November 16
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on November 16.
Events[edit]
- 1887 - The Joint Rules Committee does away with the four-strike rule and with the scoring of walks as hits. Five balls for a walk remains the rule.
- 1891 - The Louisville Colonels club is sold at auction to satisfy a $6,359.40 mortgage. The new ownership is headed by Dr. T. Hunt Stuckey.
- 1894 - Managers Al Buckenberger of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Billy Barnie of the Louisville Colonels and Louisville star second baseman Fred Pfeffer are expelled from the National League for planning with officials of the proposed "American Association" (previously called the National Association). The two managers will be reinstated before the end of the year, but Pfeffer will have to wait until the end of February 1895 before he is welcomed back into the fold.
- 1908 - Julia Stahl, widow of Chick Stahl, is found dead in the doorway of a Boston tenement house. Stahl, the Boston Red Sox manager, committed suicide last year during spring training.
- 1912 - Detroit Tigers infielder Red Corriden is sold to the Cincinnati Reds.
- 1914 - Frank Leland, pioneer black ballplayer and founder of the Leland Giants, dies in Chicago after a brief illness. He was 45.
- 1950 - Major League Presidents Ford Frick (American League) and Will Harridge (National League) vote to deposit $950,000 received for World Series television and radio rights into the player's pension fund.
- 1954 - The Chicago Cubs trade future Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner to the Cleveland Indians for pitcher Sam Jones, minor league outfielder Gale Wade, and $60,000 in cash. Kiner will hit 18 home runs for the Indians in 1955, his final major league season.
- 1960 - National League batting champion Dick Groat is named league Most Valuable Player, outpolling Pirates teammate Don Hoak, 276-162.
- 1961:
- The circular New York Mets logo, designed by sports cartoonist Ray Gatto, is unveiled. The design, which represents all five boroughs with various symbols, is blue and orange, the team colors of the Dodgers and Giants, the franchises that left the "Big Apple" and moved to the West Coast leaving New York without a National League representative.
- The Cleveland Indians trade second baseman Johnny Temple to the Baltimore Orioles for first baseman Ray Barker, catcher Harry Chiti and minor leaguer Art Kay.
- 1962 - Milwaukee Braves general manager John McHale and six former stockholders of the Chicago White Sox buy the team from from the Perini Corporation for $6,218,480. William Bartholomay, an insurance executive, will be chairman of the board.
- 1966 - Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente wins the National League MVP Award, beating out Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace Sandy Koufax by ten votes. Clemente batted .317 with 29 home runs and 119 RBI during the regular season. Koufax posted a 27-9 record with 317 strikeouts and a 1.73 ERA.
- 1976:
- Yankees catcher Thurman Munson is named AL MVP. He hit .302 with 17 home runs and 105 RBIs, earning 18 out of 24 first-place votes.
- The California Angels sign free agent Don Baylor. He will be become the first Angels player in franchise history to win the MVP Award, in 1979.
- 1977 - Minnesota Twins first baseman Rod Carew is named American League Most Valuable Player. The future Hall of Famer led the AL in batting average (.388), runs (128), hits (239) and triples (16).
- 1979 - The Boston Red Sox sign free agent slugger Tony Perez. The veteran first baseman, a standout for Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" teams of the mid-1970s, played the last three seasons for the Montreal Expos.
- 1988 - Jose Canseco of the Oakland Athletics becomes the first unanimous winner of the American League MVP Award since Reggie Jackson in 1973. This year, Canseco became the first player in major league history to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season.
- 1989 - The National League champion San Francisco Giants sign free agent outfielder Kevin Bass, who hit .300 for Houston last season.
- 1992 - The Colorado Rockies sign free agent first baseman Andres Galarraga, who rejoins team manager Don Baylor, his hitting coach with the St. Louis Cardinals. Galarraga is coming off his second injury-plagued year, having missed 44 days of the season after being hit on the wrist by a Wally Whitehurst pitch in just the third game of the season. Galarraga, whose career seemed on the verge of extinction with the Cardinals, will enjoy a renaissance with the Rockies. He will lead the National League with a .370 batting average next season and will lead the league in both home runs (47) and RBI (150) in 1996.
- 1995 - The Oakland Athletics name Art Howe as their new manager.
- 1998:
- Roger Clemens of the Toronto Blue Jays becomes the first pitcher to win five Cy Young Awards when he is named the American League's top pitcher. Clemens was the Pitching Triple Crown winner, after he led AL pitchers in wins (20), strikeouts (271) and ERA (2.65).
- The New York Mets reinstate general manager Steve Phillips, who will continue to undergo counseling. The threatened sexual harassment suit will be settled out of court.
- 1999:
- Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez is named the unanimous winner of the American League Cy Young Award. He led AL pitchers in wins (23), strikeouts (313) and ERA (2.07). Martinez also won the award in the National League in 1997, just the third pitcher to do so in both leagues.
- The St. Louis Cardinals obtain pitchers Darryl Kile, Dave Veres and Luther Hackman from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for infielder Brent Butler and pitchers Jose Jimenez, Manny Aybar and Rick Croushore.
- 2000:
- San Francisco Giants second baseman Jeff Kent, who hit .334 with 33 home runs and 125 RBI, outpoints teammate Barry Bonds to become the National League MVP. Bonds had 49 homers and scored 129 runs. Kent becomes the first second baseman to win the honor in since Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs won the award in 1984.
- The Boston Red Sox obtain IF Chris Stynes from the Cincinnati Reds for OF Michael Coleman and IF Donnie Sadler.
- The Cleveland Indians obtain catcher Eddie Taubensee from the Cincinnati Reds for pitchers Jim Brower and Robert Pugmire.
- The Chicago Cubs sign free agent pitcher Julian Tavarez to a two-year contract.
- The Toronto Blue Jays announce that they will open the 2001 season against the Texas Rangers in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- 2001:
- A Minnesota judge issues a temporary injunction that orders the Twins to play their full home schedule and prevents owner Carl Pohlad from selling the team to anyone who will move it. While this ruling will be appealed, it will be difficult to get the injunction overturned in enough time to contract the Twins for a potential 2002 season.
- Jose Contreras and Pedro Luis Lazo shut down the Japanese national team in the semifinals of the 2001 Baseball World Cup for a 3 - 1, 11-inning win. Contreras improves to 13-0 in international competition.
- 2002:
- The Atlanta Braves, Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies begin a three-team trade which sends starting pitcher Mike Hampton and outfielder Juan Pierre to Florida with catcher Charles Johnson, outfielder Preston Wilson, reliever Vic Darensbourg and infielder Pablo Ozuna to Colorado. The Marlins will send Hampton to the Braves on November 18th in exchange for pitching prospects Tim Spooneybarger and Ryan Baker.
- The New York Yankees and the Yomiuri Giants sign an agreement to form a working relationship. Being the most successful teams in their respective leagues, the organizations hope to establish scouting and marketing ties which will benefit both teams.
- After piloting the San Francisco Giants for ten years and winning the 2002 National League pennant, Dusty Baker inks a four-year deal to manage the Chicago Cubs. Chicago, who hasn't been to the World Series since 1945, makes it clear the 53-year-old three-time NL Manager of the Year was the organization's first choice to the lead the team.
- 2005:
- Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, who was the runner-up in the American League Most Valuable Player voting this week, is second-to-none in the voting for the top two awards given by the Boston chapter of the BBWAA. Ortiz will be given the Ted Williams Award as the top hitter in the major leagues, along with the "Yawkey Award" as the Red Sox MVP at the Boston BBWAA's annual dinner on January 12, 2006. Ortiz hit .300 with 47 home runs and a major league-leading 148 RBI this season. He also had 34 RBI that put his team ahead, the most in the AL, and 8 RBI from the 7th inning on that gave Boston the lead for good.
- Al Nipper, a former Boston Red Sox draft pick who played the majority of his career with the club, is hired as Boston's bullpen coach.
- Broadcaster Ralph Edwards, dies today in Los Angeles, CA at age 92; he was considered the voice that launched the Jimmy Fund, the children's cancer-fighting charity long favored by the Boston Red Sox.
- MLB hopes it can resolve differences with Washington officials over a stadium lease by next week, clearing the way for a sale of the Nationals.
- 2007:
- The Dutch national team beats the host Taiwan national team in the 2007 Baseball World Cup to eliminate them from medal contention. Down 2 - 1 with two outs in the top of the 9th, the Dutch team gets a clutch solo homer from Vince Rooi off Po-Hsuan Keng. The Netherlands wins it with four runs in the 11th, driven in by Greg Halman and Hainley Statia, both of whom are coming off productive seasons in the US minor leagues.
- The Australian national team fails to make its first semifinal trip in Baseball World Cup history with a 3 - 0 upset loss to Japan. Australia had gone 6 - 1 in the round-robin phase, but Tadashi Settsu gets one of four impressive wins during the 2007 Cup to shut them down.
- 2008 - Tomoaki Sato ends the 2008 Asia Series with a game-winning two-out bottom-of-the-9th double off Wei-Lun Pan to break a scoreless tie. The Seibu Lions become the fourth straight NPB team to win an Asia Series. Sato is named Series MVP.
- 2009:
- The Rookie of the Year Award winners are announced. Relief pitcher Andrew Bailey of the Oakland Athletics is the winner in the American League, while outfielder Chris Coghlan of the Florida Marlins is honored in the National League.
- Bucky Williams, the second-oldest known former Negro Leagues player, dies a month shy of his 103rd birthday. He had become a living legend in the Pittsburgh area over recent years.
- 2010:
- Roy Halladay wins the National League Cy Young Award in his first season with the Philadelphia Phillies after leading the NL in wins, complete games, shutouts and innings pitched, throwing a perfect game, and, for good measure, adding a no-hitter in the postseason. He is the fifth pitcher to win the award in both leagues, having been honored in the American League in 2003.
- The Marlins trade 2B Dan Uggla to the Atlanta Braves in return for IF Omar Infante and P Mike Dunn.
- 2011:
- The Japan Series gets tied at two games apiece, with the third 2 - 1 game so far. The Softbank Hawks score twice off Yudai Kawai with three 1st-inning singles and an error by six-time Gold Glove winner Masahiro Araki. The Chunichi Dragons come within 2 - 1 and load the bases with no outs in the 6th, but Masahiko Morifuku relieves D.J. Houlton and escapes the jam. Morifuku and Brian Falkenborg hold Chunichi hitless the rest of the way.
- The Manager of the Year Awards go to Kirk Gibson of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League and the Tampa Bay Rays' Joe Maddon in the American League. Gibson wins in his first full season as a skipper, while it's a second time for Maddon to receive the award.
- Two back-up outfielders sign with new teams for 2012: Mark Kotsay agrees to a one-year deal with San Diego and Jason Pridie moves to Oakland.
- 2012:
- Playing for the first time for the Colombian national team, 16-year major league veteran Edgar Renteria leads his team to an 8 - 1 win over the Nicaraguan national team in their first game in the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers. He drives in a run in his team's five-run 2nd inning against Erasmo Ramirez. Donovan Solano has a two-run triple in the frame as the Colombians win easily.
- New Zealand eliminates Thailand from Pool C of the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers with a dominant win, scoring in all eight innings and winning, 12 - 2, in a game shortened by the mercy rule. Alan Schoenberger has a double and two singles, scores four times and drives in two to lead the Kiwis. 17-year-old starter Makauley Fox is the winner, going five innings. The host Taiwanese national team then crushes the Philippines, 16 - 0, on a one-hitter to reach the pool finals.
- The Blue Jays continue to be the talk of the off-season, signing disgraced OF Melky Cabrera to a two-year contract worth $16 million, three days after completing a 12-player trade with the Marlins.
- The Athletics trade P Tyson Ross and A.J. Kirby-Jones to the Padres in return for IF Andy Parrino and P Andrew Werner.
- 2014 - The Braves trade 2B Tommy La Stella to the Cubs in return for P Arodys Vizcaino. The two teams also exchange international signing bonus slots, giving the Braves more room to be active on that market.
- 2015:
- The quarterfinals of the 2015 Premier 12 features some interesting story lines. Team Canada, after a 5-0 record in pool play, is stunned by 2-3 Mexico in a 4 - 3 loss, as shortstop Sean Jamieson and 3B Pete Orr make crucial errors to erase a solid start by Scott Diamond. The other unbeaten team, Japan, cruises to a 9 - 3 win over Puerto Rico as Nobuhiro Matsuda scores three and Hayato Sakamoto drives in three. The Kingdom of the Netherlands suffers pitching setbacks when scheduled starter Jair Jurrjens returns home following the death of his father the previous night and his replacement, Tom Stuifbergen, has to leave in the 4th inning because of an injury; reliever Orlando Yntema makes three errors in the 5th to blow a Netherlands lead and Team USA takes advantage en route to a 6 - 1 win. In the other game, South Korea toasts nine Cuban hurlers in a 7 - 2 win, with five runs off four pitchers in the 2nd and two runs off another four pitchers in the 8th.
- Two of the most highly-touted prospects in recent years win the Rookie of the Year Award in their respective leagues. 3B Kris Bryant of the Cubs is a unanimous winner in the National League, while SS Carlos Correa of the Astros wins it in a close race in the American League.
- The Rangers trade OF Leonys Martin and P Anthony Bass to the Mariners in return for P Tom Wilhelmsen, OF James Jones and a player to be named later.
- 2016 - Winners of the Cy Young Award are announced today. Max Scherzer of Washington becomes the sixth pitcher to win the award in both leagues when he prevails in the vote in the National League after going 20-7 during the season. In the American League, Boston's Rick Porcello, who went 22-4, is the winner over Justin Verlander of the Tigers in a very close race.
- 2017 - Giancarlo Stanton wins the 2017 National League Most Valuable Player Award over Joey Votto in a very close vote, 302 points to 300, with both players receiving ten of 30 first-place votes. The result in the American League is not as disputed, as José Altuve easily outpolls Aaron Judge. It is the first time winning the award for both players.
- 2018:
- Chun-Hsiu Chen of the Lamigo Monkeys wins the CPBL MVP for 2018 after winning the batting and slugging titles; he also won Taiwan Series MVP this year. Tzu-Chien Shih of the Uni-President Lions is Rookie of the Year after going 11-5 with a 3.86 ERA.
- Coming off the worst season in franchise history, the Baltimore Orioles hire Mike Elias as General Manager, replacing the recently fired Dan Duquette.
- The British Baseball Hall of Fame announces its class of 2018, with the elections of Brad Marcelino and Ron Marshall. Marcelino is the all-time British national team leader in games played while Marshall was a top pitcher in Britain in the 1950s-1960s who managed the national team in the 1980s. Both have family members already in the Hall - Brad's father Oscar and Ron's grandson Gavin.
- 2020 - The 2020 CPBL awards are given out. José De Paula of the Chinatrust Brothers is the first pitcher and first foreigner in 12 years to win CPBL MVP, after taking the pitching Triple Crown. An-Ko Lin of the Uni-President Lions is named Rookie of the Year after leading the league in homers and RBI.
- 2021:
- The two leagues announce their Manager of the Year: Kevin Cash of the Rays is a repeat winner in the AL while Gabe Kapler of the Giants is honored by the NL. Both managers won 100 or more games, with Kapler's team setting a franchise record with 107 wins.
- On the contract front, the Blue Jays sign P Jose Berrios, a trading deadline acquisition, to a seven-year contract extension worth $131 million while the Angels sign free agent P Noah Syndergaard, who is trying to come back from injuries, to a one-year deal at $21 million.
- 2022:
- Both winners of the Cy Young Award this year are chosen by unanimous vote. In the American League, Justin Verlander wins the award for the third time by going 18-4, 1.75 after missing the entire 2021 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. In the National League, Sandy Alcantara is chosen after posting a 2.28 ERA and 6 complete games, the highest total in years.
- In the first major trade of the off-season, the Blue Jays send OF Teoscar Hernandez to the Mariners in return for two pitchers, Erik Swanson and Adam Macko.
- 2023:
- The voting for the MVP Award results in two unanimous selections. In the American League, Shohei Ohtani wins for the second time, after leading the circuit in homers in spite of missing the final month of the season with an injury, while incidentally also being the best pitcher on the Angels. In the National League, Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Braves, who had a 40-40 season and led the league in a half-dozen offensive categories, is honored.
- By unanimous vote, MLB owners approve the relocation of the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas, NV, to be effective in 2028.
- The White Sox trade lefty reliever Aaron Bummer to the Braves in return for five players, including Ps Michael Soroka and Jared Shuster and IFs Nicky Lopez and Braden Shewmake.
Births[edit]
- 1850 - Mike McGeary, infielder (d. 1933)
- 1852 - Joe Quest, infielder (d. 1924)
- 1852 - Frank Robison, owner (d. 1908)
- 1858 - Ben Guiney, catcher; umpire (d. 1930)
- 1858 - Joe Strauss, outfielder (d. 1906)
- 1859 - Doug Crothers, pitcher (d. 1907)
- 1871 - Jack Ryder, writer (d. 1936)
- 1874 - Bill Deegan, pitcher (d. 1957)
- 1879 - Ollie Anderson, umpire (d. 1945)
- 1880 - Con Starkel, pitcher (d. 1933)
- 1881 - Reeve McKay, pitcher (d. 1946)
- 1883 - Rollie Zeider, infielder (d. 1967)
- 1886 - Carl Manda, infielder (d. 1983)
- 1890 - Ralph Bell, pitcher (d. 1959)
- 1890 - Jake Munch, outfielder (d. 1966)
- 1890 - Tuffy Stewart, outfielder (d. 1926)
- 1893 - Cristóbal Torriente, outfielder; Hall of Fame (d. 1938)
- 1894 - Monk Younger, college coach (d. 1977)
- 1896 - Ivy Griffin, infielder (d. 1957)
- 1904 - Mike Smith, outfielder (d. 1981)
- 1905 - Ab Wright, outfielder (d. 1995)
- 1906 - Joe Scott, infielder (d. 1947)
- 1909 - Bill McGee, pitcher (d. 1987)
- 1909 - Henry Spearman, infielder (d. 1980)
- 1910 - Morrie Arnovich, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1959)
- 1911 - Clay Bryant, pitcher (d. 1999)
- 1915 - Garth Mann, pinch runner (d. 1980)
- 1915 - Blas Monaco, infielder (d. 2000)
- 1917 - Ed Busch, infielder (d. 1987)
- 1919 - Frank Maze, college coach (d. 1971)
- 1923 - Evelyn Adams, AAGPBL infielder (d. 1999)
- 1926 - Amy Applegren, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1927 - Billy Briggs, minor league pitcher (d. 2010)
- 1930 - Paul Foytack, pitcher (d. 2021)
- 1930 - Neville Pratt, Australian national team player (d. 2012)
- 1931 - Frank Bolling, infielder; All-Star (d. 2020)
- 1932 - Patricia Burton, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 2018)
- 1932 - Harry Chiti, catcher (d. 2002)
- 1935 - Andres Reiner, scout (d. 2016)
- 1939 - Bob Kruthoffer, college coach (d. 2009)
- 1940 - Buster Narum, pitcher (d. 2004)
- 1943 - Greg Bollo, pitcher
- 1945 - Bernardo Calvo, minor league infielder and manager
- 1948 - Leon Brown, outfielder
- 1948 - Don Hahn, outfielder
- 1951 - Luis Galindez, minor league outfielder
- 1951 - Herb Washington, designated runner
- 1952 - Glenn Burke, outfielder (d. 1995)
- 1952 - John Tumminia, scout (d. 2022)
- 1957 - Gary McGraw, scout
- 1957 - Brad Weitzel, scout
- 1958 - Paul Serna, infielder
- 1959 - Joe Vavra, minor league infielder, coach
- 1960 - Curt Wardle, pitcher
- 1962 - Mike Raczka, pitcher
- 1963 - Jeff Edwards, minor league catcher (d. 2008)
- 1964 - Rick Bernardo, minor league infielder
- 1964 - José Elósegui, Cuban league coach
- 1964 - Dwight Gooden, pitcher; All-Star
- 1964 - Rob Mallicoat, pitcher
- 1965 - Drew Denson, infielder (d. 2014)
- 1966 - Tim Scott, pitcher
- 1967 - Ron Biga, minor league manager
- 1967 - Chien-Sheng Tung, CPBL pitcher
- 1968 - Chris Haney, pitcher
- 1969 - Jose Quiroz, Nicaraguan national team pitcher
- 1969 - Pete Rose Jr., infielder
- 1969 - Dane Walker, scout
- 1970 - Hector Fajardo, pitcher
- 1970 - German Panyushov, Russian League outfielder
- 1971 - Omar Garcia, minor league infielder
- 1972 - Chien-Chou Wu, CPBL outfielder
- 1972 - Hank Woodman, minor league pitcher
- 1974 - Mark Corey, pitcher
- 1975 - Yen-Po Kuo, CPBL catcher
- 1975 - Julio Lugo, infielder (d. 2021)
- 1976 - Michal Břeň, Extraliga catcher
- 1976 - Talley Haines, minor league pitcher
- 1976 - Chris Reinike, minor league pitcher
- 1977 - Yung-Hsin Hsu, college coach
- 1979 - Hung-Li Lai, TML infielder
- 1981 - Fernando Cabrera, pitcher
- 1981 - Hisashi Takayama, NPB outfielder
- 1982 - Tim Wood, pitcher
- 1983 - Zach Daeges, minor league outfielder
- 1984 - Daniel Frega, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Steve Martin, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Nelson Perez, NPB outfielder
- 1987 - Jordan Walden, pitcher; All-Star
- 1988 - Brandon Cumpton, pitcher
- 1988 - Young-il Jung, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Angelys Nina, minor league infielder
- 1988 - Bachtiar Sanjaya, Indonesian national team infielder
- 1988 - Tomomi Takahashi, NPB pitcher
- 1989 - Juan Centeno, catcher
- 1989 - Osmari García, Venezuelan women's national team catcher
- 1989 - Alonzo Harris, minor league outfielder
- 1989 - David Popkins, coach
- 1990 - Caitlin Everett, US women's national team outfielder
- 1990 - Jeremias Pineda, minor league outfielder
- 1990 - David Renfroe, minor league infielder
- 1990 - Casey Upperman, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Dayana Batista, Cuban women's national team infielder
- 1991 - Phillips Valdez, pitcher
- 1991 - Dickie Joe Thon, minor league infielder and manager
- 1992 - Cheslor Cuthbert, infielder
- 1992 - Reggie McClain, pitcher
- 1993 - Agustín Tissera, Serie A1 infielder
- 1994 - Brantley Bell, minor league infielder
- 1994 - Rafael Córdova, minor league pitcher
- 1994 - Will Craig, infielder
- 1995 - Filippo Agretti, Serie A1 infielder
- 1995 - Munkhbat Dashzeveg, Mongolian national team pitcher
- 1995 - Victor González, pitcher
- 1996 - Alfredo Angarita, minor league infielder
- 1996 - Nolan Bond, Great Britain national team pitcher
- 1996 - Hiroshi Kaino, NPB pitcher
- 1998 - Ho-jeong Lee, South Korean national team infielder
- 1998 - Sebastian Rivero, catcher
- 1999 - Marcelo Lopez, minor league pitcher
- 1999 - Grayson Rodriguez, pitcher
- 2005 - Chounia Phothipanya, Laotian national team infielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1891 - Theo Bomeisler, umpire (b. 1836)
- 1895 - Jim McLaughlin, pitcher/outfielder (b. 1860)
- 1914 - Frank Leland, Negro League outfielder and owner (b. ~1869)
- 1918 - Pearl Webster, Negro League catcher (b. ????)
- 1922 - John Cunningham, infielder (b. 1892)
- 1923 - Fred House, pitcher (b. 1890)
- 1933 - Howard Lindimore, minor league infielder (b. 1893)
- 1937 - Dick Burns, outfielder (b. 1863)
- 1937 - Norris O'Neill, minor league player and executive (b. 1867)
- 1943 - Frank McPartlin, pitcher (b. 1872)
- 1945 - Jake Northrop, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1950 - Frank Hemphill, outfielder (b. 1878)
- 1960 - Weldon Henley, pitcher (b. 1880)
- 1962 - Hugh High, outfielder (b. 1887)
- 1964 - Yam Yaryan, catcher (b. 1892)
- 1965 - Ed Sherling, pinch hitter (b. 1897)
- 1969 - Vin Campbell, outfielder (b. 1888)
- 1974 - Pep Rambert, pitcher (b. 1916)
- 1977 - Jose Acosta, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1978 - Harry Matuzak, pitcher (b. 1910)
- 1979 - George Armstrong, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1897)
- 1979 - Joe Iglehart, owner (b. 1891)
- 1983 - George Holcomb, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1987 - Jim Brewer, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1937)
- 1988 - Johnny Hayes, catcher; All-Star (d. 1910)
- 1992 - Louis Nippert, owner (b. 1903)
- 1992 - Gene Schott, pitcher (b. 1913)
- 1994 - Russ Meers, pitcher (b. 1918)
- 1996 - Joe Gonzales, pitcher (b. 1915)
- 1996 - Charlie Neal, infielder; All-Star (b. 1931)
- 1998 - Russ Meyer, pitcher (b. 1923)
- 1999 - Allen Benson, pitcher (b. 1905)
- 2001 - Tal Abernathy, pitcher (b. 1921)
- 2001 - Red Steiner, catcher (b. 1915)
- 2004 - Floyd Baker, infielder (b. 1916)
- 2005 - Sandy Consuegra, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1920)
- 2007 - Joe Nuxhall, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1928)
- 2009 - Yoshihiro Nakata, NPB outfielder (b. 1935)
- 2009 - Jon Niederer, scout (b. 1951)
- 2009 - Bucky Williams, infielder (b. 1906)
- 2010 - Elder White, infielder (b. 1933)
- 2012 - Bob Wiggins, Negro League outfielder (b. 1933)
- 2014 - Whammy Douglas, pitcher (b. 1935)
- 2015 - Wally Kincaid, college coach (b. ~1926)
- 2015 - John Walsh, scout (b. 1926)
- 2017 - Cecil Espy Sr., scout (b. 1935)
- 2017 - Tommy Moore, pitcher (b. 1948)
- 2018 - Larry Babich, college coach (b. 1935)
- 2018 - Nick Testa, catcher (b. 1928)
- 2019 - Steve Easton, minor league pitcher (b. 1949)
- 2019 - Chuck Gismondi, college coach (b. 1942)
- 2022 - Harry Dunlop, coach (b. 1933)
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