. The change doesn't stop the losing, as the A's bow to the White Sox, 9 - 4.
  • If at first you don't succeed... The Cubs' Tyler Colvin hits an apparent game-winning home run off Ryan Madson in the 9th inning, immediately following a shot by Geovany Soto that ties the game at 3-all, but has it overturned by a video review, when the umpires rule that a fan interfered with the ball. Colvin has to settle for a double and the game goes into extra innings. The Phillies load the bases against Sean Marshall in the 10th, but fail to score, and in the 11th, Colvin gets his revenge. He reaches first base on an infield hit, advances to second on a passed ball, and then scores the winning run when 3B Placido Polanco bounces a throw to first base on Darwin Barney's two-out grounder. The ball bounces up in front of 1B Ryan Howard, and by the time he can corral it, Colvin has raced all the way home for a 4 -3 Cubs win.
  • Cuba hands out its awards for the 2010-2011 season. José Dariel Abreu wins the Serie Nacional Most Valuable Player, after having set a new home run record and also leading in average and slugging. Gerardo Concepción is named Serie Nacional Rookie of the Year.
  • There have now been 160 extra-inning games this season, the most ever by this date and on pace to shatter the all-time record of 210 in a season, accomplished four times. The extended games are the result of a drop in scoring across baseball, which has led to tighter scores and more games that need additional time to be decided.
  • Three-time Spanish champion FC Barcelona announces that it is dropping its baseball program after 80 years. The organization, primarily a soccer club, lost $63.5 million last year on its many minority sports (with baseball a small percentage of that figure). At the time of the announcement, FC Barcelona's baseball team is 22-2, with strong hopes of earning another title in its last season.
• 2013 - The Cardinals break open a 4 - 4 game with a seven-run outburst in the top of the 10th to defeat the Reds, 11 - 4. The key blow is a grand slam by Matt Holliday as J.J. Hoover falls to 0-5.
• 2014 - Lonnie Chisenhall of the Indians hits three homers, collects two other hits and drives in nine runs in a 17 - 7 rout of the Rangers. He is only the fourth player to achieve this particular combination, and the first since Fred Lynn on June 18, 1975. His nine RBIs tie a franchise record.
• 2015 - Chris Heston of the San Francisco Giants throws the first no-hitter of the season in his 14th career start, 5 - 0 over the Mets. He strikes out 11 and walks none, but hits three batters with pitches. It is the fifth no-hitter by a Giants pitcher in seven years.
• 2016 - The Phillies select high school outfielder Mickey Moniak with the first overall pick in the 2016 amateur draft. Picking second, the Reds take University of Tennessee third baseman Nick Senzel in a draft that had no consensus top pick.
• 2017 - Oregon State University star pitcher Luke Heimlich excuses himself from the team before a crucial series against Vanderbilt University that will allow one of the teams to qualify directly for the 2017 College World Series, one day after a local newspaper reveals that he is a convicted child molester. The newspaper got wind of the affair when Heimlich neglected to renew his registration as a sex offender with local police within ten days of his birthday, resulting in a misdemeanor charge. Before the revelation, he was seen as a potential first-rounder in the upcoming amateur draft, but his future is now in doubt. Indeed, all teams will pass on him in the draft, and the same thing will happen again in 2018 in a spite of another stellar season on the mound.
• 2018 - The Diamondbacks score six runs off Bryan Shaw in the 8th inning to defeat Colorado, 12 - 7. Paul Goldschmidt has his fourth straight game with at least three hits, going 13 for 18 in that stretch, and his second straight with two homers. The streaky D-Backs are hot again, having won six of their first eight games in June and now have a 2 1/2 game lead in the NL West as their three main rivals all lose.
• 2019:
  • Former Boston Red Sox great David Ortiz is shot in the back while sitting in a bar in Santo Domingo. The shooter is immediately apprehended, while Ortiz undergoes surgery and is said to be out of danger.
  • The Nationals accomplish a very rare feat as four consecutive batters hit solo homers in the 8th inning in Petco Park in San Diego to break a 1 - 1 tie. Pinch-hitter Howie Kendrick starts things off against Craig Stammen, and is followed in order by Trea Turner, Adam Eaton and Anthony Rendon, who all go yard. This is only the ninth time in major league history this has happened, and the Nats were the last to do so, on July 27, 2017.
• 2021 - The Hall of Fame announces that it is pushing back its annual induction ceremony from July 25 to September 8th and that for the first time, prospective attendees will need to secure tickets in advance, albeit free of charge, in order to control numbers. Last year's ceremony had to be cancelled due to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, and the four men awaiting elected in 2020 had to wait one more year for their big day. They will be the only inductees to be honored, as no one made it successfully in the most recent ballot.
• 2022 - The Twins open the bottom of the 1st against the Yankees with three consecutive homers off Gerrit Cole at Target Field, by Luis Arraez, Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa. This is the first time in franchise history this has happended, but the game is far from over. The Twins hit two more long balls off Cole, a second by Buxton and one by Trevor Larnach and chase him in the 3rd, leading 7 - 3 at the end of the inning. But the Yankees come back with four homers of their own, including two from Joey Gallo and a game-tying two-run blast by Aaron Hicks in the 6th. They go ahead in the 7th when Aaron Judge leads off the inning with a double off Jhoan Duran, followed by a single by Anthony Rizzo. They add another run that inning and one in the 8th to earn a wild 10 - 7 win.
• 2023 - The Astros and Guardians play 14 innings before Will Brennan ends the game by driving in the winning run with a single for a 10 - 9 win by Cleveland. Since the adoption of the tiebreaker rule in 2020, this is only the second game to go that many innings, and the Guardians set a record by coming back from a deficit five separate times starting in the 7th inning when José Ramírez ties the game at 5 with a homer off Rafael Montero. The Guardians also score in the 9th, 12th and 13th innings to tie the game, before a two-run rally finally wins it in the 14th.
• 2024 - The Mets take the second game of the London Series, defeating the Phillies, 6 - 5, thanks to a great 9th-inning comeback. They score three runs off Phillies closer Jose Alvarado, who walks two batters and plunks Pete Alonso with the bases loaded to push across the go-ahead run. But Reed Garrett almost blows it in the bottom of the inning, allowing a run and also loading the bases before Drew Smith gets Whit Merrifield to hit a tapper just in front of home plate; catcher Luis Torrens pounces on the ball, touches the dish, and then throws to Alonso at first base to complete a game-ending double play.

Births

• 1845 - Frank Norton, infielder/outfielder (d. 1920)
• 1848 - Edwin McAlpin, executive (d. 1917)
• 1857 - Dude Esterbrook, infielder, manager (d. 1901)
• 1860 - Charles Power, umpire (d. 1913)
• 1878 - Larry Hesterfer, pitcher (d. 1943)
• 1879 - Bill Lauterborn, infielder (d. 1965)
• 1886 - Tommy Gorman, minor league owner (d. 1961)
• 1887 - Clarence Kraft, infielder (d. 1958)
• 1888 - Bill Cunningham, infielder (d. 1946)
• 1890 - Harry Glenn, catcher (d. 1918)
• 1893 - Charlie Kavanagh, pinch hitter (d. 1973)
• 1893 - Irish Meusel, outfielder (d. 1963)
• 1893 - Mack Wheat, catcher (d. 1979)
• 1897 - Dave Brown, pitcher (d. 1985)
• 1900 - Marty Callaghan, outfielder (d. 1975)
• 1902 - Lee Dunham, infielder (d. 1961)
• 1902 - Roy Hamey, general manager (d. 1983)
• 1903 - Mike Ryba, pitcher (d. 1971)
• 1908 - Paul Gregory, pitcher (d. 1999)
• 1911 - Frank McCormick, infielder; All-Star (d. 1982)
• 1912 - George Mucey, scout (d. 1979)
• 1918 - Hajime Kuwashima, NPB infielder (d. 1944)
• 1918 - Joe Schmidt, minor league player and manager (d. 2006)
• 1919 - Jimmie Newberry, pitcher (d. 1983)
• 1920 - Sal Madrid, infielder (d. 1977)
• 1921 - Ray Shore, pitcher (d. 1996)
• 1924 - Frederick Minnis, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2006)
• 1925 - Jim Pearce, pitcher (d. 2005)
• 1926 - Roy Smalley, infielder (d. 2011)
• 1930 - Susumu Aizawa, NPB pitcher (d. 2006)
• 1931 - Bill Virdon, outfielder, manager (d. 2021)
• 1934 - LaMont Geiger, USA national team pitcher (d. 2022)
• 1936 - Howie Gershberg, minor league coach (d. 2003)
• 1936 - Wayne Minshew, minor league infielder-pitcher (d. 2015)
• 1937 - Jake Jacobs, outfielder (d. 2010)
• 1938 - Enrique Castillo, minor league pitcher; Salon de la Fama (d. 2018)
• 1938 - Mitsuo Takeshita, NPB catcher
• 1938 - Sadayuki Tokutake, NPB infielder and manager
• 1939 - Doug Clemens, outfielder
• 1939 - Julio Gotay, infielder (d. 2008)
• 1940 - Ed Meyer, college coach (d. 2015)
• 1943 - Bruce Look, catcher
• 1946 - Tom Egan, catcher
• 1946 - Kazumi Takahashi, NPB pitcher (d. 2015)
• 1948 - Billy Baldwin, outfielder (d. 2011)
• 1948 - Gary Thorne, announcer
• 1950 - Tony Franklin, minor league infielder and manager
• 1951 - Terashi Donoue, NPB pitcher
• 1951 - Dave Parker, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Fame
• 1952 - Manny Estrada, scout
• 1956 - John Fulgham, pitcher
• 1956 - Jim McKnight Jr., minor league infielder (d. 2015)
• 1961 - Tom Edens, pitcher
• 1961 - Jesús Moreno, minor league pitcher
• 1964 - Makoto Takada, NPB catcher
• 1969 - Il-kuen Hwang, KBO infielder
• 1969 - Jiaqiang Li, China Baseball League pitcher
• 1970 - Tracy Piehl, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1974 - Scarborough Green, outfielder
• 1974 - Dae-jin Lee, KBO pitcher
• 1974 - Shon Walker, minor league outfielder
• 1974 - Randy Winn, outfielder; All-Star
• 1976 - Justin Kaye, pitcher
• 1979 - Jason Anderson, pitcher
• 1979 - Candtobal Encarnacion, Virgin Islands national team pitcher
• 1979 - Javair Gilett, coach
• 1979 - Luis M. Suarez, minor league outfielder
• 1980 - Mike Fontenot, infielder
• 1980 - Li-Wei Su, CPBL pitcher
• 1980 - Marcio Tanaka, Brazilian national team infielder
• 1981 - Drew Anderson, outfielder
• 1982 - Buck Coats, outfielder
• 1983 - John Diaz, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Won-sam Jang, KBO pitcher
• 1983 - Seung-jae Lee, KBO catcher
• 1983 - Danny Richar, infielder
• 1984 - Corteze Armstrong, minor league player
• 1984 - Marek Blajer, Extraliga player
• 1984 - Yulieski Gurriel, infielder
• 1984 - Christopher Jones, minor league player
• 1985 - Marvel Córdoba, Nicaraguan national team infielder
• 1985 - Aaron Lowenstein, minor league catcher
• 1986 - Hsiu-Yen Kuo, CPBL infielder
• 1986 - Emeron Lourens, Hoofdklasse infielder
• 1987 - Dachel Duquesne, Cuban league pitcher
• 1987 - Justin Kuehn, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Joe Kelly, pitcher
• 1988 - Zac Rosscup, pitcher
• 1989 - Joel De La Cruz, pitcher
• 1990 - John Andreoli, outfielder
• 1990 - Taishi Ota, NPB infielder
• 1992 - Trevor Seidenberger, minor league pitcher
• 1992 - Tony Wolters, catcher
• 1993 - Jonathan Holder, pitcher
• 1994 - Melvin Adon, minor league pitcher
• 1995 - Battushig Munkhbat, Mongolian national team outfielder
• 1996 - Yaya Kojima, Japanese women's national team outfielder
• 1996 - Ramon Rosso, pitcher
• 1998 - Luis De Los Santos, infielder
• 1998 - Bubba Thompson, outfielder
• 1999 - Wei-Hsiang Chen, CPBL infielder
• 2004 - Aidan Miller, minor league infielder

Deaths

• 1889 - Mike Burke, infielder (b. 1854)
• 1917 - Jack Fanning, pitcher (b. 1863)
• 1922 - James Dunn, owner (b. 1866)
• 1928 - Ernest Waxham, pre-MLB player
• 1930 - Harry Patton, pitcher (b. 1884)
• 1934 - Charlie Dexter, outfielder (b. 1876)
• 1936 - Charlie Bartson, pitcher (b. 1865)
• 1937 - Doc Kerr, catcher (b. 1882)
• 1937 - Bill Watkins, infielder, manager (b. 1858)
• 1952 - Bob McHale, outfielder (b. 1872)
• 1958 - John Fick, pitcher (b. 1921)
• 1959 - Frank Huelsman, outfielder (b. 1874)
• 1962 - Will Thompson, pitcher (b. 1870)
• 1965 - Fujio Nakazawa, Japanese Hall of Fame member (b. 1892)
• 1966 - Wilmer Euell, catcher (b. 1895)
• 1972 - Del Bissonette, infielder, manager (b. 1899)
• 1974 - Pat Caraway, pitcher (b. 1905)
• 1977 - Tokuro Konishi, NPB manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1894)
• 1977 - Howard Lohr, outfielder (b. 1892)
• 1980 - Odell Hale, infielder (b. 1908)
• 1984 - Bobby Rhawn, infielder (b. 1919)
• 1985 - Victor Gauger, minor league infielder (b. 1917)
• 1988 - Newt Allen, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1901)
• 1989 - Glenn McQuillen, outfielder (b. 1915)
• 1991 - Howard Hobson, college coach (b. 1903)
• 1992 - Eddie Vines, infielder (b. 1918)
• 1995 - Zoilo Versalles, infielder; All-Star (b. 1939)
• 1997 - Thornton Lee, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1906)
• 2007 - Seiji Sekiguchi, NPB outfielder (b. 1925)
• 2009 - Ray Hamrick, infielder (b. 1921)
• 2009 - Bill Lillard, infielder (b. 1918)
• 2009 - Jack Littrell, infielder (b. 1929)
• 2012 - Hawk Taylor, catcher (b. 1939)
• 2013 - Ralph Bogan, owner (b. 1922)
• 2013 - Hank Landers, minor league outfielder (b. 1961)
• 2013 - Charles Petersen, minor league outfielder and manager (b. 1913)
• 2014 - Bob Welch, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1956)
• 2015 - Doug Danforth, owner (b. 1922)
• 2015 - Larry Eschen, infielder (b. 1920)
• 2022 - Maxine Kline, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1929)
• 2022 - Tatsuo Okitsu, NPB infielder (b. 1936)