October 10
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Events[edit]
- 1904 - The Boston Americans clinch the American League pennant on the last day of the season when Jack Chesbro of the New York Highlanders throws a wild pitch in the 9th inning to allow the winning run to score from third base. Boston wins, 3 - 2, in the doubleheader opener.
- 1906 - In an all-Chicago World Series, Ed Reulbach's no-hit bid in Game 2 is broken by Jiggs Donahue's single in the 7th inning, but the Cubs beat the White Sox, 7 - 1. The next World Series one-hitter will come in 1945, by another Cubs pitcher, Claude Passeau.
- 1920 - The Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Robins, 8 - 1, in Game 5 of the World Series. For Cleveland, Elmer Smith hits the first Series grand slam and Jim Bagby, the winner, hits the first Series home run by a pitcher. The game is most noted, though, for an act by their teammate, 2B Bill Wambsganss, who turns an unassisted triple play in the 5th inning.
- 1923 - It's an all-New York World Series for the third straight year. In Game 1, a 4 - 4 tie is broken in the top of the 9th inning by the Giants as they defeat the Yankees, 5 - 4. Pitcher Rosy Ryan takes the win and Joe Bush is the loser. Casey Stengel's inside-the-park home run is the first Series home run hit at Yankee Stadium. It is the first World Series to be broadcast on a nationwide radio network.
- 1924 - The Washington Senators win their only World Series championship by defeating the New York Giants in Game 7, 4 - 3, in 12 innings. The winning run scores when a ball hit by Earl McNeely hits a pebble and bounces over third baseman Fred Lindstrom's head.
- 1926 - One day after picking up his second complete-game victory of the Series, 39-year-old Grover Alexander saves Game 7 and the World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals, fanning Tony Lazzeri with the bases loaded in the 7th inning, then proceeding to no-hit New York the rest of the way. The Series conclude with a runner being thrown out trying to steal, Babe Ruth. With two outs in the top of the 9th, Alexander misses on a 3-2 pitch and Ruth is walked for the third time, having homered in his only official at-bat. With New York trailing by one, Ruth reasons that, with nobody having hit the ball out of the infield against the aging Cardinal ace, the Yankees' best bet is to at least get a runner into scoring position in case one of their ground balls finally finds a hole. However, he fails in his bold attempt, ending the game and the Series.
- 1931 - In the World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics rally for two runs and have two runners on base with two outs in the 9th inning when Cardinals reliever Bill Hallahan gets the final out for the 4 - 2 win in Game 7. The Athletics are denied their third consecutive World Championship.
- 1937 - In the World Series, New York Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez knocks in the winning run in the 4 - 2 clincher in Game 5 against the New York Giants. It is his record fifth World Series win without a loss. Another record comes when the Yankees complete the Series without an error.
- 1945 - The Detroit Tigers score five runs in the 1st inning of Game 7 of the World Series, and rout the Cubs, 9 - 3, behind Hal Newhouser, who strikes out ten to win the World Championship. The Cubs will not play another World Series game in the 20th century.
- 1951 - Hank Bauer's bases-loaded triple in Game 6 of the World Series propels the New York Yankees to a 4 - 3 win over the New York Giants and their third straight Series victory.
- 1956 - Pitcher Johnny Kucks sets down the Brooklyn Dodgers, 9 - 0, as the New York Yankees win the World Series in seven games. Yogi Berra hits a pair of two-run home runs and Bill Skowron hits a grand slam. It's the seventh and final time Brooklyn and the Yankees meet in the Series. In the future, it will take a jet, not a subway, to get these two teams together, as the Dodgers will move to Los Angeles in 1958.
- 1957 - Lew Burdette's third victory of the World Series, a 5 - 0 decision over the New York Yankees, gives the Milwaukee Braves the World Championship.
- 1964 - The New York Yankees' Jim Bouton and Curt Simmons of the St. Louis Cardinals battle to a 1 - 1 tie through eight innings in Game 3 of the World Series. Mickey Mantle homers on Barney Schultz's first pitch in the 9th inning, and the Yankees win, 2 - 1.
- 1967 - Tsuneo Horiuchi of the Yomiuri Giants has an amazing day, throwing a no-hitter and belting three home runs.
- 1968 - Mickey Lolich wins the World Series for the Detroit Tigers by defeating Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 - 1, in Game 7. It is Lolich's third win and comes after the Tigers had lost three of the first four games.
- 1973 - Tom Seaver hurls the Mets into the World Series for the second time in five years with a 7 - 2 victory over Cincinnati in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series.
- 1978 - Davey Lopes collects two home runs and five RBI to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 11 - 5 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series.
- 1979 - In the World Series, Baltimore scores five runs off Bruce Kison in the 1st inning of Game 1, then hangs on to defeat the Pirates, 5 - 4.
- 1980 - George Brett hits an upper-deck three-run home run off relief ace Goose Gossage to give the Kansas City Royals a 4 - 2 victory and a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
- 1982 - The Milwaukee Brewers complete their comeback from a 2-0 ALCS deficit by edging the California Angels, 4 - 3, to earn their first-ever trip to the World Series. Angels outfielder Fred Lynn bats .611 for the Series and is named MVP in a losing cause.
- 1987 - Jeffrey Leonard homers for the fourth straight game as the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 - 2, tying the National League Championship Series at two games apiece.
- 1990 - The Oakland Athletics sweep the Boston Red Sox for the American League pennant and their third straight trip to the World Series with a 3 - 1 victory. MVP Dave Stewart wins for the eighth straight time in head-to-head match-ups with Roger Clemens, who is ejected in the 2nd inning for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Terry Cooney.
- 1996:
- Gary Gaetti hits a grand slam off Greg Maddux to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8 - 3 win over the Atlanta Braves and a tie of the NLCS. Todd Stottlemyre gets the victory.
- The Baltimore Orioles' 5 - 3 win over the New York Yankees in Game 2 evens the ALCS at one game apiece. Rafael Palmeiro's 7th-inning home run is the key blow.
- 1997 - The Florida Marlins take Game 3 of the NLCS by defeating the Atlanta Braves by a score of 5 - 2. Charles Johnson drives home three of Florida's runs, and Livan Hernandez gets the victory in relief.
- 1998:
- The New York Yankees even the ALCS at two games apiece on a four-hit, 4 - 0 shutout. Orlando Hernandez hurls the first seven innings, while Mike Stanton and Mariano Rivera finish up.
- The San Diego Padres win their third in a row over the Atlanta Braves, 4 - 1, in the NLCS, as Sterling Hitchcock and four relief pitchers hold the Braves in check.
- 1999 - The Boston Red Sox set an all-time postseason record by scoring 23 runs in defeating the Cleveland Indians, 23 - 7. The win ties their American League Division Series at two games apiece. Boston gets 24 hits in the contest, including five by Mike Stanley and four each by John Valentin and Jason Varitek. Valentin hits a pair of home runs with seven RBI, while Jose Offerman and Trot Nixon have two RBI each.
- 2000:
- Seattle defeats the Yankees, 2 - 0, to take the opener of the American League Championship Series. Freddy Garcia and the Seattle bullpen combine on the six-hitter, while Alex Rodriguez hits a home run.
- Toronto Blue Jays manager Jim Fregosi is fired.
- 2001:
- Atlanta take a two-games-to-none lead in their National League Division Series with the Astros behind Tom Glavine's 1 - 0 victory. Shortstop Julio Lugo's throwing error aids the winning run, which crosses the plate on a double play.
- The Cardinals even their NLDS by defeating Arizona, 4 - 1. Woody Williams notches the win for the Cardinals, behind a two-run home run from rookie Albert Pujols. Randy Johnson takes his record seventh consecutive playoff loss for Arizona.
- The Yankees fall to Oakland, 5 - 3, in Game 1 of their American League Division Series. Terrence Long hits a pair of home runs for Oakland and Jason Giambi adds another. Mark Mulder gets the win for Oakland while Johnny Damon goes 4 for 4.
- 2002 - San Francisco take a two-games-to-none lead in the NLCS with a 4 - 1 win over the Cardinals. Jason Schmidt pitches shutout ball into the 8th inning while SS Rich Aurilia hits a pair of home runs with three RBI.
- 2004 - The Cardinals advance to the NLCS for third time in five years, beating the Dodgers, 6 - 2, to win their Division Series three games to one.
- 2005 - Rookie Ervin Santana pitches 5 1/3 strong innings in his postseason debut, Garret Anderson hits a home run and drives in two runs, and Adam Kennedy hits a go-ahead two-run triple, to lead the Angels over New York, 5 - 3, in the decisive Game 5 of their Division Series.
- 2009 - The Los Angeles Dodgers complete a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 5 - 1 win at Busch Stadium in the NLDS. Andre Ethier has a double, triple and three-run homer, while Manny Ramirez has two doubles among his three hits to lead the Dodger offense. Vicente Padilla gets the win, over Joel Pineiro.
- 2010:
- Alexis Gómez hits a three-run triple in the 1st off Norge Vera and Lorenzo Barcelo allows one run in five innings as the Dominican national team stuns Cuba, 5 - 2, in the finale of the 2010 Pan American Games Qualifying Tournament. Both teams had already qualified for the 2011 Baseball World Cup and 2011 Pan American Games along with the USA, Venezuela, Panama and Canada. Host Puerto Rico qualifies only for the 2011 Pan American Games.
- 11 new players are named to the Latin American Baseball Hall of Fame, including Luis Tiant, Fernando Valenzuela, Dennis Martinez and Edgar Martinez.
- 2011:
- The Rangers take a 2-0 lead in the ALCS on a walk-off grand slam by Nelson Cruz off the Tigers' Ryan Perry in the 11th inning, for a 7 - 3 win. Cruz had tied the game earlier with a solo home run in the 7th. All of Detroit's runs come on a three-run shot by Ryan Raburn in the 3rd.
- The Cardinals beat Milwaukee, 12 - 3, in Game 2 of the NLCS. Albert Pujols gets things started with a two-run homer off Shaun Marcum in the 1st, then adds three more doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored in the rout. The Series is even at one game apiece.
- With their backs to the wall in the 2011 Baseball World Cup, two-time defending champion Team USA beats host Panama, 5 - 0, for the eighth and final spot in round two, having survived a 4-3 first round and placing fourth in their pool behind Canada, the Netherlands and Panama. Andy Van Hekken and Scott Patterson combine on a five-hit, no-walk shutout while Brett Jackson falls a triple shy of the cycle.
- 2012:
- St. Louis takes a two-games-to-one lead in the NLDS with an 8 - 0 shutout of Washington. Chris Carpenter, who has only pitched 17 innings this season after sustaining an injury in spring training, pitches 5 2/3 innings for the win. Matt Holliday has three hits and light-hitting Pete Kozma bangs a three-run homer off Edwin Jackson to lead the Cards' offense.
- The Giants force a fifth game in the other NLDS with an 8 - 3 win over Cincinnati. Having collected only 12 hits over the first three games of the Series, they bang out 11 today, including eight for extra bases as they pound the Reds into submission. Tim Lincecum is the winner in relief of an ineffective Barry Zito, besting Mike Leake, who is activated before the game to replace injured ace Johnny Cueto. Angel Pagan, Gregor Blanco and Pablo Sandoval all homer for San Francisco.
- The Athletics orchestrate a three-run rally in the bottom of the 9th off Tigers closer Jose Valverde to win, 4 - 3, and even the ALDS at two wins apiece. Detroit leads, 3 - 1, entering the final frame when Seth Smith hits a two-run double to tie the score, and Coco Crisp ends the game with a single.
- Pinch-hitting for a struggling Alex Rodriguez in the bottom of the 9th, Raul Ibañez homers off Orioles closer Jim Johnson to tie the score. Yankees manager Joe Girardi's bold move pays off twice, as Ibanez homers again against Brian Matusz in the 12th inning to give New York a 3 - 2 walk-off victory in Game 3 of the other ALDS. Baltimore had taken a 2 - 1 lead on homers by rookies Ryan Flaherty and Manny Machado off Hiroki Kuroda, until Ibañez turns the game's tide.
- 2013:
- For the second straight year, the Tigers defeat the Athletics in the fifth game of the Division Series. The team's two biggest stars are the heroes today, as Justin Verlander gives up no runs on two hits over eight innings, while Miguel Cabrera hits a two-run homer off rookie Sonny Gray in the 4th. Joaquin Benoit picks up the save in the 3 - 0 win.
- The Chunichi Dragons appoint 42-year-old catcher Motonobu Tanishige as player-manager for 2014, succeeding Morimichi Takagi at the helm. Tanishige, a six-time Gold Glover, is only the second player-manager in Nippon Pro Baseball since the 1970s, following fellow Central League backstop Atsuya Furuta.
- 2014 - The Royals win in extra innings for the fourth time in five postseason games, defeating Baltimore, 8 - 6, in ten innings, in Game 1 of the ALCS. Alex Gordon hits a solo homer off Darren O'Day to put Kansas City ahead, and Mike Moustakas follows with a two-run shot.
- 2015:
- The Mets are cruising along with a 2 - 1 lead behind rookie Noah Syndergaard in the 7th inning of Game 2 of the NLDS when Chase Utley barrels into SS Ruben Tejada to break up a potential inning-ending double play. He not only succeeds, but also breaks Tejada's leg in the process while the Mets vainly argue for an interference call. Major League Baseball will hand Utley a two-game suspension for his unnecessarily violent slide, but in the meantime, Los Angeles takes advantage of the controversial play to score four runs in the inning and ends up a 5 - 2 winner, evening the series. After the season, MLB will adopt a rule banning such slides, often called the "Chase Utley Rule".
- The Cubs even the other Division Series with a 6 - 3 win at St. Louis. The Cubs score five times against Jaime Garcia in the 2nd, including back-to-back successful squeeze bunts. The Cardinals hit three homers, but they are all solo shots.
- 2016:
- The Nationals win Game 3 of the NLDS, 8 - 3 over the Dodgers. Anthony Rendon homers off Kenta Maeda as part of a four-run 3rd inning, but Los Angeles comes back to within one run thanks in part to a two-run pinch homer by Carlos Ruiz off Gio Gonzalez in the 5th. The Nats put the game away with four runs in the top of the 9th, including a homer by Jayson Werth off closer Kenley Jansen.
- The Indians complete a sweep of the Red Sox in the ALDS with a 4 - 3 win in Fenway Park. A two-run single by Tyler Naquin and a two-run homer by Coco Crisp give them an early lead, but Boston claws back in David Ortiz's final game to close the lead to a single run; they have two men on board in the bottom of the 9th when closer Cody Allen registers the final out to earn his second save of the series.
- The Giants stave off elimination with a 6 - 5 win over the Cubs in Game 3 of the other NLDS. Jake Arrieta gives the Cubs an early lead with a three-run blast off Madison Bumgarner, and the game is closely fought until Joe Panik ends it after five hours and four minutes by driving in Brandon Crawford from second base with a double in the 13th inning.
- 2017:
- In a surprise move, the Red Sox announce that manager John Farrell will not return in 2018. The Sox have just won back-to-back division titles, and also won the 2013 World Series under Farrell's leadership.
- With two outs in the 9th inning of Belgian Series Game 1, Borgerhout Squirrels pitcher Kenny Vandenbranden calls time to propose to his girlfriend Magalie. After she accepts, Yannick Gontier relieves and gets the final out. Borgerhout will go on to win the Series, three games to two.
- 2019:
- The Astros dispose of the Rays, 6 - 1, in Game 5 of the ALDS to move on to the Championship Series. Gerrit Cole has another great performance on the mound, allowing just one run on two hits in eight innings while striking out ten, and Houston gets to Tyler Glasnow for four runs in the 1st. The Rays manage to keep the game close after that, but back-to-back homers by Michael Brantley and Jose Altuve in the bottom of the 8th end any hope for Tampa Bay.
- The Phillies fire manager Gabe Kapler after two disappointing seasons at the helm when they were expected to be contenders but finished around .500 both years.
- 2021:
- The Red Sox take a two-games-to-one lead over the Rays in their Division Series with a 6 - 4 win, but it takes 13 innings, and both teams almost empty their cupboard of pitchers. The Sox seem to be cruising to an easy win until the 8th when a homer by Wander Franco and a double by Randy Arozarena off Hansel Robles tie the score at 4-all. In the top of the 13th, there is a very controversial play with two out and Yandy Diaz on first base, when Kevin Kiermaier hits a long fly that hits the fence in right field, then bounces off RF Hunter Renfroe and over it and out of play. The umpires rule that it is an automatic double and stop Diaz, who would have scored easily had the ball stayed in play, on third base. Nick Pivetta then completes a four-inning stint in relief by striking out Mike Zunino, the 20th K by Boston's pitchers on the night. In the bottom of the inning, Christian Vazquez hits a two-run homer that lands in the Green Monster seats against Luis Patino, ending the game after five hours and fourteen minutes.
- It's Garcia and Garcia vs. Garcia in Game 3 of the other Division Series. In the bottom of the 3rd, after a two-run homer by Yasmani Grandal has shrunk a 5 - 1 deficit to 5 - 3, Leury Garcia comes to bat for the White Sox against Luis Garcia with two on and two out. With a two-ball count, Astros manager Dusty Baker replaces his pitcher with namesake Yimi Garcia. But Leury has the upper hand, sending one of Yimi's pitches deep into center field for a three-run homer, putting Chicago in the lead for the first time. They will take the lead for good with a three-run 4th inning and eventually win the game, 12 - 6, to stave off elimination.
- 2023:
- In Game 3 of the ALDS, the Astros jump on Sonny Gray for four 1st-inning runs, including three on a homer by José Abreu, and never look back, winning 9 - 1 over the Twins to lead the series two games to one. Cristian Javier allows just one hit in five innings to pick up the win.
- The Rangers complete a sweep of the Orioles in the other Division Series with a 7 - 1 win. Corey Seager homers off Dean Kremer in the 1st, then the Rangers score five times in the 2nd, with a three-run homer by Adolis García constituting the big blow, to run away with the game. Nathan Eovaldi pitches seven innings for the win.
- 2024:
- The Guardians knot up their Division Series with a 5 - 4 win over the Tigers after losing the previous two games by shutout. The key play is a two-run homer by pinch-hitter David Fry off Beau Brieske that puts Cleveland in the lead in the 7th inning at Comerica Park.
- The Yankees win the other ALDS, three games to one, with a 3 - 1 win over Kansas City at Kauffman Stadium behind a great performance by Gerrit Cole who allows just one run in seven innings.
Births[edit]
- 1854 - Bill Tobin, infielder (d. 1912)
- 1858 - Mike Corcoran, pitcher (d. 1927)
- 1862 - Dennis Driscoll, infielder (d. 1901)
- 1864 - Charlie Sprague, outfielder (d. 1912)
- 1866 - William Selden, Negro League pitcher (d. 1926)
- 1867 - Shorty Fuller, infielder (d. 1904)
- 1867 - Ad Gumbert, pitcher (d. 1925)
- 1868 - Dave Anderson, pitcher (d. 1897)
- 1869 - Bill Moran, catcher (d. 1916)
- 1877 - Pep Deininger, outfielder (d. 1950)
- 1878 - Otto Hess, pitcher (d. 1926)
- 1879 - Homer Hillebrand, pitcher (d. 1974)
- 1886 - Bill Forman, pitcher (d. 1958)
- 1887 - Paul Fittery, pitcher (d. 1974)
- 1887 - Bill Killefer, catcher, manager (d. 1960)
- 1888 - Toots Shultz, pitcher (d. 1959)
- 1889 - Jimmie Lyons, outfielder, manager (d. ????)
- 1892 - Rich Durning, pitcher (d. 1948)
- 1894 - Myrl Brown, pitcher (d. 1981)
- 1898 - Rube Curry, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1902 - Homer Peel, outfielder (d. 1997)
- 1903 - Fay Thomas, pitcher (d. 1990)
- 1905 - Wally Berger, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1988)
- 1905 - John Stone, outfielder (d. 1955)
- 1906 - Lefty Capers, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1914 - Italo Chelini, pitcher (d. 1972)
- 1914 - Tommy Fine, pitcher (d. 2005)
- 1915 - Harry Eisenstat, pitcher (d. 2003)
- 1916 - Floyd Baker, infielder (d. 2004)
- 1919 - Francisco Dávila, minor league pitcher (d. ????)
- 1919 - Lee Pfund, pitcher (d. 2016)
- 1919 - Francisco Quicutis, minor league player (d. 1970)
- 1920 - Frank Duncan, pitcher (d. 1999)
- 1921 - Hank Riebe, catcher (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Tamaichi Yasui, NPB outfielder (d. 2002)
- 1927 - James Mulqueeny, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1929 - Bobby Tiefenauer, pitcher (d. 2000)
- 1930 - Adolfo Álvarez, winter league executive (d. 2016)
- 1932 - Hal Raether, pitcher (d. 2020)
- 1933 - Jim Temp, USA national team player (d. 2012)
- 1934 - Ernie Bolton, Claxton Shield player
- 1937 - Don Schaly, college coach (d. 2005)
- 1937 - Gordie Sundin, pitcher (d. 2016)
- 1940 - Larry Maxie, pitcher
- 1940 - Grover Powell, pitcher (d. 1985)
- 1946 - Gene Tenace, catcher, manager; All-Star
- 1947 - Roger Metzger, infielder
- 1947 - Pete Rancont, college coach
- 1948 - Al Dresser, umpire
- 1949 - Lou Colabello, Serie A1 pitcher
- 1949 - Larry Lintz, infielder
- 1949 - Rob Sperring, infielder
- 1950 - Terry Enyart, pitcher (d. 2007)
- 1951 - Junji Akai, Japanese national team infielder
- 1956 - Albert De Lannoy, First Division outfielder
- 1956 - Luis Tissert, Cuban league pitcher
- 1957 - Lázaro de la Torre, Cuban league pitcher
- 1958 - Lionel Harris, Australian Baseball League outfielder
- 1959 - Don Gordon, pitcher
- 1959 - Robby Groeneveldt, Hoofdklasse outfielder
- 1959 - Tony McDonald, minor league infielder
- 1959 - Les Straker, pitcher
- 1959 - Frank Van Woensel, First Division outfielder
- 1959 - Jim Weaver, outfielder
- 1960 - Bill Moore, infielder
- 1961 - Keith D'Amato, Serie A1 pitcher
- 1964 - John Githens, minor league pitcher
- 1964 - Yoshinori Sumiyoshi, NPB infielder
- 1966 - Francisco Cabrera, infielder
- 1966 - Rong-Hua Liu, CPBL pitcher and manager
- 1968 - Tim Hines, minor league catcher
- 1970 - Jamie Taylor, minor league player
- 1972 - Mike Holtz, pitcher
- 1972 - Ramon Martinez, infielder
- 1972 - Jae-woong Shin, KBO pitcher
- 1973 - Derek Hasselhoff, minor league pitcher
- 1973 - Richard Prokop, Extraliga pitcher
- 1973 - Bob Reichow, minor league player
- 1973 - Brian Powell, pitcher (d. 2009)
- 1974 - Luther Hackman, pitcher
- 1975 - José Gándara, Guatemalan national team outfielder
- 1975 - Placido Polanco, infielder; All-Star
- 1976 - Pat Burrell, outfielder
- 1976 - Chien-Jung Wan, CPBL pitcher
- 1977 - Chin-Hua Lee, CPBL outfielder
- 1977 - Chien-Liang Lin, CPBL infielder
- 1978 - Dan Bellino umpire
- 1978 - Sébastien Boyer, Division Elite infielder
- 1978 - Kyle Evans, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Brad Ziegler, pitcher
- 1979 - Justin Albertson, minor league player
- 1980 - Eiichi Koyano, NPB infielder
- 1980 - Kuo-Ching Lee, CPBL pitcher
- 1980 - Noah Lowry, pitcher
- 1981 - Feng-Pin Hsu, CPBL outfielder
- 1981 - Ching-Feng Tseng, CPBL outfielder
- 1984 - Troy Tulowitzki, infielder; All-Star
- 1985 - Yoenis Céspedes, outfielder; All-Star
- 1985 - Justin Greene, minor league outfielder
- 1985 - Kelvin Pérez, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Nick Schmidt, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Alex Woodson, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Chien-Lung Huang, Taiwanese national team pitcher
- 1986 - Andrew McCutchen, outfielder; All-Star
- 1987 - Adrian Cardenas, infielder
- 1987 - Wen-Yang Liao, CPBL pitcher
- 1987 - Elvin Ramírez, pitcher
- 1987 - Daniel Rosenbaum, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Austin Bailey, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Brandon Macias, minor league infielder
- 1988 - Tatsuya Oishi, NPB pitcher
- 1988 - Irving Redan, Hoofdklasse outfielder
- 1988 - Tim Roodenburg, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1989 - Miguel Celestino, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Jeurys Familia, pitcher; All-Star
- 1989 - Isaac Galloway, outfielder
- 1990 - Jonathan Aro, pitcher
- 1990 - Mike Kanen, scout
- 1990 - Jhorge Liccien, minor league catcher
- 1990 - Shelby Miller, pitcher; All-Star
- 1990 - Yuki Nishi, NPB pitcher
- 1990 - Kolten Wong, infielder
- 1993 - Durin O'Linger, minor league pitcher
- 1994 - David Bednar, pitcher; All-Star
- 1994 - Garrett Hampson, infielder
- 1994 - Abbey McLellan, Australian women's national team infielder
- 1995 - Collin Snider, pitcher
- 1995 - Nick Snyder, pitcher
- 1995 - Nick Vespi, pitcher
- 1996 - Genesis Cabrera, pitcher
- 1997 - Yifan Li, China Baseball League catcher
- 1997 - Vinnie Pasquantino, infielder
- 1997 - Leo Rivas, infielder
- 1998 - Giulio Monello, Serie A1 catcher
- 1998 - Iori Yamasaki, NPB pitcher
- 1998 - Guillermo Zuñiga, pitcher
- 1999 - Luis Vázquez, infielder
- 2001 - Jun-yong Choi, KBO pitcher
- 2002 - José Guzmán, Venezuelan national team pitcher
- 2002 - Oleksandr Halushka, Ukrainian national team outfielder
- 2003 - Anuchat Chanto, Thai national team pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1871 - Octavius Catto, African-American baseball pioneer (b. 1839)
- 1883 - Jim Devlin, pitcher (b. 1849)
- 1893 - Lip Pike, outfielder, manager (b. 1845)
- 1903 - John Valentine, pitcher; umpire (b. 1855)
- 1911 - Bill Parks, outfielder, manager (b. 1849)
- 1912 - Bill Tobin, infielder (b. 1854)
- 1918 - George LeClair, pitcher (b. 1886)
- 1921 - Alexander Nevin, infielder (b. 1850)
- 1924 - Hartog Hamburger, Hoofdklasse infielder (b. 1887)
- 1926 - John Foreman, pitcher (b. 1874)
- 1928 - Justus Thorner, owner (b. 1848)
- 1936 - Dummy Kihm, minor league infielder (b. 1873)
- 1943 - Harry Vahrenhorst, pinch hitter (b. 1885)
- 1944 - Louis Leroy, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1944 - Masaki Yoshihara, NPB catcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1919)
- 1946 - Walter Clarkson, pitcher (b. 1878)
- 1946 - Bill Jones, outfielder (b. 1887)
- 1947 - Slim Embry, pitcher (b. 1901)
- 1959 - Bunny Hearn, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1960 - Hub Hart, catcher (b. 1878)
- 1966 - Patsy Gharrity, catcher (b. 1892)
- 1970 - Lefty Leifield, pitcher (b. 1883)
- 1977 - Jim Lyle, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1986 - Russ Van Atta, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1990 - George Barnicle, pitcher (b. 1917)
- 1990 - Ziggy Marcell, catcher (b. 1916)
- 1990 - Wally Moses, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1910)
- 1992 - Willie Hutchinson, Negro League pitcher (b. 1921)
- 1993 - Junichi Mochizuki, NPB pitcher (b. 1918)
- 1995 - Ed Gill, pitcher (b. 1895)
- 1998 - Strick Shofner, infielder (b. 1919)
- 1998 - El Tappe, catcher, manager (b. 1927)
- 2001 - Dave Gerard, pitcher (b. 1936)
- 2002 - Joe Wood, pitcher (b. 1916)
- 2002 - Shichiro Yokozawa, NPB infielder (b. 1913)
- 2003 - Johnny Klippstein, pitcher (b. 1927)
- 2004 - Ken Caminiti, infielder; All-Star (b. 1963)
- 2008 - Sid Hudson, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1915)
- 2009 - Larry Jansen, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1920)
- 2010 - George Farson, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1939)
- 2010 - Vicente López, Nicaraguan national team catcher (b. 1945)
- 2011 - Bob Brunner, minor league pitcher (b. 1927)
- 2011 - Doug McDermid, minor league pitcher (b. 1933)
- 2013 - Joey Dettrich, minor league pitcher (b. 1988)
- 2013 - Ron Kump, minor league pitcher (b. 1931)
- 2013 - Al Ronning, minor league catcher and scout (b. 1926)
- 2014 - Ernesto Morillas, minor league pitcher (b. 1925)
- 2014 - Alan Osmundsen, minor league catcher (b. ~1955)
- 2014 - Larry Unser, minor league outfielder (b. 1950)
- 2015 - Garry Hancock, outfielder (b. 1954)
- 2017 - Aart Wedemeijer, Hoofdklasse umpire (b. 1925)
- 2018 - Don Eddy, pitcher (b. 1946)
- 2019 - Bob Goin, college coach (b. ~1936)
- 2022 - Dick Ellsworth, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1940)
- 2022 - Fran O'Brien, college coach (b. 1932)
- 2023 - Toshio Naka, NPB outfielder and manager (b. 1936)
- 2024 - Tony Guzzo, college coach (b. 1949)
- 2024 - Gaylen Pitts, infielder (b. 1946)
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