October 17
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 17.
Events[edit]
- 1911 - The Philadelphia Athletics score twice in the 11th inning to beat the New York Giants, 3 - 2, in Game 3 of the World Series. Frank Baker hits a home run in the 9th inning off Christy Mathewson to tie the score, 1 - 1. Baker will be tagged with the nickname "Home Run" Baker for his exploits.
- 1915 - In a game between the Indianapolis ABCs and a team of white "All-Stars" from the city, trouble breaks out in the 5th inning when All-Stars baserunner Donie Bush is declared safe by (white) umpire Jimmy Scanlon on an attempted steal of second base, while most observers contend he was out. ABCs second baseman Bingo DeMoss objects vehemently and starts to fight the umpire, at which point 19-year-old CF Oscar Charleston runs in from his position and decks the official with one punch, starting a huge brawl that engulfs players, fans and police officers alike. After order is restored, both DeMoss and Charleston are arrested, although they will be let out on bail and allowed to accompany their team on a planned barnstorming tour of Cuba. When they return to face trial on December 7th, Charleston is fined $10 and DeMoss $5, but the police will use the fight as a pretext to ban any further games between teams of different races in the city.
- 1926 - "Ruth, by Losing 36 Baseballs, Breaks Up Game in Montreal." The barnstorming Babe Ruth and his buddy Urban Shocker are the Yankee ringers infiltrating an exhibition game north of the border. The Associated Press reports: "Babe Ruth stopped a perfectly good ball game here today when, knocking thirty-six balls out of the grounds, he forced the game to be called shortly after the start of the 9th inning because the management had no more spheres. Ruth enjoyed a Roman holiday to the delight of 3,000 fans, who braved a chilling wind to see the home-run hero's mighty bat give Guybourg a 4 to 3 victory over Beaurivage. Ruth's performance included two home runs. He also played shortstop, first base, pitched and umpired."
- 1963 - Katsuya Nomura hits his 52nd home run, setting a new Nippon Pro Baseball record.
- 1964 - Despite a 99-63 record, the Yankees fire manager Yogi Berra after losing the World Series to the Cardinals in seven games. Manager Johnny Keane of the World Champs Cardinals resigns unexpectedly. He will take the Yankee job which opens as the result of the firing of Berra.
- 1971 - Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates caps off an incredible World Series by belting a home run in Game 7 against Mike Cuellar of the Baltimore Orioles. Steve Blass wins a 2 - 1 decision and Clemente is named Series MVP after hitting .414.
- 1974 - The Oakland Athletics defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3 - 2, to win their third straight World Series. Joe Rudi's 7th-inning home run provides the winning margin. The Athletics join the New York Yankees as the only franchises in major league history to win three straight titles.
- 1976 - On a cold Sunday night, the Cincinnati Reds gang up on pitcher Catfish Hunter for three runs, but the Yankees battle back to tie it up. With two outs in the 9th inning, Yankees shortstop Fred Stanley throws Ken Griffey's easy grounder into the dugout. A walk and a Tony Perez single follow and Cincinnati wins Game 2 of the World Series, 4 - 3.
- 1978 - The New York Yankees win their fourth straight game, 7 - 2, to clinch their second consecutive World Championship over the Dodgers. Brian Doyle and Series MVP Bucky Dent have three hits apiece.
- 1979 - Willie Stargell hits a two-run home run to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4 - 1 triumph over the Baltimore Orioles and the World Series in seven games.
- 1982 - Robin Yount records his second four-hit game of the World Series to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6 - 4 victory in Game 5 and give his team a 3-2 lead overall over St. Louis. Yount is the first player ever to have multiple four-hit games in one World Series.
- 1985 - Lou Piniella is named manager of the New York Yankees replacing Billy Martin, who had piloted New York to second place, finishing with a 91-54 record.
- 1987 - The Minnesota Twins overpower St. Louis, 10 - 1, in the opening game of the World Series. It is the first World Series game played indoors. Dan Gladden's grand slam caps a seven-run 4th inning. Frank Viola, whose brother got married the same day, is the winning pitcher.
- 1989 - Minutes before Game 3 of the World Series between Oakland and the San Francisco Giants is scheduled to start, an earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay area, causing massive damage. The game is postponed and the Series will only resume 11 days later.
- 1990 - In the first extra-inning World Series game since 1986, the underdog Cincinnati Reds beat the powerful Oakland Athletics, 5 - 4, in ten innings, to take a surprising 2-0 lead in the World Series. Reds outfielder Billy Hatcher goes 4 for 4 to run his consecutive streak of hits to seven, tying a World Series record set by Thurman Munson.
- 1991 - In Game 7 of the NLCS, the Atlanta Braves' Brian Hunter's two-run home run in the 1st inning is all John Smoltz needs as he tosses a 4 - 0 shutout over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Braves win their first National League pennant since their move from Milwaukee.
- 1992 - Tom Glavine pitches a complete game to give the Atlanta Braves a 3 - 1 victory over Toronto in Game 1 of the World Series.
- 1993 - In the World Series, a five-run uprising in the 3rd inning pushes the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6 - 4 victory over Toronto in Game 2. Closer Mitch Williams earns his only save of the Series.
- 1995 - The Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners, 4 - 0, in Game 6 of the ALCS, winning their first pennant since 1954.
- 1996 - The Atlanta Braves have the biggest blowout in postseason history, beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 15 - 0, in Game 7 of the NLCS to complete a comeback from a 3-1 deficit. The Cardinals become the only club to blow a 3-1 edge three times in the postseason.
- 1999 - In the bottom of the 15th inning of Game 5 of the NLCS, Robin Ventura hits a "Grand Slam Single" to lead the New York Mets past the Atlanta Braves, 4 - 3. With the bases loaded and one out in a tie game, Ventura drives a Kevin McGlinchy pitch over the right-center field fence at Shea Stadium, but he is mobbed by his teammates after touching first base and goes no further, making his blast an unusual game-winning single.
- 2000 - In a come-from-behind victory over the Seattle Mariners, 9 - 7, David Justice propels the Yankees with a three-run home run to their record 37th American League pennant, setting up a Subway Series in New York for the first time in 44 years. In the game, Mariners catcher Dan Wilson snaps the longest hitless streak in postseason history by ending his 0-for-42 skid with an opposite field single. Marv Owen of the Detroit Tigers had gone 0 for 31 in the 1934 and 1935 World Series.
- 2002 - The legal suit against the fan who caught Barry Bonds' record-breaking 73rd home run ball at Pac Bell Park, brought by three friends claiming a promise, in exchange for a ticket to the game, to split the ball's value if caught, is settled when Jay Arsenault agrees to sell the ball and divide the money. Arsenault's lawyer said his client had initially eluded the friends because of being overwhelmed by the situation.
- 2003 - Early editions of the New York Post include an editorial claiming the New York Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox in Game 7 of the ALCS played yesterday. Although New York trailed the Red Sox early, the team rallied to beat their arch rival in 11 innings, 6 - 5.
- 2005 - At Minute Maid Park, the Houston Astros are one out from their first World Series appearance, but Albert Pujols saves the St. Louis Cardinals by hitting a stunning three-run home run off Brad Lidge in the 9th inning, giving the Cardinals an eventual 5 - 4 victory. Houston still leads the NLCS, three games to two, but St. Louis forces a Game 6 to be played at Busch Stadium.
- 2009 - The Yankees take a 2-0 lead over the Angels in the ALCS by winning a 13-inning marathon, 4 - 3, at New Yankee Stadium. Alex Rodriguez homers off Brian Fuentes in the bottom of the 11th to tie the game and the winning run scores when Maicer Izturis throws the ball away while trying to start an inning-ending double play, allowing Jerry Hairston to score from second base.
- 2010 - Draci Brno wins its 16th straight Czech Extraliga title. This time, Draci battles past city rivals Technika Brno, three games to two. In the finale, they win, 9 - 2, behind Martin Schneider.
- 2012 - Rain plays havoc with the !postseason today, as Game 4 of the ALCS is postponed, and Game 3 of the NLCS is delayed by 3 1/2 hours. When the game is finally played, Matt Carpenter proves to be the unlikely hero for St. Louis. Taking over for an injured Carlos Beltran in the 2nd inning, he delivers a two-run home run in the 3rd to lead the Cardinals to a 3 - 1 win over San Francisco. Kyle Lohse is the winner over Matt Cain, while Jason Motte gets the save.
- 2013 - The Red Sox defeat the Tigers, 4 - 3, in Game 5 of the ALCS. The Sox take an early 4 - 0 lead, but Jon Lester begins tiring in the 5th, when he gives up a first run. The Bengals add runs in the next two innings, but can't tie the game as Koji Uehara records a five-out save.
- 2014 - Keon-chang Seo becomes the first player in Korea Baseball Organization history to reach 200 hits in a season, doing so with three hits today. He will be named KBO MVP for 2014; Seo only had 84 hits last season.
- 2015:
- The Blue Jays seem to be on their way to a win in Game 2 of the ALCS, with a 3 - 0 lead over the Royals in the 7th, with David Price having retired 18 consecutive batters. But an innocuous pop-up to short right field by Ben Zobrist falls in for a single, and the Royals start a five-run rally, eventually winning, 6 - 3, to take a two-games-to-none lead in the series.
- The Mets win Game 1 of the NLCS, 4 - 2 over the Cubs, as Matt Harvey pitches into the 8th inning and Daniel Murphy and Travis d'Arnaud both homer at Citi Field.
- 2016:
- The Indians take a three-games-to-none lead over the Blue Jays in the ALCS with a 4 - 2 win. Starter Trevor Bauer is forced to leave the game with two outs in the 1st because a pre-existing cut on the little finger of his pitching hand has started bleeding, but six relievers combine to suffocate the Jays bats again, with Bryan Shaw getting credit for the win and Andrew Miller picking up the save. Mike Napoli wakes up from a postseason-long slump with a solo homer and an RBI double while Jason Kipnis puts Cleveland ahead to stay with a homer off Marcus Stroman in the 6th.
- The British Baseball Hall of Fame announces its 2016 class: Alex Malihoudis (who hit .410 in the British National League), Oscar Marcelino (national team pitcher in the 1980s-1990s), Wally O’Neil (1960s star in Britain) and John Thomas (catcher in Britain for decades).
- 2017:
- The Yankees even the ALCS with a 6 - 4 win over the Astros in Game 4. The Astros head into the bottom of the 7th leading, 4 - 0, thanks in part to a bases-clearing double by Yuli Gurriel, but Aaron Judge gets the Yankees on the scoreboard with a huge homer, then adds a run-scoring double that ties the game in a four-run 8th inning during which New York bats around against three Houston relievers. Gary Sanchez drives in three runs for the Yanks.
- The Dodgers defeat the Cubs, 6 - 1, in Game 3 of the NLCS at Wrigley Field to move within one game of the World Series. Yu Darvish gives up a 1st-inning homer to Kyle Schwarber but then shuts down the Cubs until the 7th, when the bullpen takes over. Meanwhile, solo homers by Andre Ethier and Chris Taylor put the Dodgers ahead, and they seal the deal with a couple more runs on a triple by Taylor and a bases-loaded walk to Darvish, before adding a pair in the 8th.
- An article by Tracy Ringolsby published today in Baseball America claims there is growing consensus among owners for a complete realignment of Major League Baseball. This would include an expansion adding teams in Montreal, QC and Portland, OR to increase the ranks to 32 teams, who would then be divided into four divisions of eight teams each - north, east, midwest and west. Under the alleged plan, the schedule would also be shortened to 156 games and teams would play largely within their division during the regular season. This purported plan will not be implemented, however.
- 2018:
- The Brewers try a rare ploy in Game 5 of the NLCS as lefty starter Wade Miley is pulled after facing just one Dodgers batter and replaced by righty Brandon Woodruff. This works for five innings, but the Dodgers score twice in the 6th and twice in the 7th to back up a strong performance by Clayton Kershaw and win the game, 5 - 2.
- The Red Sox and Astros are caught in an epic see-saw duel in Game 4 of the ALCS before Boston comes out on top, 8 - 6. The game features both starting pitchers being chased by the end of the 4th inning, a home run negated by fan interference, and a diving catch with the bases loaded by Andrew Benintendi in left field to end the game, among many highlights.
- 2019:
- The Lamigo Monkeys win their sixth Taiwan Series in eight years, in their final season (as they have been sold due to parent company Lamigo's financial troubles). They beat the Chinatrust Brothers, four games to one, in the 2019 Taiwan Series. In Game 5 today, they chase Elih Villanueva with eight runs in two-thirds of an inning, including a grand slam by Shih-Hao Liu. Li Lin goes 5 for 5 with two walks, a double, two homers, four runs and six RBI and is named Series MVP. Michael Nix gets the win, allowing one run in six innings to bounce back from a rough Game 2 outing.
- The Astros take a three-games-to-one lead in the ALCS by defeating the Yankees, 8 - 3, in Game 4, following a one-day postponement. George Springer and Carlos Correa deliver the key blows, each hitting a three-run homer, while Gary Sanchez replies with a two-run shot for New York. Pitching in relief, CC Sabathia makes the final appearance of his career, leaving with a shoulder injury.
- 2020:
- The Rays advance to the World Series for only the second time in team history by defeating the Astros, 4 - 2, in Game 7 of the ALCS, putting an end to the Astros' bid to become only the second team to overcome a 3-0 deficit in a postseason series. Charlie Morton pitches scoreless ball into the 6th inning, while Randy Arozarena hits a two-run homer off Lance McCullers in the 1st, and Mike Zunino drives in the other two runs with a solo homer and a sacrifice fly. Arozarena is named ALCS MVP and is the first rookie position player be named MVP of a postseason series, as his homer is his seventh this postseason, setting a new rookie record and one short of the all-time record for a single postseason.
- The NLCS will also go the limit as the Dodgers defeat the Braves, 3 - 1, scoring all their runs off Max Fried in the 1st, thanks in part to solo homers by Corey Seager and Justin Turner. The Braves have some opportunities to come back against Walker Buehler, but fail to score after loading the bases with none out in the 2nd, and are saved by a tremendous leaping catch at the fence by RF Mookie Betts to end the 5th inning, robbing Marcell Ozuna of at least a double.
- Heidenheim Heideköpfe sweeps the German Bundesliga-1 finals, topping the Bonn Capitals in three games. Finals MVP Mike Bolsenbroek and Enorbel Márquez strike out a combined 14 in an 8 - 3 win over Maurice Wilhelm; Jay Pecci's three-run homer in the 4th is the big hit.
- 2021:
- The Amsterdam Pirates successfully defend their Holland Series title earned in 2019 (they had also been up two games to none in 2020 when the remainder of the Series was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic). In Game 7 of the 2021 Holland Series, they ride the pitching of Shairon Martis in a 4 - 2 win over Neptunus. Kalian Sams hits a three-run homer off Kevin Kelly, the Game 3 star, for the big blow at the plate. Amsterdam SS Sharlon Schoop wins Series MVP.
- The Braves win Game 2 of the NLCS, 5 - 4, over the Dodgers, once again in walk-off fashion, as had been the case in Game 1 the day before. Corey Seager and Joc Pederson hit offsetting two-run homers early, but L.A.'s 7th-inning two-run rally is negated when the Braves score twice against Julio Urias, normally a starter, in the 8th. They then win the game on Eddie Rosario's fourth hit of the game that drives in Dansby Swanson from second base against closer Kenley Jansen with two outs in the bottom of the 9th.
- Major League Baseball announces that it will now mandate teams to provide adequate housing for their minor league players, after numerous stories over recent months have highlighted the poor living conditions that players are often forced to endure as a result of the pittance they are being paid while toiling in the minors.
- 2022 - Game 5 of the Division Series between the Guardians and Yankees at New Yankee Stadium in rained out. As a result, games in two different rounds of the postseason will be played tomorrow, a first, with the rescheduled Game 5 taking place just before Game 1 of the NLCS.
- 2023 - The Phillies' first three hits in Game 2 of the NLCS are solo homers, two by Kyle Schwarber and one by Trea Turner as Merrill Kelly manages to keep the game close until the Diamondbacks' bullpen implodes in the 6th, allowing a total of six runs in less than two innings. Aaron Nola pitches six scoreless innings for Philly, which wins, 10 - 0, and takes a two-games-to-none lead in the series.
- 2024:
- In Game 3 of the ALCS, Cleveland has a 3-1 lead with two outs in the 8th when a walk to Juan Soto followed by back-to-back homers by Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton off Emmanuel Clase put the Yankees ahead. They add an insurance run in the top of the 9th, but pinch-hitter Jhonkensy Noel forces extra innings with a two-out, two-run homer off Luke Weaver in the 9th. David Fry ends the game with a two-run walk-off homer against Clay Holmes in the 10th for a 7 - 5 Guardians win, Cleveland's first of the series.
- The Dodgers move to within one game of the World Series with another emphatic win over the Mets in Game 4 of the NLCS, this one by a 10 - 2 score. Shohei Ohtani leads off the game with a homer, but Mark Vientos replies in the bottom of the 1st. The Dodgers then score twice in the 3rd, but the Mets reply with one run; however they have no answer when L.A. puts up two-spots in the 4th and the 6th, the latter on a homer by Mookie Betts, and the Dodgers are in complete control after that.
Births[edit]
- 1857 - Bill Morgan, catcher (d. 1938)
- 1859 - Buck Ewing, catcher, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1906)
- 1861 - Ecky Stearns, infielder (d. 1944)
- 1863 - Count Campau, outfielder, manager (d. 1938)
- 1870 - George Nicol, outfielder (d. 1924)
- 1873 - Pop Dillon, infielder (d. 1931)
- 1877 - Ed Kenna, pitcher (d. 1912)
- 1880 - Nick Williams, minor league player and manager (d. 1941)
- 1886 - Bert Maxwell, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1887 - Harry Kirsch, pitcher (d. 1925)
- 1888 - Sakae Suzuka, inventor; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1957)
- 1891 - Frank Madden, catcher (d. 1952)
- 1892 - Ted Welch, pitcher (d. 1943)
- 1895 - Bob Countryman, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 1964)
- 1897 - Alex Evans, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1898 - Clint Blume, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1900 - Ernie Wingard, pitcher (d. 1977)
- 1901 - Parke Carroll, general manager (b. 1961)
- 1906 - Paul Derringer, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1987)
- 1908 - Red Rolfe, infielder, manager; All-Star (d. 1969)
- 1911 - Joe Greene, catcher, All-Star (d. 1989)
- 1912 - Doc Wingo, catcher (d. 1986)
- 1915 - Mike Sandlock, catcher (d. 2016)
- 1917 - Jimmy Francoline, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2012)
- 1917 - Johnny Ostrowski, outfielder (d. 1992)
- 1917 - Edward Scott, scout (d. 2010)
- 1917 - Dick Young, writer (d. 1987)
- 1919 - Charlie Cozart, pitcher (d. 2004)
- 1919 - Howie Moss, outfielder (d. 1989)
- 1921 - Bill Blair, pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1921 - Ken Brondell, pitcher (d. 2004)
- 1925 - Dom Barczewski, minor league infielder (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Weedy Edwards, pitcher (d. 2017)
- 1926 - Paul Salata, minor league infielder (d. 2021)
- 1926 - John Walsh, scout (d. 2015)
- 1927 - Johnny Klippstein, pitcher (d. 2003)
- 1928 - Jim Gilliam, infielder; All-Star (d. 1978)
- 1929 - Hardy Peterson, catcher (d. 2019)
- 1931 - Dan Porter, outfielder
- 1933 - Leroy Powell, pinch runner (d. 2014)
- 1934 - Argelio Córdoba, Nicaraguan national team manager (d. 2017)
- 1942 - Pete Cimino, pitcher
- 1942 - Andrés Telemaco, Cuban league infielder (d. 2017)
- 1945 - Bob Christian, outfielder (d. 1974)
- 1946 - Rich Folkers, pitcher
- 1947 - Jim Hutto, outfielder
- 1949 - Tony Tavares, executive
- 1955 - Brian Snitker, manager
- 1957 - Kelly Paris, infielder (d. 2019)
- 1958 - Don Alexander, minor league coach
- 1960 - Martín Antúnez, minor league pitcher
- 1960 - Ken Dixon, pitcher
- 1961 - Dan Pasqua, outfielder
- 1962 - Glenn Braggs, outfielder
- 1963 - Chung-Kuang Lai, CPBL catcher
- 1963 - Ravelo Manzanillo, pitcher
- 1964 - Dave Miller, minor league pitcher
- 1965 - Charlie Montoyo, infielder; manager
- 1966 - Ray Velasquez, minor league pitcher
- 1967 - Mark Johnson, infielder
- 1968 - Kuo-Hsiang Cheng, TML pitcher
- 1969 - Joe Fleet, minor league pitcher
- 1969 - Chris Tremie, catcher
- 1970 - John Mabry, outfielder
- 1973 - Angel Cruz, Puerto Rican national team pitcher
- 1973 - Ming-Chi Liu, CPBL pitcher
- 1973 - Sheng-Wu Wu, CPBL catcher
- 1974 - Curt Lyons, pitcher
- 1974 - Luis Pineda, pitcher
- 1974 - John Rocker, pitcher
- 1975 - Hector Almonte, pitcher
- 1975 - Jason Clarke, minor league infielder
- 1976 - Seth Etherton, pitcher
- 1976 - Jason Jones, outfielder
- 1976 - Jason Lakman, minor league pitcher
- 1976 - Paul Turco Jr., scout
- 1976 - Cheng-Lung Yeh, CPBL infielder
- 1977 - Eduardo Romero, Nicaraguan national team outfielder
- 1979 - John Ennis, pitcher
- 1979 - Gil Velazquez, infielder
- 1979 - David Wallace, coach
- 1979 - Kyong-hi Yu, South Korean womens' national team infielder
- 1980 - Ian Butcher, South African national team outfielder
- 1980 - Jorge Cortés, minor league outfielder and manager
- 1981 - Brett Campbell, pitcher
- 1981 - Edwin Maysonet, infielder
- 1981 - Rodney Medina, minor league outfielder
- 1981 - Juan Salazar, minor league infielder
- 1982 - Abe Alvarez, pitcher
- 1982 - Po-Jen Cheng, CPBL pitcher
- 1982 - Ben Jukich, minor league pitcher
- 1982 - Derrick Pyles, minor league outfielder and manager
- 1983 - Cristóbal Hiche, Chilean national team outfielder
- 1983 - Mitch Talbot, pitcher
- 1985 - Jose de la Torre, pitcher
- 1985 - Carlos González, outfielder; All-Star
- 1985 - Steve Raburn, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Ronald Ramirez, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Brian Ward, minor league catcher
- 1986 - Dan Butler, catcher
- 1986 - Ryne White, minor league infielder
- 1987 - Chandler Laurent, minor league outfielder (d. 2014)
- 1988 - Jeff Holm, minor league infielder
- 1988 - Stefen Romero, outfielder
- 1989 - Alex Gillingham, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Chris Mazza, pitcher
- 1990 - Rafael Montero, pitcher
- 1991 - Javkhlan Tsogttsembel, Mongolian national team infielder
- 1992 - Hanser Alberto, infielder
- 1992 - Travis Harrison, minor league infielder
- 1992 - Nate Irving, minor league catcher
- 1993 - Brody Koerner, pitcher
- 1994 - Adam Oller, pitcher
- 1994 - Myles Straw, outfielder
- 1995 - Ha-seong Kim, infielder
- 1996 - Yen-Ying Chen, Taianese national team outfielder
- 1997 - Rougned Odor, minor league infielder
- 2000 - Daniel Alio, Ugandan national team infielder
- 2002 - Alexane Fournier, Canadian women's national team infielder
- 2004 - Bruno Uroič, Croatian national team infielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1905 - John Otten, catcher (b. 1870)
- 1933 - Joe Kostal, pitcher (b. 1876)
- 1937 - Clyde Hatter, pitcher (b. 1908)
- 1939 - George Bristow, outfielder (b. 1870)
- 1940 - George Davis, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1870)
- 1944 - Jack Powell, pitcher (b. 1874)
- 1950 - Tom Tuckey, pitcher (b. 1884)
- 1951 - Al Clancy, infielder (b. 1888)
- 1952 - Vince Shields, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1953 - Jim Delahanty, infielder (b. 1879)
- 1961 - Abe Atkins, outfielder (b. 1893)
- 1961 - Harry Felix, pitcher (b. 1875)
- 1962 - Olaf Henriksen, outfielder (b. 1888)
- 1964 - Carson Bigbee, outfielder (b. 1895)
- 1966 - Bob Swift, catcher, manager (b. 1915)
- 1971 - Mike Massey, infielder (b. 1893)
- 1974 - Shigeaki Kuroo, NPB pitcher (b. 1926)
- 1977 - Cal Hubbard, umpire; Hall of Famer (b. 1900)
- 1981 - Johnny Peacock, catcher (b. 1910)
- 1982 - Hank McDonald, pitcher (b. 1911)
- 1985 - Bud Sheely, catcher (b. 1920)
- 1987 - Pete Cote, pinch hitter (b. 1902)
- 1989 - John Mackinson, pitcher (b. 1923)
- 1989 - Tomosaburo Narita, NPB pitcher (b. 1917)
- 1992 - John O'Connell, catcher (b. 1904)
- 1994 - Joe Paparella, umpire (b. 1909)
- 1996 - Bob Adams, pitcher (b. 1901)
- 2004 - Ray Boone, infielder; All-Star (b. 1923)
- 2007 - Scott McDougall, umpire (b. 1958)
- 2007 - Mickey Rutner, infielder (b. 1919)
- 2010 - Joe Lis, infielder (b. 1946)
- 2011 - Carl Lindner, owner (b. 1919)
- 2013 - Juan Pérez, Cuban league pitcher (b. 1951)
- 2017 - Ed Barnowski, pitcher (b. 1943)
- 2017 - Hank Stickney, minor league owner (b. 1932)
- 2018 - Dave Brazell, college coach (b. 1925)
- 2018 - Seizo Furukawa, NPB outfielder (b. 1922)
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