October 25
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 25.
Events[edit]
- 1911 - Fred Merkle's 10th-inning sacrifice fly scores Larry Doyle to give the New York Giants a 4 - 3 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series. The victory cuts the Athletics' lead in the Series to 3-2.
- 1917 - The Yankees hire Miller Huggins as manager. New York has been an also-ran franchise for most of the first 15 years of the team's existence, but will become a dynasty under Huggins, who will lead the team from 1918 until his death in 1929. The club will win its first three championships under Huggins, including the famed 1927 Murderer's Row team led by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
- 1927 - Heinie Groh retires after being released by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He signs to manage in the minors.
- 1937 - Casey Stengel is signed as the new manager of the Boston Bees.
- 1943 - Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher signs his 1944 contract, which calls for a base salary of $20,000 plus $5,000 for every 100,000 fans over 600,000.
- 1955:
- Baseball great Branch Rickey steps down as general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates and moves into an advisory role. Joe L. Brown, son of actor Joe E. Brown, replaces him.
- The Cleveland Indians trade Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League, to the Chicago White Sox for Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby.
- 1956 - Chicago White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns and will be replaced by Al Lopez.
- 1960 - The Houston Colt .45s announce that the team has hired Gabe Paul as general manager. Paul will clash with majority owner Roy Hofheinz and will leave the following spring for Cleveland.
- 1965 - Leo Durocher becomes manager of the Chicago Cubs, replacing Lou Klein.
- 1973 - The Chicago Cubs trade six-time 20-game winner Ferguson Jenkins to the Texas Rangers for third baseman Bill Madlock and utility man Vic Harris. Meanwhile, the San Francisco Giants trade three-time home run champion Willie McCovey, a Giant since 1959, together with minor leaguer Bernie Williams, to the San Diego Padres for pitcher Mike Caldwell.
- 1977 - Sparky Lyle of the New York Yankees wins the A.L. Cy Young Award with a 13-5 record, 2.17 ERA, and 26 saves. Lyle is the first reliever to win the American League award, after Mike Marshall won the N.L. prize in 1974.
- 1978 - Gaylord Perry of the San Diego Padres becomes the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues. Perry cops the National League honor with a 21-6 record and a 2.72 ERA.
- 1981 - Steve Yeager and Pedro Guerrero hit consecutive home runs in the 7th inning, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2 - 1 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series.
- 1983 - Chicago White Sox pitcher LaMarr Hoyt, who led the American League with 24 wins but whose 3.66 ERA was not among the league's 15 best, wins the Cy Young Award, beating out the Kansas City Royals' Dan Quisenberry and the Detroit Tigers' Jack Morris.
- 1985 - The California Angels announce that they will not offer seven-time batting champion Rod Carew a new contract for the 1986 season, effectively ending his 19-year career. Carew finishes with 3,053 hits and a .328 career batting average.
- 1986 - Down to their last out at Shea Stadium, the New York Mets rally for three runs with two outs in the 10th inning against the Boston Red Sox to win 6 - 5 and push the World Series to a decisive seventh game. The tie-breaking run scores on Boston first baseman Bill Buckner's error on Mookie Wilson's grounder that passes between his legs.
- 1987 - In a World Series in which neither team lost a game in its home park, the Minnesota Twins win the World Championship behind starter Frank Viola and reliever Jeff Reardon, beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 - 2, in Game 7. The franchise's last championship had come in 1924 as the Washington Senators.
- 1995 - Atlanta Braves pitcher Steve Avery throws six innings of three-hit baseball and reliever Pedro Borbón, Jr. comes out of the bullpen for his first appearance in 19 days to save a 5 - 2 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 4 of the World Series.
- 1996 - Frank Torre, the brother of New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant after months of waiting. Frank was the recipient of a World Series ring as a member of the Milwaukee Braves when they beat the Yankees in 1957, and his brother Joe will make him a gift of a World Series ring that's 39 years newer after Game 6 of the 1996 Series.
- 1997 - In the World Series, pitcher Chad Ogea gets two hits with two RBI and scores one run while also earning the win as the Cleveland Indians force a seventh game with a 4 - 1 victory over the Florida Marlins.
- 2000 - At Shea Stadium, the Yankees defeat the Mets, 3 - 2, behind five pitchers and one home run by Derek Jeter in Game 4 of the World Series.
- 2003 - As the World Series heads back to Yankee Stadium, pitcher Josh Beckett, on three days' rest, throws a complete game shutout, allowing just five hits, to give the Florida Marlins their second World Championship in 11 seasons with a 2 - 0 victory over the New York Yankees. Beckett is named Series MVP. This is the 100th and last World Series game ever played at Yankee Stadium, as the Marlins become the first opposing team to win a Series championship on the field at the famed ballpark since 1981, when the Los Angeles Dodgers did it. When the Yankees return to the Fall Classic in 2009, they will have moved into New Yankee Stadium.
- 2005 - In the first World Series game played in the state of Texas, former Astro Geoff Blum wins the longest game in World Series history with a tiebreaking two-out solo home run as the Chicago White Sox beat Houston, 7 - 5, at Minute Maid Park to move within a win of a sweep and of their first title since 1917. The 14-inning marathon lasts a total of 5 hours and 41 minutes. The previous longest game was 4:51 when the Yankees beat the Mets in 12 innings in Game 1 in 2000. This matches the longest game by innings, a Babe Ruth complete game for the Boston Red Sox against the Brooklyn Robins in Game 2 of the 1916 World Series (which lasted only 2:32). The 43 players used by both teams also are a Series record, as are the combined 17 pitchers and 30 runners left on base.
- 2009:
- The Uni-President Lions win their third straight Taiwan Series. They take Game 7 of the 2009 Taiwan Series, 5 - 2, over the Brother Elephants in a game that features three ejections and fan protests. Luther Hackman sets a Taiwan Series record with five straight wins (dating back to 2008) to win his second straight Taiwan Series MVP award. It is the seventh Series title for the Lions, a new record.
- The New York Yankees clinch their 40th American League pennant with a 5 - 2 win over the Angels in Game 6 of the ALCS. The familiar tandem of Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera earns the win and save, as Pettitte claims his record 16th postseason win.
- 2010 - Lotte Giants corner infielder Dae-ho Lee, winner of the Triple Crown, is named Korea Baseball Organization MVP for 2010. The Rookie of the Year award goes to Doosan Bears catcher Eui-ji Yang, the fourth straight winner from Doosan.
- 2011:
- Team Canada wins the 2011 Pan American Games Gold Medal. It is the first major international tournament won by the Canadians. They top Team USA, 2 - 1, in the final game, as Andrew Albers and Scott Richmond combine to fan 11. Jimmy Van Ostrand hits a two-run double for all of the Canadian offense, while Andy Van Hekken takes the loss for the US. Canada becomes the first non-Cuban team to win Gold in baseball at the Pan Am Games since 1967.
- Cuba settles for Bronze with a 6 - 0 romp over host Mexico. Miguel A. González and Yadier Pedroso combine on the shutout, while Alfredo Despaigne, Yulieski Gourriel and José Dariel Abreu all go deep.
- 2012:
- Three Giants pitchers - Madison Bumgarner, Santiago Casilla and Sergio Romo - combine on a two-hitter as San Francisco shuts out Detroit, 2 - 0, in Game 2 of the 2012 World Series. The Giants play small ball, scoring their first run on a double play grounder in the 7th after a bunt single by Gregor Blanco loads the bases, and their second in the 8th on three walks and a sacrifice fly.
- The 2012 NPB draft is held. Only one team, the Nippon Ham Fighters, take the biggest name as Shohei Otani (timed at 99 mph in high school) is widely expected to go to the US, making it a wasted pick if he doesn't sign; the Fighters will wind up signing Otani, however. On the other hand, four teams put in for Shintaro Fujinami, with the Hanshin Tigers winning the lottery. Three teams take Nao Higashihama, with the Softbank Hawks getting his rights.
- 2013 - The Doosan Bears and Samsung Lions go 5 hours and 32 minutes and 13 innings in Game 2 to set a Korean Series record for longest game (in terms of time). Import starters Rick Vanden Hurk of the Netherlands (Doosan) and Dustin Nippert of the USA (Samsung) both pitch scoreless ball. Each team scores once in the 8th off the bullpens. In the 13th, backup infielder Jae-il Oh homers off Seung-hwan Oh, a two-time Korean Series MVP who had never lost in the postseason before, to give Doosan a victory and improve to 2-0.
- 2014 - The Giants even the World Series with an 11 - 4 win over the Royals in Game 4. They score nine runs between the 5th and 7th innings to run away with the game, as Yusmeiro Petit claims the win with another great performance in long relief with three scoreless innings, his third such win of the postseason.
- 2015:
- Game 7 of the 2015 Taiwan Series is one for the record books. Pat Misch throws the first no-hitter in Taiwanese post-season annals, the first in Lamigo Monkeys history and the first of any kind in the CPBL since Wei-Lun Pan in 2008. It is also the most lopsided finale in a Taiwan Series, as Lamigo crushes the Chinatrust Brothers 11 - 0. Chih-Sheng Lin drives in three more to give himself 11 RBI, seven runs and three homers in the Series, earning him Taiwan Series MVP. He had previously won that award at the 2012 Taiwan Series and becomes the third two-time winner, following Min-Ching Lo and Luther Hackman.
- The Softbank Hawks go up two games to none in the 2015 Japan Series as Dae-ho Lee and Akira Nakamura homer and Rick van den Hurk tosses eight innings of three-hit shutout ball in a 4 - 0 victory. Softbank ties a Japan Series record with three steals in the 1st but they fail to score in that frame.
- 2016:
- The Indians win Game 1 of the World Series, 6 - 0 over the Cubs, who are making their first appearance in the Fall Classic since 1945. Corey Kluber pitches six scoreless innings during which he strikes out nine, while the Indians score twice off Jon Lester in the bottom of the 1st, on a dribbler by José Ramírez that travels barely 20 feet, and when Brandon Guyer is hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Roberto Perez later homers twice to put the game away.
- Down two games to none in the 2016 Taiwan Series, the EDA Rhinos pull off a 9 - 8 win over the Chinatrust Brothers. Chih-Sheng Lin homers three times and drives in six in a losing cause; it is the first three-homer performance in Series history.
- Also down two games to none, in the 2016 Japan Series, the Nippon Ham Fighters will rally to win the next four games, just like EDA in Taiwan. In Game 3, Hiroki Kuroda of the Hiroshima Carp turns in a strong start despite being the fourth-oldest player in Series history. He suddenly leaves the mound because of leg cramps with two outs in the 6th and a 2 - 1 lead. The bullpen fails to preserve the win as Sho Nakata hits a two-run double off Jay Jackson in the 8th. The Carp tie it in the 9th with two outs when Tomohiro Abe singles in Seiya Suzuki. In the bottom of the 10th, Shohei Otani singles home Takuya Nakashima with the winner off Daichi Osera for his third hit of the day.
- In Germany, the Bundesliga-1 MVPs for 2016 are announced. In the north, Max Boldt of the champion Mainz Athletics is the MVP. Having moved from the infield to catcher this year, the veteran led the league in RBI and showed good glovework at his new position. In the south, the MVP goes to Bonn Capitals two-way threat Maurice Wilhelm, who had a 0.49 ERA and scored 22 runs in 23 games.
- 2017:
- The Astros win a World Series game for the first time in franchise history as they defeat the Dodgers, 7 - 6, in 11 innings in Game 2 of the 2017 World Series. The Dodgers seem headed for a win as they lead, 3 - 2, in the top of the 9th, but closer Kenley Jansen surrenders a solo homer to Marwin Gonzalez to tie it, and in the 10th, Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa hit back-to-back shots off Josh Fields to give Houston a 5 - 3 lead. Ken Giles cannot nail down the win, however, as he gives up a solo homer to Yasiel Puig and a run-scoring single to Kiké Hernandez. In the 11th, the Astros again score two, on a two-run blast by George Springer off Brandon McCarthy, and while Charlie Culberson hits the eighth homer of the game off Chris Devenski with two outs in the bottom of the 11th, the Dodgers fall short by one run. The eight homers set a World Series record, while the five hit in extra innings are a record for any game, postseason or regular season. The Astros had been swept in four games in their only previous World Series appearance, in 2005.
- The 2017 CPBL Best Ten and Gold Glove Awards are given out. Mike Loree wins his third straight Best Ten at pitcher (equivalent to a Cy Young Award in the US), tying Yi-Hsin Chen's record. Hung-Yu Lin wins for the fifth time at DH, breaking Chin-Feng Chen's mark.
- 2018:
- The Twins introduce 37-year-old Rocco Baldelli as their new manager, taking over for local legend Paul Molitor. He has been a coach for the Tampa Bay Rays for the past four seasons, after a rare disease cut short his playing career.
- The Blue Jays also name a manager, settling on long-time coach and minor league manager Charlie Montoyo, whose post-playing career has all been in the Tampa Bay Rays system.
- 2019 - In the first World Series to be played in Washington, DC since 1933, the Astros win Game 3 of the 2019 World Series, 4 - 1 over the Nationals. Both teams place a slew of runners on base against starters Anibal Sanchez and Zack Greinke but can only score runs in increments of one per inning. Jose Altuve doubles twice and scores each time on singles by Michael Brantley, while Robinson Chirinos hits a homer off the foul pole to lead Houston's offence. The Nats still lead the series, two games to one.
- 2020 - The Dodgers win Game 5 of the World Series, 4 - 2, to take a three-games-to-two lead, by taking advantage of Rays starter Tyler Glasnow's early struggles. They score three runs over the first two innings to take a lead they will never relinquish. The key moment occurs in the 4th, when Manuel Margot is caught while attempting a straight steal of home that would have tied the game; the play is agonizingly close, but Margot is ruled out, ending the inning. Clayton Kershaw is the winner, while also setting a new record for most career strikeouts in the postseason, passing Justin Verlander (who will re-pass him two years later).
- 2021 - Oliver Marmol is officially introduced as the new manager of the Cardinals. He replaces Mike Shildt, for whom he had been bench coach for the past two seasons.
- 2022:
- In Game 3 of the 2022 Japan Series, Yakult Swallows captain Tetsuto Yamada breaks a scoreless tie in the 5th with his first hit of the Series, a three-run shot off the Orix Buffaloes' Hiroya Miyagi. Munetaka Murakami also drives in three in a 7 - 1 romp.
- The Marlins hire Skip Schumaker as their new manager, replacing Don Mattingly. Schumaker has never managed at any level but has been a long-time player and coach, including spending last season as bench coach for manager Oliver Marmol of the Cardinals.
- 2023:
- Having already locked up their best finish ever in a Pan American Games, the Brazilian national team clinches a spot in the Gold Medal Game of the 2023 Pan American Games with today's win over Panama. The score is 1 - 1 entering the final frame when Osvaldo Carvalho Jr. smacks a three-run double off Severino González, powering a 5 - 3 victory. Eric Pardinho saves Oscar Nakaoshi's win with a strikeout with two men in scoring position.
- News comes out that Dusty Baker has decided to retire after 26 seasons as a manager, two days after his Houston Astros were eliminated by Texas in Game 7 of the ALCS. Having accomplished his lifelong goal of winning the World Series last year, and standing seventh on the all-time list for wins by a manager with 2,183, Baker will make the decision official at a press conference scheduled for tomorrow.
- 2024:
- Game 1 of the World Series ends in dramatic fashion as Freddie Freeman hits a walk-off grand slam - the first in Series history - off Nestor Cortes in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Dodgers a 6 - 3 win over the Yankees.
- The CTBC Brothers win the 2024 Taiwan Series, 4 games to 1. José De Paula allows one run in a complete game, 4-1 victory over the Uni-President Lions in Game 5. Sung-En Tseng wins Series MVP.
Births[edit]
- 1851 - Mike Brannock, infielder (d. 1881)
- 1855 - Harry McCormick, pitcher (d. 1889)
- 1856 - Eugene Van Court, umpire (d. 1940)
- 1858 - Harry Jacoby, infielder (d. 1900)
- 1861 - Joe Werrick, infielder (d. 1943)
- 1863 - Bill Shettsline, manager (d. 1933)
- 1864 - John Godar, outfielder (d. 1949)
- 1866 - Mickey Hughes, pitcher (d. 1931)
- 1868 - Dan Burke, outfielder (d. 1933)
- 1869 - Jack Doyle, infielder, manager (d. 1958)
- 1869 - Marty Hogan, outfielder (d. 1923)
- 1871 - Marty Bergen, catcher (d. 1900)
- 1874 - Tom Stanton, catcher (d. 1957)
- 1875 - Jake Gettman, outfielder (d. 1956)
- 1877 - Willis Ordway, minor league player (d. 1972)
- 1880 - Bill Brennan, umpire (d. 1933)
- 1880 - Weldon Henley, pitcher (d. 1960)
- 1887 - Oscar Dugey, infielder (d. 1966)
- 1889 - Joe Wood, outfielder (d. 1985)
- 1892 - Gerry Nugent, owner (d. 1970)
- 1893 - Vic Aldridge, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1896 - Lamon Dillard, pitcher/outfielder (d. 1965)
- 1898 - Dan Sikes, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 1983)
- 1901 - Ray Gardner, infielder (d. 1968)
- 1903 - Bobby Robinson, infielder (d. 2002)
- 1904 - Andy Cohen, infielder, manager (d. 1988)
- 1905 - Joe Malay, infielder (d. 1989)
- 1909 - Mickey Haslin, infielder (d. 2002)
- 1912 - Jack Kent Cooke, minor league owner (d. 1997)
- 1913 - Gene Corbett, infielder (d. 2009)
- 1913 - Phil Marchildon, pitcher (d. 1997)
- 1913 - Joseph Shaffer, minor league pitcher; scout (d. 2004)
- 1914 - Tadashi Ueda, NPB infielder-outfielder (d. 1944)
- 1915 - Mitsuhiko Ishida, NPB pitcher (d. 1980)
- 1917 - Lee MacPhail, executive; Hall of Fame (d. 2012)
- 1918 - Nanny Fernandez, infielder (d. 1996)
- 1918 - Burl Storie, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1984)
- 1923 - Russ Meyer, pitcher (d. 1998)
- 1923 - Bobby Thomson, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2010)
- 1924 - Bobby Brown, infielder (d. 2021)
- 1925 - Roy Hartsfield, infielder, manager (d. 2011)
- 1926 - Yoshito Fujino, NPB outfielder
- 1931 - Dick Murphy, pinch hitter (d. 2020)
- 1937 - Chuck Schilling, infielder (d. 2021)
- 1939 - Pete Mikkelsen, pitcher (d. 2006)
- 1944 - Skip Guinn, pitcher
- 1946 - Don Eddy, pitcher (d. 2018)
- 1946 - Ted Parks, minor league outfielder
- 1946 - Doug Shanks, college coach (d. 2023)
- 1949 - Melvin Aaron, college coach (d. 2020)
- 1951 - Al Cowens, outfielder (d. 2002)
- 1951 - John LaRose, pitcher (d. 2021)
- 1952 - Rowland Office, outfielder
- 1952 - Roy Smalley, infielder; All-Star
- 1954 - Tito Landrum, outfielder
- 1955 - Tommy Boggs, pitcher (d. 2022)
- 1955 - Danny Darwin, pitcher
- 1955 - Jeff Schattinger, pitcher
- 1956 - Andy McGaffigan, pitcher
- 1956 - Danny Gans, minor league infielder (d. 2009)
- 1958 - Dale Holman, minor league outfielder/first baseman
- 1958 - Tom Romano, outfielder
- 1958 - Dave Von Ohlen, pitcher
- 1960 - Kelly Downs, pitcher
- 1960 - Hiroyuki Yoshida, NPB catcher
- 1963 - Greg Morhardt, scout
- 1963 - Chang-Chuan Sun, CPBL infielder
- 1964 - Todd Freese, umpire
- 1965 - Steve Decker, catcher
- 1966 - Mike Harkey, pitcher
- 1966 - Koji Hatate, Japanese national team infielder
- 1967 - Joe Siddall, catcher
- 1968 - Josh Lewin, broadcaster
- 1969 - Keith Garagozzo, pitcher
- 1969 - Larry Thomas, pitcher
- 1970 - Curtis King, pitcher
- 1970 - Terrell Lowery, outfielder
- 1970 - Andre White, minor league player
- 1971 - Pedro Martínez, pitcher; All-Star; Hall of Fame
- 1971 - Naoto Shikita, NPB umpire
- 1972 - Chun-Chang Yeh, CPBL catcher and manager
- 1974 - Chris Hill, minor league pitcher
- 1974 - Joe Nelson, pitcher
- 1975 - Brad Guy, minor league pitcher
- 1975 - Mark Persails, minor league pitcher
- 1976 - Victor Rodriguez, minor league player
- 1977 - Kuang-Yung Hsieh, CPBL pitcher
- 1978 - J.J. Davis, outfielder
- 1978 - Chris Tiller, umpire
- 1978 - Hiroaki Yoshimi, CPBL infielder
- 1979 - Jeremy Brown, catcher
- 1979 - Jovanny Cedeno, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Min-Shun Chiu, CPBL outfielder
- 1979 - Go Kida, NPB outfielder
- 1979 - Tony Torcato, outfielder
- 1980 - Myung-gu Kang, KBO infielder
- 1980 - Clint Nageotte, pitcher
- 1980 - Danilo Sánchez, minor league catcher
- 1981 - Po-Chao Yang, CPBL catcher
- 1983 - Dae-lee Kwak, South Korean women's national team outfielder
- 1983 - Robinson Rodrigues, Brazilian national team catcher
- 1984 - Deshaun Brooks, minor league infielder
- 1984 - Goran Lekić, Croatian national team catcher
- 1985 - Willy Mota, minor league outfielder/pitcher
- 1985 - Wilkin Ramirez, outfielder
- 1985 - Jason Roenicke, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Charlie Shirek, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Harold Garcia, minor league infielder
- 1988 - Alberto Cabrera, pitcher
- 1988 - Michael Wing, minor league infielder
- 1989 - Jacob Lee, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Naoya Masuda, NPB pitcher
- 1990 - Bobby Borchering, minor league infielder
- 1991 - Taylor Zeutenhorst, minor league outfielder and manager
- 1992 - Tyler Payne, catcher
- 1991 - Colby Suggs, coach
- 1995 - Yu-Hsuan Chen, CPBL pitcher
- 1995 - Justin Jacobs, minor league outfielder
- 1996 - Edgar Paredes, Peruvian national team pitcher
- 1997 - Claire Eccles, Canadian women's national team pitcher
- 1998 - Po-Ching Chen, CPBL pitcher
- 1998 - Juan Soto, outfielder; All-Star
- 1999 - Connor Pavolony, minor league catcher
- 1999 - Nicolò Pinazzi, minor league pitcher
- 1999 - Alex Rao, minor league pitcher
- 1999 - Delano Selassa, Hoofdklasse infielder
- 2000 - Heitor Tokar, minor league pitcher
- 2001 - Julian Sanders, Great Britain national team infielder
- 2002 - José Ramos, minor league infielder
- 2003 - Ho-Chi Lee, Hong Kong national team pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1906 - Marty Swandell, infielder; umpire (b. 1841)
- 1911 - Chris Rickley, infielder (b. 1859)
- 1913 - Dan Shannon, infielder, manager (b. 1865)
- 1921 - Jimmy Barrett, outfielder (b. 1875)
- 1927 - Tom Brown, outfielder, manager (b. 1860)
- 1941 - Bill Phillips, pitcher, manager (b. 1868)
- 1945 - Ernie Baker, pitcher (b. 1875)
- 1948 - Jerry Kane, infielder (b. 1865)
- 1949 - Tim Bowden, outfielder (b. 1891)
- 1963 - Jim Lindsey, pitcher (b. 1899)
- 1978 - Molly Craft, pitcher (b. 1895)
- 1979 - Morrie Schick, outfielder (b. 1892)
- 1981 - Pete Reiser, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1919)
- 1982 - Frank Matthews, minor league infielder (b. 1890)
- 1984 - Joe Wiggins, infielder (b. 1906)
- 1990 - Tsutomu Takeda, Japanese Hall of Fame (b. 1896)
- 1991 - Joe Bokina, pitcher (b. 1910)
- 1991 - George Brunet, pitcher (b. 1935)
- 1991 - Babe Thomas, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1902)
- 1992 - Herbert Gallagher, college coach (b. 1911)
- 1994 - George Fallon, infielder (b. 1914)
- 1994 - Roy Helser, minor league pitcher (b. 1911)
- 1995 - Milt Laurent, infielder (b. 1901)
- 1996 - Harry Shuman, pitcher (b. 1915)
- 2008 - Rafael Batista, infielder (b. 1945)
- 2008 - Félix Machado, Venezuelan national team outfielder (b. 1919)
- 2010 - Rudy Rufer, infielder (b. 1926)
- 2011 - Bert Cueto, pitcher (b. 1937)
- 2012 - Barry Cox, minor league player and manager (b. ????)
- 2012 - Les Mueller, pitcher (b. 1919)
- 2013 - Rolando Laza, Cuban league outfielder and manager (b. ~1956)
- 2013 - Bill Sharman, minor league outfielder (b. 1926)
- 2016 - Filomeno Codiñera Jr., Philippines national team infielder (b. 1939)
- 2017 - Ross Powell, pitcher (b. 1968)
- 2019 - Eleno Cuen, minor league pitcher (b. 1952)
- 2021 - Tim Thompson, catcher (b. 1924)
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