May 6
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on May 6.
Events[edit]
- 1915 - Babe Ruth, pitching for the Boston Red Sox, collects three hits, including his first major league home run when he connects off Jack Warhop of the New York Yankees at the Polo Grounds.
- 1917 - Bob Groom of the St. Louis Browns duplicates teammate Ernie Koob's feat of the previous day by pitching a 3 - 0 no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox in the second game of a doubleheader at Sportsman's Park.
- 1925 - Ty Cobb hits his fifth home run in two games tying the record set by Cap Anson in 1884.
- 1929 - The American League announces it will discontinue the league's Most Valuable Player Award.
- 1931 - Willie Mays is born in Westfield, Alabama. After a brief career in the Negro Leagues, Mays will make his major league debut with the New York Giants in 1951. During a 22-year major league career, Mays will bat .302 with 660 home runs and 1903 RBI. Mays will gain Hall of Fame honors in 1979.
- 1934 - At Fenway Park, Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell and Bucky Walters hit four consecutive triples for the Boston Red Sox en route to a 14 - 4 win over the Detroit Tigers.
- 1941:
- The Brooklyn Dodgers acquire second baseman Billy Herman from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for outfielder Charlie Gilbert, infielder Johnny Hudson, and cash. Herman, struggling with a .194 batting average, will hit .291 for the Dodgers over the balance of the season.
- Hank Greenberg makes his last game before entering the U.S. military a memorable one as he hits two home runs with three RBI helping the Detroit Tigers to a 7 - 4 victory over the New York Yankees.
- 1951 - Cliff Chambers of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches a 3 - 0 no-hitter in the second game of a doubleheader against the host Boston Braves, despite walking eight batters and throwing a wild pitch. Chambers becomes only the second Pittsburgh pitcher to hurl a no-hitter.
- 1953 - Bobo Holloman of the St. Louis Browns pitches a 6 - 0 no-hitter against the Philadelphia Athletics, becoming only the third pitcher in major league history to fire a no-hitter in his first start. Holloman will win only two more games during a brief one-year career and will never pitch another complete game in the majors.
- 1955 - Roberto Clemente crashes Willie Mays's birthday party in his second visit to the Polo Grounds, by banging a 430-foot triple over the birthday boy's head in the midst of a decisive rally in a 3 - 2 Pirate win over the Giants. Jesse Abramson of the New York Herald Tribune reports: "Roberto Clemente tripled so far over Mays' head that even Willie on his charger, shedding the cap, couldn't catch it..."
- 1956 - Cincinnati Redlegs outfielder Gus Bell hits home runs off Bob Miller in both ends of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies at Crosley Field. Cincinnati wins, 10 - 2 and 11 - 9.
- 1958 - Commemorating the three-year anniversary of his party-crashing heroics, Roberto Clemente again disrupts Willie Mays's birthday celebration, if not quite so dramatically. Bob Stevens of the San Francisco Chronicle reports: "Only a spectacular catch by Clemente on a 400-foot blast by Mays in the 6th with the bases loaded and George Witt on the mound prevented San Francisco from making a genuine rout of the thing." Circus catch notwithstanding, the Bucs' bats fail to ignite as they suffer a 7 - 0 whitewashing.
- 1960 - As fate would have it, Roberto Clemente's first visit to the newly-opened Candlestick Park coincides with the 29th birthday of his one-time mentor Willie Mays, and once again Mays' student steals the spotlight. While all three Willies – i.e. Mays, McCovey and Kirkland – go deep to power San Francisco's 5 - 1 win over Pittsburgh, it's Clemente who gets the crowd's attention with a shot to left center into the teeth of a vicious wind. Arnold Hano, California-based biographer of both Mays and Clemente, witnesses this moment: "Clemente's bat hit the ball, and the result absolutely clubbed the crowd into awed silence for a long moment. Right into that wet whipping wind the ball carried. Right on through, hit 120 feet high in a long soaring majestic parabola that came down finally over 450 feet away. There is just no way of telling how far Clemente's home run blast would have traveled had it not been for that wind. Suffice it to say partisan Giant fans suddenly broke their shell-shocked silence and let loose a gigantic roar. For two innings the stadium buzzed. For days the Giants talked about it. Even today if you slip up behind a Giant pitcher and suddenly whisper in his ear: 'Remember the home run Clemente hit?' he's likely to jump as high as if he'd been caught putting spit on baseballs."
- 1968 - San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Lindy McDaniel sets a National League record playing his 225th consecutive game without committing an error. The streak includes 108 chances handled successfully since June 16, 1964.
- 1974 - Oakland Athletics pitcher Paul Lindblad's major league streak of 385 consecutive games without committing an error comes to an end when he makes an errant throw in a 6 - 3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.
- 1982 - Gaylord Perry of the Seattle Mariners becomes the 15th major league pitcher with 300 victories when he defeats the New York Yankees, 7 - 3, at the Kingdome. Perry becomes the first pitcher to notch his 300th win since Early Wynn did it in 1963.
- 1983 - At Tiger Stadium, the California Angels defeat Detroit, 4 - 2, as Rod Carew goes 3 for 4 to raise his batting average to .500 (48 for 96). The Angels' first baseman will finish the season at .339, second best in the American League as Wade Boggs of the Red Sox leads the league with a .361 pace.
- 1994 - Anthony Young wins as a starter for the first time in more than two years as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10 - 1. The hard-luck pitcher, obtained from the Mets for shortstop Jose Vizcaino, ends his 29-game major league record losing streak as a starter.
- 1998 - Rookie Kerry Wood ties the major league record with 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game, pitching a one-hitter to lead the Chicago Cubs over the Houston Astros, 2 - 0. The 20-year-old right-hander ties the record set by Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox against Seattle in 1986, and matched by Clemens against Detroit in 1996. Wood also breaks the National League record of 19 strikeouts in a nine-inning game, held by Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver and David Cone, and the rookie record of 18 held by Bill Gullickson.
- 2005 - Preserving a 6 - 5 win over the Cardinals, Trevor Hoffman becomes the third pitcher in major league history to save 400 games. The Padres reliever joins Lee Smith (478) and John Franco (424) as the other bullpen artists to have also reached this milestone.
- 2007 - Hideki Matsui doubles to left in an at-bat against Jarrod Washburn. It is his 2,000th hit between Major League Baseball and Nippon Pro Baseball and makes him the 46th member of the meikyukai.
- 2008 - The Red Sox top the Tigers, 5 - 0. The game is historic in that it features a combined shutout by two pitchers over age 40, the first such contest in over a century. Tim Wakefield allows two hits in eight innings and Mike Timlin finishes the game.
- 2009 - Former All-Star pitcher Bronson Arroyo of the Reds has one of the worst starts of his career as the Brewers rock him for five runs in the 1st inning, highlighted by a three-run homer by J.J. Hardy, and a grand slam off the bat of Ryan Braun which sends him to the showers before he can retire a batter in the 2nd. The Brew Crew adds five runs off infielder Paul Janish in the 9th for a final score of 15 - 3. Manny Parra picks up his first win of the year after four losses.
- 2010:
- Robin Roberts dies at age 83 at his home in Temple Terrace, FL. He began his career in 1948 with the Philadelphia Phillies, with whom he had his best seasons. He was named to seven All-Star teams and went 286-245 in a career that stretched until 1966. He led the National League in wins four times, won 20 or more games during six consecutive seasons, but also gave up a major league record 505 home runs. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976.
- Scott Olsen of the Washington Nationals, who started the year in the minors after undergoing shoulder surgery the previous July, retires 22 of the first 23 Braves batters he faces, until David Ross breaks up his no-hit bid with a one-out single in the 8th. The Braves then proceed to tie the score at 2-all, but the Nats score a run in the bottom of the 9th on a pinch-hit single by Willie Harris with the bases loaded and none out. Tyler Clippard is credited with the 3 - 2 win.
- The Texas Rangers manage to blow an 8 - 0 lead to the Royals, but come back in dramatic fashion for a wild 13 - 12 win. Texas scores the tying and winning runs on back-to-back solo homers by Josh Hamilton and Vladimir Guerrero off Royals closer Joakim Soria with two outs in the bottom of the 8th.
- 2011:
- Jaime Garcia of the Cardinals has a perfect game until the 8th inning before issuing a one-out walk and then settling for a two-hit shutout of the Brewers. Yuniesky Betancourt hits a single on the first pitch following the walk to Casey McGehee to break up the no-hit bid. Albert Pujols drives in three runs in the 6 - 0 win.
- The Braves' Derek Lowe also flirts with a no-hitter in a 5 - 0 win over the Phillies and Cliff Lee, who strikes out a career-high 16 batters in seven innings in taking the loss. Lowe is bothered by a blister on his foot starting in the 3rd inning, but keeps the Phillies hitless until the 7th, when he allows a lead-off single to Shane Victorino and a double to Placido Polanco. Lowe departs in favor of Eric O'Flaherty, who also has awesome stuff on the night, striking out Ryan Howard, Ben Francisco and Raul Ibanez in the span of 15 pitches to preserve the shutout.
- 2012:
- Albert Pujols finally hits his first American League homer, breaking the longest homerless drought of his career, when he connects off the Blue Jays' Drew Hutchison with a runner on in the 5th inning of the Angels' 4 - 3 win. Pujols was being regularly booed for his lack of offensive production after signing a huge contract to join the Halos as a free agent in the off-season.
- Both teams end up having to use position players on the mound when a game between the Orioles and Red Sox goes deep into extra innings. O's manager Buck Showalter turns to DH Chris Davis to take the mound in the 16th inning with the score tied at 6 - 6. Davis gives him a pair of scoreless innings, somewhat compensating for a brutal 0-for-8 game at the plate. The Sox face the same quandary in the top of the 17th, and turn to OF Darnell McDonald. Things don't go so well, however, as he surrenders a three-run homer to Adam Jones; he then grounds into a double play against Davis to end the game in the bottom of the frame. Davis is the winner in the 9 - 6 Baltimore win, and McDonald the loser; it is the first time both teams use position players to pitch in the same game since October 4, 1925, when future Hall of Famers George Sisler and Ty Cobb both got to pitch on the last day of the season.
- The Phillies defeat the Nationals, 9 - 3, as Hunter Pence hits a pair of two-run homers in support of Cole Hamels' pitching. Washington's sole highlight comes in the the 1st, when rookie Bryce Harper pulls off a steal of home on a pick-off throw to first; Harper had reached base on a hit-by-pitch which Hamels later admits was a deliberate gesture aimed at the phenom's cocky attitude after barely a week in the bigs; he will be suspended for five games as a result. In the 6th inning, RF Jayson Werth breaks his wrist in attempting a sliding catch in the outfield and will be out until August, a tough break for the Nats who have managed to stay in first place in spite of the absence of two other key players, Ryan Zimmerman and Michael Morse, who are both injured.
- 2013:
- Motonobu Tanishige becomes the third Nippon Pro Baseball catcher to 2,000 career hits, joining the meikyukai. At age 42, he also becomes the oldest player to reach 2,000 hits, breaking Shinya Miyamoto's one-year-old mark. Tanishige is the 44th player in NPB history to 2,000 hits but the third so far this season, following Alex Ramirez and Norihiro Nakamura. His hit, off Takehiko Oshimoto, isn't enough as the Yakult Swallows beat the Chunichi Dragons, 7 - 3, on a pinch-hit grand slam by Shinichi Takeuchi.
- The struggling Blue Jays manage a rare comeback win against Tampa Bay. Mark Buehrle is the latest Toronto starter to get beat up, giving up seven runs in the 3rd, but he hangs on and shuts down the Rays for the next three innings, while three relievers add a scoreless frame each. Colby Rasmus starts the comeback with a two-run homer in the 4th, and J.P. Arencibia, who started the game on the bench, hits another two-run shot off closer Fernando Rodney with two outs on the top of the 9th for an 8 - 7 win.
- 2014 - The Pirates record a walk-off win of an unprecedented type, as they need to wait for the result of a video review to begin celebrating. With two outs and the score tied 1 - 1 in the bottom of the 9th against the Giants at PNC Park, Starling Marte bangs a drive off the right field wall. When 2B Ehire Adrianza's relay skips through 3B Pablo Sandoval's legs, Marte races for home, but umpire Quinn Wolcott calls him out. Manager Clint Hurdle immediately asks for a review, and one minute and 15 seconds later, crew chief Gerry Davis gives the safe sign, validating the run and ending the game.
- 2015 - OF Bryce Harper has the first three-homer game of his career in leading the Nationals to a 7 - 5 win over the Marlins.
- 2016 - 3B Jung Ho Kang makes a successful return to the majors for the Pirates in his first game since suffering a serious leg injury in September of last year. Kang homers twice, off Tyler Lyons and Kevin Siegrist, to lead Pittsburgh to a 4 - 2 win. Francisco Liriano is the winner over Carlos Martinez, who has to leave early due to fatigue.
- 2018 - The Yankees are on fire as they record their 15th win in their last 16 games, 7 - 4 over the Indians, thanks to a three-run walk-off homer by rookie Gleyber Torres off Dan Otero. Domingo German, making his first major league start in place of an injured Jordan Montgomery, begins things with six hitless innings for New York, before being removed for having reached his pitch count limit.
- 2021 - The Angels designate for assignment veteran slugger Albert Pujols, for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. Pujols is in the last season of a ten-year, $253 million contract, but his production has declined significantly in recent years and he has become a bench player of late. The 41-year-old Pujols is the active leader in games played, hits, home runs and RBIs. He states that he hopes to find another team that will give him a shot at a starting job. The Dodgers will take him on board in a few days and he will undergo a renaissance, being a productive player once again both this season and in 2022, after which he will retire on his own terms.
Births[edit]
- 1846 - Harry Deane, outfielder, manager (d. 1925)
- 1849 - Count Gedney, outfielder (d. 1922)
- 1855 - Bonesetter Reese, trainer (d. 1931)
- 1859 - Gid Gardner, outfielder (d. 1914)
- 1862 - Toss Kelly, umpire (d. 1924)
- 1864 - Mike McDermott, pitcher (d. 1947)
- 1865 - Artie Clarke, catcher (d. 1949)
- 1865 - Bill Stemmeyer, pitcher (d. 1945)
- 1873 - Cooney Snyder, catcher (d. 1917)
- 1875 - Pat Duff, pinch hitter (d. 1925)
- 1877 - Ed Conahan, umpire (d. 1929)
- 1877 - John Lovett, pitcher (d. 1937)
- 1883 - Ed Karger, pitcher (d. 1957)
- 1890 - Lute Boone, infielder (d. 1982)
- 1890 - Walton Cruise, outfielder (d. 1975)
- 1893 - Pat Griffin, pitcher (d. 1927)
- 1898 - Dewey Metivier, pitcher (d. 1947)
- 1898 - Al Wingo, outfielder (d. 1964)
- 1899 - Eggie Dallard, infielder/outfielder (d. 1933)
- 1900 - Charlie Beverly, pitcher (d. 1981)
- 1901 - Earle Brucker, catcher, manager (d. 1981)
- 1903 - Rufus Ligon, pitcher (d. 1992)
- 1904 - Fernando Vicioso, Dominican national team manager (d. ????)
- 1905 - Ned Porter, pitcher (d. 1968)
- 1907 - Ivy Andrews, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1908 - Jack Owens, catcher (d. 1958)
- 1913 - Slim Jones, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1938)
- 1913 - Walt Laskowski, scout (d. 1970)
- 1915 - Les Webber, pitcher (d. 1986)
- 1917 - Mike McCormick, outfielder (d. 1976)
- 1920 - Kelly Swift, minor league pitcher (d. 1965)
- 1921 - Bob Chesnes, pitcher (d. 1979)
- 1921 - Dick Wakefield, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1985)
- 1923 - Earl Turner, catcher (d. 1999)
- 1925 - Phil Alotta, minor league outfielder (d. 1998)
- 1926 - Dick Cole, infielder (d. 2018)
- 1931 - Willie Mays, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2024)
- 1932 - Charlie Rabe, pitcher
- 1933 - Yoshio Anabuki, NPB outfielder and manager (d. 2018)
- 1934 - Tom Baker, pitcher (d. 1980)
- 1934 - Leo Burke, outfielder (d. 2023)
- 1939 - Russ Gibson, catcher
- 1939 - Shigeo Ishii, NPB pitcher
- 1940 - Bill Hands, pitcher (d. 2017)
- 1941 - Dennis Overby, minor league pitcher
- 1943 - Tim Murtaugh, minor league catcher
- 1944 - Masanori Murakami, pitcher
- 1948 - Frankie Libran, infielder (d. 2013)
- 1951 - Steve Staggs, infielder (d. 2024)
- 1953 - Larry Andersen, pitcher
- 1954 - Albert Williams, pitcher
- 1954 - Jeff Albert, minor league pitcher
- 1954 - Mark Miggins, minor league pitcher
- 1956 - Alberto Lois, outfielder (d. 2019)
- 1957 - Kim Seaman, pitcher
- 1958 - Keefe Cato, pitcher
- 1960 - Yoshihisa Shiratake, NPB pitcher
- 1962 - Tom Bolton, pitcher
- 1963 - Scott Pleis, scout
- 1964 - Daisuke Araki, NPB pitcher
- 1967 - Juan Sanchez, Dominican national team infielder
- 1968 - Phil Clark, outfielder
- 1969 - José Ibar, Cuban National League pitcher
- 1970 - Yong-ho Lee, KBO pitcher
- 1973 - Israel Alcantara, outfielder
- 1973 - Mike Kinkade, outfielder
- 1973 - Tsung-Yi Yang, TML pitcher
- 1974 - Matt Foran, minor league pitcher
- 1975 - Jim Chamblee, infielder
- 1976 - Martin Johnson, Division Elite player
- 1976 - Trevor Sansom, minor league pitcher
- 1976 - Earl Snyder, infielder
- 1977 - Jordy Alexander, minor league pitcher
- 1977 - Benito Baez, pitcher
- 1977 - Scot Hemmings, college coach
- 1977 - Maxime Leblanc, French national team pitcher
- 1978 - Jeremy Johnson, minor league outfielder
- 1979 - Gavin Wright, minor league outfielder
- 1980 - Chih-Chia Chang, NPB pitcher (d. 2024)
- 1980 - Masanori Konishi, Japanese national team pitcher
- 1980 - Bill Mauer, minor league pitcher
- 1980 - Shuichiro Osada, NPB pitcher
- 1981 - Jae-hoon Jung, KBO pitcher
- 1981 - Dong-hak Lee, KBO pitcher
- 1981 - Dustin Nippert, pitcher
- 1982 - François Gaignard, Division Elite utility man
- 1982 - Shawn Nottingham, minor league player
- 1982 - Ernesto Pereira, Croatian national team pitcher
- 1983 - Jericho Gaffar Jr., Indonesian national team infielder
- 1983 - Stu Scheurwater, umpire
- 1984 - Wilder Rayo, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Jay Washington, coach
- 1985 - Chien-Hsun Wang, CPBL pitcher
- 1986 - Matt Langwell, pitcher
- 1986 - Stephen Locke, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Raul Rivero, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Gerardo Parra, outfielder
- 1987 - Alfredo Silverio, minor league outfielder
- 1989 - Jose Alvarez, pitcher
- 1989 - Yi Lu, China Baseball League infielder
- 1989 - Dinesh Patel, minor league pitcher
- 1990 - Jose Altuve, infielder; All-Star
- 1990 - Edwin Moscoso, umpire
- 1990 - Kasumi Noguchi, Japanese women's national team pitcher
- 1991 - Gabriel Hernández, Puerto Rican national team pitcher
- 1992 - Jacoby Almaraz, agent
- 1992 - Yomar Flande, CPBL pitcher
- 1992 - Joey Meneses, infielder
- 1992 - Chia-Hui Yang, Taiwanese women's national team infielder
- 1993 - Mallex Smith, outfielder
- 1993 - Tsuyoshi Sugano, NPB outfielder
- 1994 - Shao-Hsi Huang, CPBL infielder
- 1994 - Ferdinand Obed, Austrian national team outfielder
- 1994 - Syed Sherazi, Pakistani national team pitcher
- 1995 - Yohan Ramirez, pitcher
- 1995 - Francisco Rios, minor league pitcher
- 1995 - Matt Thaiss, infielder
- 1997 - Sheng-Yu Lee, CPBL outfielder
- 1998 - Carlos Ludeña, Peruvian national team pitcher
- 1998 - Mitch Spence, pitcher
- 1999 - Oddanier Mosqueda, minor league pitcher
- 1999 - Choy Phiboualom, Laotian national team infielder
- 2000 - Kyota Fujiwara, NPB outfielder
- 2000 - Kenen Irizarry, minor league infielder
- 2004 - Tzu-En Chang, CPBL pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1907 - Frank Sellman, infielder (b. 1851)
- 1918 - Ned Egan, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1878)
- 1920 - Bill McTigue, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1922 - Michael J. Finn, minor league manager (b. 1861)
- 1928 - Sam Wright, infielder (b. 1848)
- 1934 - Hiraoka Hiroshi, Japanese Hall of Fame member (b. 1856)
- 1945 - Charles Dooley, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1866)
- 1945 - Eddie Zimmerman, infielder (b. 1883)
- 1946 - Bill Deitrick, outfielder (b. 1902)
- 1947 - Ferdie Moore, infielder (b. 1896)
- 1949 - Charlie Hallstrom, pitcher (b. 1863)
- 1949 - Speed Kelly, infielder (b. 1884)
- 1950 - Jack Farmer, minor league pitcher and manager (b. 1913)
- 1952 - Harry Berte, infielder (b. 1872)
- 1952 - Rube Dessau, pitcher (b. 1883)
- 1953 - Jim Jones, outfielder (b. 1876)
- 1956 - Harry Ostdiek, catcher (b. 1881)
- 1957 - Ralph Judd, pitcher (b. 1901)
- 1959 - Vance McIlree, pitcher (b. 1897)
- 1959 - Al Scheer, outfielder (b. 1888)
- 1960 - Vern Bickford, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1920)
- 1960 - Merlin Kopp, outfielder (b. 1892)
- 1965 - Lee Head, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1899)
- 1967 - Clayton Sheedy, minor league player, minor league manager and scout (b. 1898)
- 1975 - Les Burke, infielder (b. 1902)
- 1979 - Allen Elliott, infielder (b. 1897)
- 1979 - Red Hale, infielder (b. 1913)
- 1979 - Charlie Ripple, pitcher (b. 1921)
- 1979 - Bunny Roser, outfielder (b. 1901)
- 1980 - Hank Sweeney, infielder (b. 1915)
- 1981 - Shinji Hamazaki, NPB pitcher and manager, Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1901)
- 1982 - Beauty McGowan, outfielder (b. 1901)
- 1983 - Fumio Hashizume, NPB pitcher (b. 1937)
- 1985 - Joe Glenn, catcher (b. 1908)
- 1985 - Kirby Higbe, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1915)
- 1985 - Red Peery, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1986 - Ernesto Carmona, minor league manager; Salon de la Fama (b. 1896)
- 1986 - Len Schulte, infielder (b. 1916)
- 1997 - Mel Steiner, umpire (b. 1916)
- 2003 - Art Houtteman, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1927)
- 2004 - Joe Lafata, infielder (b. 1921)
- 2005 - Pete Gebrian, pitcher (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Lee Stine, pitcher (b. 1913)
- 2006 - Bill Voeltz, minor league pitcher (b. 1964)
- 2007 - Bruce Andrew, minor league infielder (b. 1939)
- 2009 - Ed Redys, coach (b. 1921)
- 2010 - Robin Roberts, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1926)
- 2011 - Duane Pillette, pitcher (b. 1922)
- 2011 - Dick Walsh, general manager (b. 1925)
- 2012 - Jim Eriotes, minor league player (b. 1923)
- 2014 - Billy Harrell, infielder (b. 1928)
- 2018 - Ruth Richard, AAGPBL catcher (b. 1928)
- 2018 - Bill Urbanski, minor league infielder (b. 1931)
- 2020 - Paul Doyle, pitcher (b. 1939)
- 2020 - Mary Pratt, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1918)
- 2023 - Vida Blue, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1949)
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