November 1
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on November 1.
Events[edit]
- 1870 - The Chicago White Stockings host the New York Mutuals at Dexter Park with the unofficial national championship at stake with 6,000 fans on hand. With his team ahead, 13 - 12, and having just walked the bases loaded, Mutuals pitcher Rynie Wolters walks off the mound, claiming the umpire is biased. The game ends with the score reverting to the last completed inning, giving Chicago a 7 - 5 win although the Mutuals continue to proclaim themselves the champs.
- 1882 - The "Philadelphia Ball Club, Limited" is incorporated in Philadelphia, PA, with Stephen Farrelly as the principal stockholder (although the money he invests actually comes from John Walsh, a Chicago, IL millionaire and minority owner of the Chicago White Stockings), with John Rogers and former players Al Reach and Tom Pratt as minority owners. The club will soon be admitted into the National League, of which it is still a member today as the Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1892 - Statistics for the first 154-game season show that Dan Brouthers of the Brooklyn Grooms was the top hitter at .335, and Cy Young of the Cleveland Spiders the top pitcher in terms of wins with a 36-11 record.
- 1894 - Charlie Sweeney, who pitched for the Providence Grays, St. Louis Maroons and Cleveland Blues, is convicted of manslaughter in San Francisco, California.
- 1906 - Pitcher John McCloskey, who had a 3-2 record for the Phillies, has better luck off the field. An investment in the Cripple Creek, Colorado, mine pays off with a rich gold strike.
- 1909 - The Boston Red Sox hire former Washington Senators skipper Patsy Donovan as manager, replacing Fred Lake. Lake will move across town to manage the Doves next season.
- 1914 - Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack begins cleaning house, asking waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Charles Bender. Coombs goes to the Brooklyn Robins as Plank and Bender escape Mack's manoeuvering by jumping to the Federal League. Despite winning the American League pennant, Philadelphia fans did not support the Athletics and the club lost $50,000.
- 1916 - Harry H. Frazee, New York theater owner and producer, and Hugh Ward buy the Boston Red Sox for $675,000 (one report puts the figure at $750,000) from Joseph Lannin. Bill Carrigan announces that he will retire as Red Sox manager to pursue his interests in Lewiston, Maine.
- 1922 - Former Philadelphia Athletics catcher Ira Thomas buys the Shreveport club in the Texas League for $75,000. Other former players who own pieces of minor league clubs include Ty Cobb (Augusta), Eddie Collins (Baltimore), and George Stallings (Rochester).
- 1938 - National League batting champ Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds is named the Most Valuable Player. Chicago Cubs pitcher Bill Lee is runner-up.
- 1942 - The Brooklyn Dodgers name Branch Rickey team president, replacing Larry MacPhail who enters the Army. Rickey had resigned as vice-president of the Cardinals only three days earlier.
- 1946 - Surgeons amputate the right foot of Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck. Two years before, the colorful executive had suffered a serious injury to his leg in the South Pacific during World War II. Veeck has had a tremendous impact on promotion in a half season of ownership. A minor but typical change is the regular posting of National League scores on the Cleveland scoreboard, a departure from the long-standing practice of both leagues. In spite of the amputation, Veeck will remain an active owner through the 1970s.
- 1949 - Gillette buys the World Series television rights for $1.37 million, the money to be dedicated to the players' pension fund.
- 1951 - Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella is named National League MVP for what will be the first of three such awards.
- 1957 - Hiromi Wada homers twice to lead the Nishitetsu Lions to their second straight Japan Series title, in a sweep of the Yomiuri Giants in the 1957 Japan Series. Hiroshi Oshita is MVP.
- 1960 - Baltimore Orioles shortstop Ron Hansen is voted American League Rookie of the Year, getting 22 of 24 votes. The other votes go to teammates Chuck Estrada and Jim Gentile.
- 1962 - The Houston Colt .45s sign 19-year-old second baseman Joe Morgan as an amateur free agent. Morgan will make his major league debut next season, kicking off a 22-year Hall of Fame career.
- 1966 - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax becomes the first three-time winner of the Cy Young Award. He is a unanimous winner for the second straight year. This is the last year that only one award is given for pitchers in both of the major leagues.
- 1968 - Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain is the unanimous American League winner of the Cy Young Award. McLain posted a 31-6 record with 280 strikeouts and a 1.96 ERA, helping Detroit to the AL pennant.
- 1973 - The Yomiuri Giants win their ninth straight Japan Series title, the all-time record by a wide margin. The "V-9" Giants take the last game of the 1973 Japan Series, 5 - 1, with a homer from Sadaharu Oh. Tsuneo Horiuchi wins the Series MVP Award.
- 1978 - New York Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry is the unanimous choice for the 1978 American League Cy Young Award. Guidry led the league in wins (25), winning percentage (.893), shutouts (9), and ERA (1.74).
- 1979:
- Edward Bennett Williams buys the Baltimore Orioles from Jerold Hoffberger for a reported $12.3 million.
- In separate deals, the New York Yankees acquire OF Ruppert Jones from the Seattle Mariners and C Rick Cerone and P Tom Underwood from the Toronto Blue Jays, giving up seven players, including popular 1B Chris Chambliss, SS Damaso Garcia, OF Juan Beniquez, and Ps Jim Beattie and Paul Mirabella. Chambliss will be with the Blue Jays a month before they swap him to the Atlanta Braves.
- 1982:
- At a meeting in Chicago, the major league owners vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract. The American League owners vote in favor of Kuhn 11-3, and the National League 7-5. But his 18 votes leave him two shy of the three-fourths majority required for reelection. Kuhn will remain on the job until a successor is found. He will eventually be replaced by Peter Ueberroth after the 1984 Olympics.
- Doug Rader becomes the twelfth manager in the Texas Rangers' twelve-year history. Rader managed the San Diego Padres' AAA club for the previous three years.
- 1987 - Kimiyasu Kudoh holds the Yomiuri Giants to one run in Game 6 of the Japan Series to give the Seibu Lions the title. Kudoh wins two games in the Series to earn MVP honors.
- 1988 - Chris Sabo, who hit .271 with 11 home runs and 46 stolen bases as the Cincinnati Reds third baseman, wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Chicago Cubs first baseman Mark Grace is the runner-up.
- 1989 - The Senior Professional Baseball Association begins its first season. The list of retired major leaguers playing in the 35-and-older league includes future Hall of Famers Rollie Fingers and Ferguson Jenkins, and former All-Stars like Paul Blair, Vida Blue, Bert Campaneris, Jose Cruz, Dock Ellis, George Foster, Graig Nettles and Amos Otis.
- 1993:
- Kenjiro Kawasaki wins Game 7 of the Japan Series to give the Yakult Swallows their second title ever. It is Kawasaki's second win of the Series, earning him MVP honors. Shingo Takatsu nails his third save.
- Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott returns to take over the day-to-day operations of the Reds following her nine-month suspension for using racial and ethnic epithets.
- 1994 - Plans are announced for the new "United League", which wants to compete with the existing major leagues. The league will never materialize.
- 1996 - A major league All-Star team opens an eight-game series in Japan with a 6 - 5 loss to the Japan All-Stars. Players include Cal Ripken, Jr., Sammy Sosa, Steve Finley, Brady Anderson, Barry Bonds, Mike Piazza, Hideo Nomo, Gary Sheffield, Alex Rodriguez, and Shane Reynolds.
- 1997 - The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum opens in its new home in Kansas City, Missouri. It had been occupying a temporary site there for four years.
- 1999:
- Atlanta Braves coach Don Baylor is hired as the Chicago Cubs' manager.
- The Cleveland Indians hire hitting coach Charlie Manuel as their new manager.
- 2000:
- Larry Bowa is hired as the Philadelphia Phillies' manager, replacing the recently released Terry Francona. The former Phillies shortstop had managed the San Diego Padres in 1987 and 1988 to a record of 81-127.
- Succeeding Davey Johnson, Jim Tracy, the Dodgers bench coach, is hired as the team's new manager.
- 2001:
- The first major league game ever started in the month of November is a memorable one as the New York Yankees, for the second consecutive night, make a dramatic comeback in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game and go on to victory in extra innings in Game 5 of the World Series. In an amazing case of history repeating itself, Arizona Diamondbacks closer Byung-Hyun Kim is again victimized, this time by Scott Brosius, who hits a game-tying two-out, two-run home run to knot the game at 2 - 2 in the 9th inning. Alfonso Soriano hits a RBI single with Chuck Knoblauch scoring the winning run in the 12th to give the Yankees a 3 - 2 victory and a 3-2 lead over Arizona. Steve Finley and Rod Barajas homer in the 5th for Arizona's runs.
- The Houston Astros name Jimy Williams as the franchise's thirteenth manager. Williams, a 35-year veteran who also managed the Blue Jays and Red Sox, replaces Larry Dierker, who, despite reaching the postseason four times in five seasons, was unable to advance to the National League Championship Series.
- 2004 - Former second baseman Wally Backman signs a two-year contract to manage the Arizona Diamondbacks, last season's worst team in the majors. Backman replaces interim manager Al Pedrique. However, he will be fired within two weeks after reports emerge of a past DUI conviction and harassment and spousal abuse charges.
- 2005:
- American League Gold Glove Award winners are announced. Players Kenny Rogers (P), Jason Varitek (C), Mark Teixeira (1B), Orlando Hudson (2B), Eric Chavez (3B), Derek Jeter (SS), Ichiro Suzuki (OF), Torii Hunter (OF) and Vernon Wells (OF) earn the honor.
- Larry Bowa is hired by the New York Yankees as their third base coach for next season. A five-time All-Star shortstop, Bowa managed San Diego and the Phillies, and also coached for the Angels, Mariners and Phillies. Bowa is the first addition to Yankees manager Joe Torre's coaching staff, which lost pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, who retired, and bench coach Joe Girardi, who became manager of the Florida Marlins. Luis Sojo, who coached third base last season, is expected to be offered another job by the Yankees.
- 2007:
- The Chunichi Dragons win their first Japan Series in 53 years, after losing the Series in both 2004 and 2006. They beat the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in five games. The Series MVP is 3B Norihiro Nakamura, a reclamation project coming off a bad year in the major leagues in 2005 and a bad season in Japan in 2006. No other team was interested in Nakamura's services for 2007 and he had to battle to make the starting lineup. Game 5 is full of controversy when Chunichi manager Hiromitsu "My Way" Ochiai yanks starter Daisuke Yamai one inning away from the first perfect game (and first no-hitter) in Series history. Closer Hitoki Iwase throws a perfect 9th to make it the first combined perfect game in Nippon Pro Baseball's 71-year history.
- The Los Angeles Dodgers hire Joe Torre as their new manager, replacing Grady Little. Torre has just been let go by the New York Yankees despite leading them to the postseason for 12 straight seasons.
- 2008 - Rubén Amaro Jr. is announced as the new general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, replacing Pat Gillick, who retired. Amaro has big shoes to fill as the Phillies are fresh off winning the 2008 World Series.
- 2009:
- The Yankees take a three-games-to-one lead in the World Series with a 7 - 4 win over Philadelphia. The Yankees score three runs off Brad Lidge with two outs in the 9th, after the Phillies had rallied to tie the game with homers by Chase Utley and Pedro Feliz.
- The 2009-2010 Cuban Serie Nacional has its Opening Day. In a match-up of last year's finalists, La Habana starts its title defense with a 1 - 0 win over Villa Clara. Miguel Alfredo González, José A. Garcia and Miguel Lahera combine to shut out Villa Clara. Freddy Asiel Alvarez tosses seven shutout innings but allows a run in the 8th on a hit batsman, a sacrifice bunt and Rafael Orta's single.
- 2010:
- The San Francisco Giants win their first World Championship since moving to California in 1958, defeating the Texas Rangers, 3 - 1, in Game 5 of the World Series. Tim Lincecum pitches eight strong innings in besting the Rangers' Cliff Lee for the second time in the series, while World Series MVP Edgar Renteria has the key hit, a three-run homer in the 7th inning.
- Kenta Maeda of the Hiroshima Carp wins the Sawamura Award for 2010. Maeda led the Central League in wins (15), strikeouts (174) and ERA (2.21).
- 2011:
- The major league Gold Glove Awards are announced, with an unusually large turnover of recipients. Only P Mark Buehrle repeats as a winner in the American League, while 2B Brandon Phillips, C Yadier Molina and SS Troy Tulowitzki are repeat recipients in the National League. OF Ichiro Suzuki fails to win the award for the first time since moving to the United States in 2001.
- Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt comes to an agreement with Major League Baseball to sell his team through a court-supervised process. The agreement avoids a showdown in United States Bankruptcy Court.
- 2012:
- The Samsung Lions beat the SK Wyverns, 7 - 0, to take the Korean Series in six games. Won-sam Jang allows one hit and fans nine in seven innings at Jamsil Stadium for his second win of this series. Seok-min Park hits a two-run homer and Seung-yeop Lee cracks a three-run triple, both in the 3rd, as Mario Santiago takes the loss. Seung-yeop Lee wins the Series MVP Award.
- In Game 5 of the Japan Series, the Yomiuri Giants move a win away from a title with a 10 - 2 romp. Tetsuya Utsumi gets the win, while Nippon Ham Fighters ace Mitsuo Yoshikawa is knocked out in the 3rd. John Bowker's two-run homer off Yoshikawa is the biggest blow. Nippon Ham's Kazuhito Tadano becomes the first player ejected from a Japan Series for a dangerous pitch, on a controversial call by home plate umpire Masao Yanada.
- The Miami Marlins name former catcher Mike Redmond as their manager, replacing the controversial Ozzie Guillen, who was let go after just one season.
- 2013 - The Samsung Lions, on the anniversary of their 2012 win, win Game 7 of the Korean Series. With the game against the Doosan Bears tied at 2 in the bottom of the 6th, they score five runs off reliever Derek Hankins to win it. Han-lee Park is named Korean Series MVP, going 5 for 9 with five runs and three RBI in the final two games after a 1-for-14 start to the Series. Samsung becomes the first team to win three straight Korean Series. Tae-in Chae and Park each have three hits today while Hyung-woo Choi draws three walks; Hyun-soo Kim goes 4 for 4 for the losing side.
- 2014:
- In the first trade of the postseason, the Blue Jays send 1B Adam Lind to the Brewers in return for P Marco Estrada.
- The German Bundesliga-1 MVPs are announced. Luke Sommer of Heidenheim Heideköpfe wins in the north after a 8-0, 1.05 season in which he also hit .362/.444/.710, finishing first in ERA and third in slugging. Fellow American Tanner Leighton, of the Solingen Alligators, wins in the south after a Triple Crown year (.500/.596/.854, 6 HR, 33 RBI).
- 2015 - The Royals win the World Series by defeating the Mets, 7 - 2, in Game 5. Trailing 2 - 0 in the top of the 9th, the Royals score twice against Matt Harvey and Jeurys Familia, capped by a daring dash by Eric Hosmer to score the tying run on a ground out, and explode for five runs in the 12th. Salvador Perez is named the Series MVP.
- 2016 - The Cubs force a decisive Game 7 in the World Series with a 9 - 3 win over the Indians in Game 6 at Progressive Field. Kris Bryant opens the scoring with a solo homer off Josh Tomlin in the 1st, and later in the inning Addison Russell adds a two-run double on a ball that falls between CF Tyler Naquin and RF Lonnie Chisenhall. Russell adds a grand slam in the 3rd as Chicago builds an insurmountable lead and cruises to the finish.
- 2017:
- The Yokohama BayStars avoid a sweep in the Japan Series, winning Game 4 by a 6 - 0 score. Rookie Haruhiro Hamaguchi throws 7 1/3 no-hit innings, tying the second-most in Japan Series history, before Shinya Tsuruoka doubles. Yokohama finishes with a two-hitter by Hamaguchi, Spencer Patton and Yasuaki Yamasaki. They get their offense against the Softbank Hawks with three hits and a homer apiece by Toshiro Miyazaki and Shuto Takajo, who drives in three.
- The Houston Astros win the first World Series title in their history by defeating the Dodgers, 5 - 1, in Game 7. The Astros score five times off Yu Darvish in the first two innings, with World Series MVP George Springer contributing the big blows with a double and two-run homer. Charlie Morton pitches the last four innings without allowing a run to receive credit for the win.
- 2018 - The Softbank Hawks take a three-games-to-one lead in the Japan Series with their 12th straight Japan Series win at home. It is not an easy one, as they battle back from three deficits to beat the Hiroshima Carp, 5 - 4. Kenji Akashi, who had one home run in the regular season, takes Geronimo Franzua deep in the 7th to tie it at 4, then star Yuki Yanagita homers off All-Star closer Shota Nakazaki in the 10th for a sayonara home run.
- 2019 - The Mets hire former star player Carlos Beltran as their next manager. He will never get to manage the team however, being forced to resign in January due to his role in the 2017 Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal.
- 2022:
- News report indicate that the White Sox have settled on Pedro Grifol as their new manager, replacing Hall of Famer Tony LaRussa who had to resign late in the season for health reasons.
- Winners of the Gold Glove in both leagues are announced, with a record 14 first-time winners. This is also the first year that a tenth Gold Glove is attributed in each circuit, for a utility player, who provided excellent defensive play at more than one position; D.J. LeMahieu and rookie Brendan Donovan are the first two winners in that category. One of the more experienced winners is Nolan Arenado, who receives the award at third base, tying Ichiro Suzuki with ten consecutive wins from the start of his career. Arenado is chosen over Ke'Bryan Hayes, despite Hayes leading all of baseball in defensive runs saved.
- The Phillies win Game 3 of the World Series at home by hitting a record-tying five home runs, including Bryce Harper's two-run shot which sets the tone in the 1st inning, and a solo homer by Alec Bohm in the 2nd which is the 1,000th in World Series history. Lance McCullers gives up all five long balls, setting a new record, as Houston ends up on the wrong side of the 7 - 0 final score.
- 2023:
- The Hanshin Tigers win Game 4 of the Japan Series to even the Series with the Orix Buffaloes at two games apiece. Koji Chikamoto reaches base five times and scores three of their four runs today. In the bottom of the 9th, cleanup man Yusuke Ohyama (2-for-15 so far this Series) singles off Jacob Waguespack to drive in Chikamoto with the winner.
- The Rangers claim the first World Series title in franchise history with a 5 - 0 win over the Diamondbacks in Game 5. Zac Gallen for Arizona and Nathan Eovaldi for Texas are locked up in a scoreless pitchers duel for the first six innings, before World Series MVP Corey Seager leads off the top of the 7th with an opposite field single and comes to score on a single by Mitch Garver. The Rangers add four runs off closer Paul Sewald in the top of the 9th, including a two-run homer by Marcus Semien. Eovaldi earns the win and Josh Sborz pitches the final 2 1/3 innings for the save.
Births[edit]
- 1814 - Doc Adams, executive (d. 1899)
- 1858 - Rooney Sweeney, catcher (d. 1924)
- 1859 - Bid McPhee, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1943)
- 1864 - Kid Baldwin, catcher (d. 1897)
- 1866 - Bob Berryhill, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1961)
- 1866 - Fred Demarais, pitcher (d. 1919)
- 1870 - Connie Murphy, catcher (d. 1945)
- 1872 - Mike Hopkins, catcher (d. 1952)
- 1873 - Dan McFarlan, pitcher (d. 1924)
- 1874 - Red Owens, infielder (d. 1952)
- 1878 - Snapper Kennedy, outfielder (d. 1945)
- 1880 - Tom Fisher, pitcher (d. 1972)
- 1880 - Grantland Rice, writer (d. 1954)
- 1884 - Ham Hyatt, infielder (d. 1963)
- 1885 - Ernie Lush, outfielder (d. 1937)
- 1887 - Jerry Akers, pitcher (d. 1979)
- 1888 - Grover Gilmore, outfielder (d. 1919)
- 1891 - Heinie Stafford, pinch hitter (d. 1972)
- 1892 - Earl Blackburn, catcher (d. 1966)
- 1892 - Lefty York, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1893 - Alex Burr, outfielder (d. 1918)
- 1893 - Otis Lawry, infielder (d. 1965)
- 1894 - Clarence Berger, outfielder (d. 1959)
- 1894 - Joe McDermott, minor league catcher, scout, and minor league owner (d. 1978)
- 1896 - Shuichi Ishimoto, NPB manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1982)
- 1899 - Army Cooper, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1904 - Johnny Burnett, infielder (d. 1959)
- 1906 - Pete Rambo, pitcher (d. 1991)
- 1906 - Heinie Schuble, infielder (d. 1990)
- 1907 - Larry French, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1987)
- 1911 - Art Parks, outfielder (d. 1989)
- 1915 - Red Tramback, outfielder (d. 1979)
- 1917 - Pat Mullin, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1999)
- 1920 - Seymour Siwoff, statistician (d. 2019)
- 1918 - Héctor Benítez, Venezuelan national team player (d. 2011)
- 1922 - Andy Lapihuska, pitcher (d. 1996)
- 1927 - Vic Power, infielder; All-Star (d. 2005)
- 1930 - Russ Kemmerer, pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1932 - Edilberto Gamilla, Philippines national team pitcher (d. 2002)
- 1932 - Shiro Ito, NPB pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1932 - Taketoshi Ogami, NPB pitcher (d. 2003)
- 1932 - Jim Pyburn, outfielder (d. 2011)
- 1933 - Eleanor Moore, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 2022)
- 1933 - Bob Sagers, minor league infielder
- 1934 - Howie Goss, outfielder (d. 1996)
- 1936 - Tony Komisar, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1938 - Raymond Searcy, minor league pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1938 - John Whited, college coach (d. 2013)
- 1942 - Norm DeBriyn, college coach
- 1945 - Bobby Brooks, outfielder (d. 1994)
- 1946 - Dick Baney, pitcher
- 1946 - Jim Kennedy, infielder
- 1948 - Steve Kittrell, college coach
- 1949 - Rui-Lin Lee, CPBL manager (d. 2000)
- 1949 - Tieh-Shung Liu, Taiwan national team outfielder
- 1950 - Clint Compton, pitcher
- 1950 - Mike Proffitt, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1951 - Eric Raich, pitcher
- 1951 - Chico Ruiz, infielder
- 1952 - Jung-Shan Chen, Taiwan national team pitcher
- 1952 - Kohei Shimamoto, NPB outfielder
- 1954 - Miguel Dilone, outfielder
- 1954 - Tom Mazarakis, Greek national team manager
- 1955 - Yao-Hsiang Hsieh, Chinese Taipei national team outfielder
- 1956 - Gary Redus, outfielder
- 1957 - Jose Moreno, infielder (d. 2019)
- 1958 - Rich Thompson, pitcher
- 1959 - Jong-mo Kim, KBO outfielder
- 1960 - Fernando Valenzuela, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2024)
- 1964 - Jim Kotkas, Canadian national team outfielder
- 1964 - Eddie Williams, infielder
- 1965 - Hector Berrios, minor league pitcher
- 1966 - Bob Wells, pitcher
- 1967 - Carlos Rodríguez, infielder
- 1971 - Mike Patrizi, minor league player
- 1972 - Ron Allen, minor league pitcher
- 1972 - Brian Grant, minor league pitcher
- 1972 - Will Green, drafted infielder (d. 2017)
- 1973 - Scott Tanksley, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1974 - Ryan Glynn, pitcher
- 1974 - So Tsutsui, NPB infielder
- 1975 - Cheng-Wei Kao, CPBL infielder
- 1975 - Jaron Madison, scout
- 1976 - Cleatus Davidson, infielder
- 1977 - Yao-Wen Kuo, CPBL pitcher
- 1977 - Luis de los Santos, pitcher
- 1977 - Jay Gehrke, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Coco Crisp, outfielder
- 1979 - Taiyo Fujita, NPB pitcher
- 1982 - Hsuan-Yi Hu, CPBL pitcher
- 1983 - Santo De Leon, minor league infielder
- 1983 - Steven Tolleson, infielder
- 1984 - Damichel González, Cuban league pitcher
- 1984 - Stephen Vogt, catcher; All-Star
- 1985 - Rey Gonzalez, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Paulo Orlando, outfielder
- 1985 - Henry Williamson, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Rhiner Cruz, pitcher
- 1987 - Anthony Bass, pitcher
- 1987 - Carlos Benítez, Cuban league infielder
- 1987 - Steve Geltz, pitcher
- 1987 - Walter Ibarra, minor league infielder
- 1987 - Si-hwan Jang, KBO pitcher
- 1987 - Donnie Joseph, pitcher
- 1988 - Chun-Hsiu Chen, minor league player
- 1988 - Mike Rayl, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Masahiro Tanaka, pitcher; All-Star
- 1988 - Alex Wimmers, pitcher
- 1989 - Engel Beltre, outfielder
- 1989 - Lisandra Berrios, Puerto Rican women's national team infielder
- 1989 - Kyle Gaedele, minor league outfielder
- 1989 - Cristobal Rodriguez, minor league infielder and manager
- 1989 - Ken Tanaka, Japanese national team infielder
- 1990 - Eliseo Aldazába, minor league outfielder
- 1990 - Ramon Cespedes, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Jonathon Crawford, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Juan Perez, minor league infielder
- 1991 - Eduardo Thomas Jr., Panamanian national team infielder
- 1993 - Eric Hanhold, pitcher
- 1993 - Brittany Hepburn, Australian women's national team pitcher
- 1993 - Royce Sadang, Palauan national team pitcher
- 1994 - Braden Bristo, pitcher
- 1994 - Gabe Cramer, minor league pitcher
- 1994 - Anthony Misiewicz, pitcher
- 1994 - Brent Rooker, outfielder; All-Star
- 1995 - Jason Foley, pitcher
- 1996 - Trent Grisham, outfielder
- 1996 - Hsiang-Yu Shih, CPBL infielder
- 1997 - Young-ha Lee, KBO pitcher
- 1997 - Xuhong Li, minor league catcher
- 1998 - Jeremiah Estrada, pitcher
- 1999 - Mason Englert, pitcher
- 2000 - Jo-Hsi Hsu, CPBL pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1910 - Bob Pettit, outfielder (b. 1861)
- 1912 - Ed Green, pitcher (b. 1860)
- 1917 - Steve Brady, outfielder (b. 1851)
- 1922 - Billy Goeckel, infielder (b. 1871)
- 1925 - Jay Andrews, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1873)
- 1925 - Roy Clark, outfielder (b. 1874)
- 1925 - Billy Serad, pitcher (b. 1862)
- 1931 - Charlie Craig, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1933 - Ed Scott, pitcher (b. 1870)
- 1937 - Benny Frey, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1938 - Charles Weeghman, owner (b. 1874)
- 1945 - George Hale, catcher (b. 1894)
- 1948 - Fred Mollenkamp, infielder (b. 1890)
- 1951 - Mickey Doolan, infielder (b. 1880)
- 1952 - Wally Clement, outfielder (b. 1881)
- 1952 - Ed McNichol, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1956 - Limb McKenry, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1957 - Charlie Caldwell, pitcher (b. 1901)
- 1961 - Tom Hughes, pitcher (b. 1884)
- 1967 - Frank Gabler, pitcher (b. 1911)
- 1969 - Joe Mellana, infielder (b. 1905)
- 1969 - George Winn, pitcher (b. 1897)
- 1974 - Joe Bush, pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1974 - Red Hadley, outfielder (b. 1909)
- 1983 - Art Ruble, outfielder (b. 1903)
- 1985 - Leander Tugerson, Negro League and minor league pitcher (b. 1922)
- 1987 - Mary Shane, broadcaster (b. 1945)
- 1988 - Lefty Sullivan, pitcher (b. 1916)
- 1999 - Pat McLaughlin, pitcher (b. 1910)
- 2001 - Tom Cheney, pitcher (b. 1934)
- 2001 - H. Gabriel Murphy, owner (b. 1903)
- 2003 - Sonny Senerchia, infielder (b. 1929)
- 2005 - Daniel Mena, Nicaraguan national team infielder (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Archie Allen, college coach (b. 1913)
- 2011 - Eilaine Roth, AAGPBL player (b. 1929)
- 2011 - Robert Yopp, minor league pitcher (b. 1953)
- 2012 - Pascual Perez, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1957)
- 2014 - Gene Sylvester, minor league pitcher (b. 1924)
- 2016 - John Orsino, catcher (b. 1938)
- 2017 - David Blackstock, college coach (b. 1942)
- 2017 - Weedy Edwards, pitcher (b. 1925)
- 2017 - Ray Robinson, author (b. 1920)
- 2020 - Julio Becquer, infielder (b. 1931)
- 2021 - Jim O'Rourke, pinch-hitter (b. 1937)
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