November 21
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on November 21.
Events[edit]
- 1887 - In the American Association, the St. Louis Browns announce a trade that ships Bill Gleason and Curt Welch to the Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Fred Mann, Chippy McGarr, and Jocko Milligan, plus $3,000. This is the first of a number of trades or sales, mostly to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms.
- 1888 - The Cleveland Spiders are formally admitted to the National League, creating a vacancy in the American Association. Cleveland will replace the Detroit Wolverines.
- 1889 - The National League issues its reply to the Players League manifesto. Claiming that the League saved baseball in 1876 and that under the reserve rules players' salaries have "more than trebled," the NL denounces the Brotherhood movement as "the efforts of certain overpaid players to again control [baseball] for their own aggrandizement... to its ultimate dishonor and disintegration."
- 1893 - Ban Johnson is named president, secretary, and treasurer of the recently reorganized Western League. Under Johnson's leadership the league will prosper and eventually become the American League.
- 1900:
- Given a ten-year contract to control the Baltimore franchise in the American League, John McGraw says he intends to be there a long time, and wants to lease grounds in Baltimore where he can stay. He'll be a manager for 32 more years, but not in Baltimore after bolting the team in the middle of the 1902 season.
- National League president Nick Young wishes success to the new American League, but says he does not consider it a major league.
- 1911:
- After a sixth-place finish (76-76), Hal Chase resigns as New York Highlanders manager and is replaced by Harry Wolverton. Chase will remain a player with the team until he is traded during the 1913 season.
- William Russell, head of the syndicate that owns the Boston Nationals, dies. No doubt helping his demise was watching his team finish the season with a .291 winning percentage. Former player, now attorney, Monte Ward and New York politician James Gaffney will purchase 945 of the 1000 shares for $177,000. The team, also known as the Rustlers (or Doves) will start next season as the "Braves" - a name that will eventually stick.
- 1928 - The St. Louis Cardinals sign Billy Southworth as their new manager, replacing Bill McKechnie who goes down to Triple-A Rochester.
- 1933 - Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Chuck Klein, who won the Triple Crown after hitting .368 with 28 home runs and 120 RBI, is sold to the Cubs for $125,000 and veterans Mark Koenig and Harvey Hendrick, and rookie Ted Kleinhans. Hendrick will play one year with the Phillies, while Koenig and Hendrick quickly go to the Reds. Klein, who also led the National League in hits (223), doubles (44), extra-base hits (79), total bases (365), slugging percentage (.602), on base percentage (.368) and OPS (1.025), and finished second in runs (102) and fourth in steals (15), is the only player in major league history to be traded after a Triple Crown season. Klein will have two-plus seasons at Wrigley Field before returning to Philadelphia in 1936.
- 1934:
- The Yankees purchase Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League. The son of Italian immigrants will be one of three DiMaggio brothers to play in the major leagues. Dom and Vince are the others.
- In a pitchers transaction, the St. Louis Cardinals send 16-game winner Tex Carleton to the Chicago Cubs for Bud Tinning and Dick Ward, and cash considerations. Carleton will win 11 in Chicago while Tinning and Ward will help little.
- 1949 - Bill Veeck sells the Cleveland Indians for $2.2 million to a local syndicate headed by Ellis Ryan. Hank Greenberg will be general manager.
- 1952 - Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Joe Black, who posted a 15-4 record with 85 strikeouts and a 2.15 ERA, is voted National League Rookie of the Year, receiving 19 of 24 first place votes. Hoyt Wilhelm, Dick Groat and Eddie Mathews also garner first-place votes.
- 1955 - In an obvious power struggle for control, the principal founding father of Little League, Carl Stotz, sues the organization for breach of contract. The suit will be settled out of court.
- 1956 - Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe wins the National League MVP; in a few days, he will become the first-ever Cy Young Award winner.
- 1959 - In the first inter-league trade, the Chicago Cubs send 1B Jim Marshall and P Dave Hillman to the Boston Red Sox for 1B Dick Gernert.
- 1960 - Bob Scheffing signs to manage the Detroit Tigers after the job is turned down by Casey Stengel.
- 1962 - The Pittsburgh Pirates trade 1B Dick Stuart and P Jack Lamabe to the Boston Red Sox for P Don Schwall and C Jim Pagliaroni.
- 1967 - Cleveland sends 1B Fred Whitfield and P George Culver to Cincinnati for OF Tommy Harper.
- 1968 - Cincinnati trades SS Leo Cardenas to the Twins for P Jim Merritt.
- 1969 - Future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey, Jr. is born in Donora, PA, the son of Ken Griffey, Sr., himself an All-Star outfielder who will not make his major league debut until 1973. The two will be the first father/son duo to play together in the major leagues, in 1990, but the younger Griffey will greatly surpass his father's accomplishments, receiving a then record-high percentage of the vote when elected to Cooperstown in 2016.
- 1970 - The Sporting News announces Gold Glove Award selections. Chicago White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio wins the ninth and final honor of his career, while New York Mets outfielder Tommie Agee becomes the first position player to win it in each league. Aparicio has now won a gold glove in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, while Agee also won the honor with the White Sox during his 1966 Rookie of Year season.
- 1972 - Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk is the first-ever unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year. Fisk hit 22 home runs and led the AL East Division with a .293 batting average. Pitcher Jon Matlack of the New York Mets is named the National League winner.
- 1973 - Pete Rose wins the National League MVP Award in a controversial vote, edging out Willie Stargell. Rose led the NL with 230 hits and won his third batting crown with a .338 mark. Stargell led the league with 44 home runs, 119 runs batted in, and a .646 slugging percentage while batting .299.
- 1977 - Baltimore Orioles first baseman Eddie Murray is named American League Rookie of the Year. Murray garners 12 1/2 points to beat out runner-up Mitchell Page of the Oakland Athletics, who polled 9 1/2 votes. Murray will go on to a Hall of Fame career, while Page will never come close to matching his rookie numbers.
- 1978 - Bob Horner of the Braves edges Ozzie Smith of San Diego to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Horner batted .266 with 23 home runs in just 323 at-bats after starting the season at Arizona State University before being the first overall pick of the June draft.
- 1980 - After having led the Yankees to 103 wins last season, manager Dick Howser resigns and is replaced by Gene Michael. Howser is tired of interference by Yankee owner George Steinbrenner.
- 1983:
- New York Mets outfielder Darryl Strawberry breaks the Los Angeles Dodgers' four-year stronghold on the National League Rookie of the Year Award when he becomes the first non-Dodger to win the honor since Bob Horner in 1978. Rick Sutcliffe, Steve Howe, Fernando Valenzuela and Steve Sax had been the previous winners.
- The Seattle Mariners trade reliever Bill Caudill and a player to be named later (minor leaguer Darrel Akerfelds) to the Oakland Athletics for catcher Bob Kearney and reliever Dave Beard.
- 1989 - Kevin Mitchell of the Giants, who led the major leagues with 47 home runs and 125 RBI, is named National League Most Valuable Player.
- 1990 - Free agent signings today include P Mike Boddicker with the Kansas City Royals, P Danny Jackson with the Chicago Cubs, and P Tom Browning, re-signed by the Cincinnati Reds.
- 1991:
- Atlanta Braves third baseman Terry Pendleton, who hit .319 with 22 home runs and 86 RBI, wins the National League MVP Award. Pendleton surprisingly out-distances runner-up Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Barry Bonds (.292, 25, 116).
- Jody Treadwell of the Adelaide Giants throws the first one-pitcher no-hitter in Australian Baseball League history, beating the Sydney Wave.
- 1993 - The Giants sign free agent P Mark Portugal to a three-year contract.
- 1995 - The Marlins sign free agent OF Devon White to a three-year contract worth $9.9 million.
- 1997 - The Royals acquire 1B Jeff Conine from the Marlins in exchange for P Blaine Mull.
- 2000:
- Citing statistics to a U.S. Senate panel, Commissioner Bud Selig states it is time for "sweeping changes" in the game's economic make-up, raising the possibility of a work stoppage after the current contract expires on October 31, 2001.
- The New York Yankees sign free agent catcher Joe Oliver to a contract.
- 2002:
- In an effort to appeal more to women and families, Major League Baseball will provide sponsorship support along with giving softball players a presence at big league events. MLB announces a partnership with five-year-old Women's Pro Softball League recently renamed National Pro Fastpitch.
- In the earliest-scheduled season opener in major league history, the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners will start the season in Tokyo, Japan, on March 25, 2003. The two-game series will feature recent American League Rookies of the Year Kazuhiro Sasaki (2000) and Ichiro Suzuki (2001).
- The Montreal Expos may play approximately twenty-five percent of their home games (22 of 81) in San Juan, Puerto Rico next season. Away "home games" are not unprecedented as the Brooklyn Dodgers played seven games in Newark, NJ in 1956 and 1957, and the Chicago White Sox, filling a void when the Braves left, played nine games in Milwaukee, WI in 1968 and another 11 in 1969.
- 2005 - Catcher Kenji Johjima and the Seattle Mariners agree to a $16.5 million, three-year contract. Johjima, who was both a seven-time All-Star and Gold Glove winner for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in Japan, became a free agent after hitting .309 with 24 home runs and 57 RBI during a season cut short by two injuries. He is projected to become the first Japanese player to catch full-time in the major leagues. Infielder Lenn Sakata, a Japanese-American born in Honolulu, HI, served as an emergency catcher for the 1983 World Champion Baltimore Orioles and Don Wakamatsu played a few games as a back-up for the Chicago White Sox in 1991.
- 2008:
- Japan's baseball writers announce the major award winners for 2008. Alex Ramirez of the Yomiuri Giants is named Central League MVP after leading the loop in RBI and finishing second in home runs and slugging; he is the first foreigner to win in seven years, since fellow Venezuelan Roberto Petagine. Hisashi Iwakuma becomes the first member of the Rakuten Golden Eagles to be named Pacific League MVP, after a 21-4 season; he is the third MVP from a fifth-place team in league history. No one had won 21 games in the CL or PL since 1985. Former Arizona Diamondbacks farmhand Tetsuya Yamaguchi is named Rookie of the Year in the CL.
- For the first time in its 27-year history, the Korea Baseball Organization has a trade rejected. The Woori Heroes had sent ace hurler Won-sam Jang to the Samsung Lions for Sung-hun Park and $2.1 million on November 14th. The other six teams appealed, as Woori had agreed not to trade players for cash during its first five years in the league.
- 2009 - Pedro Luis Lazo strikes out the 2,361st batter of his career, passing former teammate Faustino Corrales for second all-time on the Cuban leader board.
- 2011:
- Police in the Dutch city of Rotterdam are called this morning to the home of Mariners OF Greg Halman and find the 24-year-old dying of a stab wound. They are unable to revive him, but arrest his younger brother Jason Halman who is considered the main suspect in the murder.
- The Tigers' Justin Verlander adds the American League Most Valuable Player Award to the Cy Young Award he won a week ago after a dominating season in which he led Detroit to the AL Central title. He is the first pitcher to win the award in the AL since reliever Dennis Eckersley in 1992, and the first starting pitcher to do so since Roger Clemens in 1986. He secures 13 of 28 first-place votes to finish ahead of Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury, Toronto's Jose Bautista and New York's Curtis Granderson in a bunched-up vote.
- The Pirates sign free agent IF Clint Barmes to a two-year deal, the Orioles ink IF Matt Antonelli and the Rangers add former Twins closer Joe Nathan for two years with an option for a third. That deal means that Neftali Feliz, the Rangers' closer for the last two seasons, will move to the starting rotation in 2012.
- The Argentinian national team wins the 2011 South American Championship, beating Ecuador in the finale, 5 - 0, behind the pitching of Federico Tanco. A two-run triple by Jacinto Cipriota is the big hit. Brazil takes third place, topping Chile.
- 2012:
- Catcher Shinnosuke Abe of the Yomiuri Giants continues to clean up the hardware; after taking his seventh Best Nine and sharing the Matsutaro Shoriki Award, he wins the Central League MVP Award in a landslide. Abe led the Central League in average and RBI in 2012. The Pacific League MVP Award is also a runaway, going to Mitsuo Yoshikawa of the Nippon Ham Fighters, the ERA leader.
- The Red Sox sign free agent OF Jonny Gomes to a two-year deal worth $10 million. He will prove a key addition in turning last year's last-place finishers into World Champions.
- 2013:
- The Best Nine awards are given out in Nippon Pro Baseball. There are a record-tying seven first-time Pacific League winners, with all four infielders (Hideto Asamura, Kazuya Fujita, Daichi Suzuki, Casey McGehee), as well as Yuya Hasegawa, Michel Abreu and Sho Nakata all winning their first. In the Central League, Shinnosuke Abe picks up his eighth. Pacific League pitcher Masahiro Tanaka becomes the first unanimous winner in that league in ten years and only the third PL pitcher ever, following Kazuhisa Inao (1958) and Hideyuki Awano (1989).
- Michael Weiner, executive director of the MLBPA, dies of brain cancer at age 51. The architect of the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement and highly respected by players, owners and Major League Baseball top executives alike, he is succeeded by former player Tony Clark.
- For the first time, the Salón de la Fama del Béisbol Venezolano fails to elect a modern player, as Leonel Carrion (72%) and Edwin Hurtado (70%), the leading vote-getters, fall shy of the 75% cutoff. The Historical Committee picks journalist Juan Vené and third baseman Dámaso Blanco. Blanco had played briefly in the majors in the 1970s but is selected for his 16 seasons in the Venezuelan League, where he was noted for his defense.
- 2014:
- The White Sox sign 1B Adam LaRoche to a two-year free agent deal worth $25 million, where he will share the 1B and DH jobs with Rookie of the Year Jose Abreu.
- To mark the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's enrollment at the university, UCLA announces it will retire the number 42 in his honor across all sports in which varsity teams compete and renames its athletic facilities the "Jackie Robinson Athletics and Recreation Complex."
- The Cuban national team wins Gold at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, romping past Nicaragua, 9 - 3. Yadiel Hernández drives in three runs, while Yulieski Gourriel has two walks, two hits, two runs and one RBI to back the pitching of Freddy Asiel Alvarez. Carlos Teller takes the loss; it still matches Nicaragua's best finish ever. In the Bronze Medal game, defending champion Dominican Republic crushes Puerto Rico, 8 - 1, as Víctor Méndez drives in three and Henry Mateo has two runs and a RBI.
- 2015 - In the 2015 Premier 12 finale, South Korea routs Team USA, 8 - 0. Keun-woo Jeong and Hyun-soo Kim (the Premier 12 MVP) each have three hits, Kim driving in three and Byung-ho Park hits a three-run homer off Brooks Pounders. Kwang-hyun Kim and four relievers combine on a five-hit shutout. Zack Segovia takes the loss after entering 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA in the tournament. In the Bronze Medal game, host Japan has an 11 - 1 mercy rule seven-inning win over Mexico as Tetsuto Yamada hits two of Japan's five home runs and Shota Takeda, Tomoyuki Sugano and Yasuaki Yamasaki combine on a two-hitter.
- 2017 - The Commissioner's office issues its ruling in the investigation of improprieties committed by the Atlanta Braves by willingly circumventing international signing rules from 2015 through 2017. Former General Manager John Coppolella receives a lifetime ban, and 12 prospects in the organization are declared free agents. The Braves are also forbidden from signing any prospect for a bonus of more than $10,000 in the 2019-20 signing period, their bonus pool will be cut by 50% the following year, and they will lose a third-round selection in the 2018 amateur draft while sanctions against other employees are expected to follow. The scam involved secretly diverting bonuses declared for certain prospects towards others governed by signing pool limits, in order to make it appear as if the team had not exceeded these limits.
- 2019 - The first important free agent signing of the off-season takes place as C Yasmani Grandal inks a four-year deal with the White Sox worth $73 million.
- 2020 - The SoftBank Hawks continue their Japan Series dominance, winning a record ninth straight game. They top the Yomiuri Giants, 5 - 1, in the 2020 Japan Series opener as Kodai Senga throws seven shutout innings to beat Yomiuri ace Tomoyuki Sugano. Senga is the first pitcher to start four straight Series winners since Tsuneo Horiuchi (1969-1972). Ryoya Kurihara doubles twice, homers, walks and drives in four.
- 2021 - The Yakult Swallows tie the Japan Series at one game apiece. Keiji Takahashi throws 133 pitches in a five-hit shutout. He is matched for a long stretch by Orix Buffaloes rookie Hiroya Miyagi, who retires the first 16 batters and does not allow a run until the 8th, when Norichika Aoki singles in Naomichi Nishiura. Yakult adds an insurance run in the 9th for a 2 - 0 victory.
- 2023 - The last remaining managerial vacancy in the majors is filled when the Padres announce the hiring of former St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt to succeed Bob Melvin as skipper.
- 2024 - The MVP Award goes to Shohei Ohtani in the National League and to Aaron Judge on the American League. There is no surprise as both are unanimous winners, and Ohtani is just the second person after Frank Robinson to win the award in both leagues, having been the AL MVP twice before - including in 2023. For Judge, it's a second win in three years, after his win in 2022.
Births[edit]
- 1851 - Bobby Mathews, pitcher (d. 1898)
- 1854 - Charlie Bennett, catcher (d. 1927)
- 1855 - John Valentine, pitcher; umpire (d. 1903)
- 1865 - Park Swartzel, pitcher (d. 1940)
- 1865 - Henry Youngman, infielder (d. 1836)
- 1869 - Alex Beam, pitcher (d. 1938)
- 1869 - Billy Clingman, infielder (d. 1958)
- 1880 - Simmy Murch, infielder (d. 1939)
- 1885 - Gus Hetling, infielder (d. 1962)
- 1886 - Clem Clemens, catcher (d. 1967)
- 1893 - Ziggy Hasbrook, infielder (d. 1976)
- 1894 - Bill Morrisette, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1895 - Bill Johnson, catcher, manager (d. 1988)
- 1896 - Lewis Woolfolk, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1897 - Andy High, infielder (d. 1981)
- 1898 - Walter Zink, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1899 - Charlie Gibson, catcher (d. 1990)
- 1899 - Augie Swentor, pinch hitter (d. 1969)
- 1901 - Johnson Fry, pitcher (d. 1959)
- 1903 - Tiny Parker, umpire (d. 1954)
- 1905 - Freddie Lindstrom, infielder; Hall of Famer (d. 1981)
- 1905 - Les Mallon, infielder (d. 1991)
- 1906 - Neil Mahoney, scout (d. 1973)
- 1908 - Paul Richards, catcher, manager (d. 1986)
- 1911 - Osamu Mihara, NPB infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1984)
- 1914 - Pinky Jorgensen, outfielder (d. 1996)
- 1914 - George Scharein, infielder (d. 1981)
- 1917 - Frank Umont, umpire (d. 1991)
- 1918 - Alex Colthirst, infielder (d. 1991)
- 1919 - Wheeler Flemming, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2015)
- 1920 - Stan Musial, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2013)
- 1921 - Janet Perkin, AAGPBL player (d. 2012)
- 1922 - Howard McCormick, minor league catcher and manager (d. 2009)
- 1924 - Warren Hacker, pitcher (d. 2002)
- 1925 - Bob Williams, minor league player (d. 2014)
- 1930 - Fred Haddix, minor league pitcher (d. 2017)
- 1930 - Mirtha Marrero, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 2023)
- 1930 - Dick Phillips, Negro League pitcher (d. 2006)
- 1932 - Bill Valentine, umpire (d. 2015)
- 1935 - Dick Bertell, catcher (d. 1999)
- 1937 - Tony Balsamo, pitcher
- 1939 - Akira Ishii, NPB outfielder (d. 2013)
- 1940 - Gil Downs, minor league pitcher (d. 2019)
- 1940 - Tommy McCraw, infielder
- 1942 - Sheng-San Tu, Taiwan national team pitcher; Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1943 - Daryl Patterson, pitcher
- 1947 - Steve Webber, college and minor league coach (d. 2022)
- 1950 - Takashi Imoto, NPB pitcher (d. 2015)
- 1951 - Gene Holbert, minor league catcher
- 1952 - Bill Almon, infielder
- 1953 - Beauford Sanders, college coach
- 1954 - Alan Hargesheimer, pitcher
- 1954 - Gary Wilson, pitcher
- 1955 - Rick Peters, outfielder
- 1956 - Steve Flores, scout
- 1958 - Mike Mason, pitcher
- 1959 - Jeff Barkley, pitcher
- 1959 - Scott Terry, pitcher
- 1960 - Mark Eichhorn, pitcher
- 1961 - Gelasio Guzman, minor league pitcher (d. 2013)
- 1961 - Daron Schoenrock, college coach
- 1962 - Charlie Culberson, minor league outfielder
- 1962 - Dick Schofield, infielder
- 1967 - Randy Berlin, minor league infielder
- 1967 - Darron Cox, catcher
- 1967 - Tripp Cromer, infielder
- 1969 - Ken Griffey Jr., outfielder; All-Star; Hall of Fame
- 1969 - Koki Morita, NPB pitcher (d. 2015)
- 1971 - John Roper, pitcher
- 1972 - Chien-Hsun Chang, CPBL infielder
- 1973 - Todd Erdos, pitcher
- 1973 - Dan Murray, pitcher
- 1974 - Jason Baker, minor league pitcher
- 1974 - Mike Huelsmann, minor league player
- 1974 - Silvio Matumoto, Brazilian national team infielder
- 1975 - Cheng-Hsiung Chou, CPBL infielder
- 1975 - Brian Meadows, pitcher
- 1976 - Derrick DePriest, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Quintin Berry, outfielder
- 1980 - Hank Blalock, infielder; All-Star
- 1981 - Enrique Cruz, infielder
- 1982 - Takashi Fujita, Japanese national team pitcher
- 1983 - Michael Rider, minor league pitcher
- 1983 - Don Sutton III, minor league infielder
- 1985 - Huan-Yang Chen, CPBL pitcher
- 1987 - Rafael Vera, minor league player
- 1988 - Ryan LaMarre, outfielder
- 1988 - Matt West, pitcher
- 1989 - Jose Pirela, infielder
- 1989 - Robert Stock, pitcher
- 1991 - Luis Parra, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Donna Williams, US women's national team pitcher
- 1992 - Abel De Los Santos, pitcher
- 1992 - Jason Garcia, pitcher
- 1992 - Tanner Lubach, minor league catcher
- 1992 - Chance Sharp, minor league pitcher and manager
- 1993 - Chang-ki Hong, KBO outfielder
- 1994 - Elier Hernández, outfielder
- 1994 - Tatsuhiko Satoh, Japanese national team outfielder
- 1995 - Min-hyeok Kim, KBO outfielder
- 1996 - Samuel Zazueta, minor league pitcher
- 1998 - Austin Beck, drafted outfielder
- 1999 - Nic Daniels, minor league pitcher
- 1999 - Yi-Ming Hsiao, CPBL catcher
- 1999 - Brice Turang, infielder
- 2003 - Elijha Hammill, Canadian national team infielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1888 - Len Sowders, outfielder (b. 1861)
- 1898 - Bill Hague, infielder (b. 1852)
- 1911 - William Russell, owner (b. 1857)
- 1917 - Zachary Taylor, infielder (b. 1850)
- 1926 - John Shaffer, pitcher (b. 1864)
- 1934 - Fred Glade, pitcher (b. 1876)
- 1935 - Fred Goliah, outfielder (b. 1888)
- 1937 - Al Pratt, pitcher, manager; umpire (b. 1848)
- 1938 - Polly Wolfe, outfielder (b. 1888)
- 1947 - Slow Joe Doyle, pitcher (b. 1881)
- 1952 - Bill Kindle, infielder (b. 1891)
- 1952 - Fred McMullin, infielder (b. 1891)
- 1954 - Uel Eubanks, pitcher (b. 1903)
- 1957 - Bugs Bennett, pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1958 - Mel Ott, outfielder, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1909)
- 1959 - Armando Cabañas, Negro League infielder (b. 1878)
- 1962 - Whitey Hilcher, pitcher (b. 1909)
- 1963 - Ed Hock, outfielder (b. 1899)
- 1963 - Jimmy Shields, pitcher (b. 1905)
- 1966 - Hack Miller, catcher (b. 1913)
- 1971 - Norm Branch, pitcher (b. 1915)
- 1974 - Leon Pettit, pitcher (b. 1902)
- 1977 - Ron Willis, pitcher (b. 1943)
- 1979 - Jimmy Dalrymple, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1905)
- 1982 - Buck Marrow, pitcher (b. 1909)
- 1982 - Frank McCormick, infielder; All-Star (b. 1911)
- 1987 - Dusty Cooke, outfielder, manager (b. 1907)
- 1988 - Carl Hubbell, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1903)
- 1991 - Tokichi Ishimaru, NPB infielder (d. 1914)
- 1991 - Bryan Stephens, pitcher (b. 1920)
- 1996 - Earl Cook, pitcher (b. 1908)
- 2008 - Glenn Sample, college coach (b. 1931)
- 2010 - David Gold, minor league catcher (b. 1928)
- 2010 - Steve Kuczek, pinch hitter (b. 1924)
- 2010 - Lloyd Lowe, minor league infielder (b. 1925)
- 2011 - Greg Halman, outfielder (b. 1987)
- 2013 - Mike Palagyi, pitcher (b. 1917)
- 2013 - Michael Weiner, executive director of MLBPA (b. 1961)
- 2013 - George Werley, pitcher (b. 1938)
- 2014 - Tim Triner, minor league pitcher (b. 1921)
- 2015 - Kerry Dineen, outfielder (b. 1952)
- 2015 - Ken Johnson, pitcher (b. 1933)
- 2016 - Tom Fisher, pitcher (b. 1942)
- 2017 - Dick Raklovits, minor league infielder (b. 1928)
- 2019 - Val Heim, outfielder (b. 1920)
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