October 26
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 26.
Events[edit]
- 1911 - Danny Murphy of the Philadelphia Athletics has four hits as the A's beat the New York Giants, 13 - 2, to win the World Series in six games. Philadelphia puts the game out of reach with a seven-run 7th inning.
- 1931 - Charles Comiskey dies at age 72. The Chicago White Sox owner and pioneer player never recovered from the betrayal of the 1919 World Series.
- 1934 - The Boston Red Sox acquire shortstop Joe Cronin from the Washington Senators for his counterpart Lyn Lary and an estimated $250,000. Senators owner Clark Griffith needs the money to keep his franchise afloat during the Great Depression and is willing to see his best player leave in order to do so. Cronin will hit .295 with 95 RBI in 1935, the first of his 11 seasons as a Boston player.
- 1940 - Detroit Tigers outfielder Hank Greenberg is named the American League MVP with Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller finishing second. Greenberg hit .340 with 41 home runs and 150 RBI, while Feller posted a 27-11 record with a 2.61 ERA. Having won the award in 1935 as a first baseman, Greenberg becomes the first player to win the MVP again playing a different position.
- 1949 - The San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League complete an Asian tour which includes five games in Japan. One of the Japanese games draws over 100,000 fans to watch the visiting team managed by Lefty O'Doul.
- 1950:
- The Baseball Writers Association of America selects New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto as the American League MVP. He posted a .324 batting average with 200 hits and 125 runs scored, but drove in just 66. Rizzuto, who receives 16 of 23 first-place votes, easily outpoints runner-ups Billy Goodman of the Boston Red Sox and teammate Yogi Berra.
- Walter O'Malley succeeds Branch Rickey as president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 1960 - After his family has been operating the team in the nation's capital ever since Clark Griffith took over as manager of the club in 1912, Calvin Griffith, president of the Washington Senators, makes the decision to move his club to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. In a move designed to get a jump on the National League in the expansion race, the American League announces that it will expand by two teams and approves the move of the Senators. The new AL teams will play in Los Angeles and in Washington, DC, as all teams will play a 162-game schedule, with 18 games against each opponent.
- 1971 - Vida Blue of the Oakland Athletics wins the American League Cy Young Award by a 98-85 margin over Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers. Blue was 24-8 for Oakland, posting 301 strikeouts, eight shutouts and a 1.82 ERA, becoming the youngest pitcher to win the award. In the National League, Ferguson Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs receives the honor.
- 1979 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn notifies Hall of Famer Willie Mays that if he accepts a position with the Bally Manufacturing Corporation, owner of several gambling casinos, he must disassociate himself from major league baseball. Mays, a part-time coach and goodwill ambassador for the Mets, will relinquish his duties upon accepting Bally's job offer.
- 1982 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies becomes the first pitcher to win four Cy Young Awards, taking National League honors. The 37-year-old lefthander, who led the National League in wins (23), innings pitched (295 2/3), strikeouts (286) and shutouts (6), was a previous winner in 1972, 1977 and 1980.
- 1985 - The Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6 of the World Series, thanks in part to a controversial 9th-inning call by Don Denkinger. The umpire rules the Royals' Jorge Orta safe at first base, when replays show he was out. The Royals will go on to score two runs to win, 2 - 1, forcing a seventh game.
- 1991 - Outfielder Kirby Puckett prevents two Atlanta runs with a leaping catch in the 3rd inning and then lofts a sacrifice fly in the 5th to give the Twins the lead in Game 6 of the World Series. The Braves tie it in the 7th, but Puckett turns out the lights in the 10th with a home run to force a seventh game.
- 1995 - In the World Series, pitcher Orel Hershiser allows just two runs over eight innings and reliever Jose Mesa survives a two-run home run by Ryan Klesko in the 9th inning to give the Indians a 5 - 4 win over the Braves in Game 5.
- 1996 - The New York Yankees clinch their 23rd World Series by defeating the Atlanta Braves, 3 - 2, in Game 6. Joe Girardi's RBI triple keys a three-run rally against Greg Maddux. John Wetteland is named Series MVP after posting his fourth save.
- 1997 - Edgar Renteria ends one of the most thrilling Game 7 in World Series history, singling with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Florida Marlins their first World championship with a 3 - 2 victory over the Cleveland Indians. The five-year-old Marlins become the youngest expansion team to win the Fall Classic. Pitcher Livan Hernandez wins the Series MVP award. Following the 2010 season, a panel of experts at the MLB Network will vote this game the 13th greatest game of the past fifty years.
- 1998:
- The Yokohama BayStars take their first Japan Series with a 2 - 1 Game 6 win over the Seibu Lions to finish the 1998 Japan Series. Takanori Suzuki is named MVP.
- Potential free agent All-Star catcher Mike Piazza signs the most lucrative contract in major league history when he agrees to terms with the New York Mets. The seven-year deal is worth over $91 million and includes having a suite on road trips and a luxury box for home games at Shea Stadium.
- 2000:
- In Game 5 at Shea Stadium, the Yankees win their third consecutive World Series, their fourth title in five years, and record their 26th World championship, by defeating the Mets, 4 - 2. Luis Sojo's 9th-inning two-out, tie-breaking single off starter Al Leiter is the decisive hit. Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter becomes the first player to win the All-Star Game MVP and the Series MVP honors in the same season. Joe Torre becomes only the fifth manager to win four World Series championships, joining Hall of Famers Joe McCarthy (7), Casey Stengel (7), Connie Mack (5) and Walter Alston (4) .
- 2002 - The Giants appear destined to win their first World Series since 1954, when pitcher Russ Ortiz, tossing a 5 - 0 shutout, strikes out Garret Anderson to begin the 7th inning. But scoring six times in the 7th and 8th innings of Game 6, the Angels rally to stage the biggest comeback in Series history for a team facing elimination and beat the Giants, 6 - 5, forcing a Game 7.
- 2004:
- In Game 3 of the World Series at Busch Stadium, Manny Ramirez hits a two-run home run as the Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 - 1, for their third consecutive victory. Pedro Martinez is the winning pitcher, helped by relievers Mike Timlin and Keith Foulke as Jeff Suppan is the loser.
- Prior to Game 3 of the World Series, Edgar Martinez receives the Roberto Clemente Award, an honor given to the player who best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team. A native of Puerto Rico, the Mariners designated hitter, like the award's namesake, is involved in a number of charitable causes.
- 2005:
- In the World Series, the Chicago White Sox complete a sweep of the Houston Astros with a 1 - 0 victory in Game 4. Freddy Garcia pitches seven solid shutout innings. Series MVP Jermaine Dye connects for an RBI single off Brad Lidge in the 8th for the only run of the game, as Juan Uribe adds strong defensive support at shortstop. Garcia becomes the first Venezuelan starter to win a World Series game. He also accomplishes the feat with good friend and fellow countryman Ozzie Guillen at the helm, who manages the White Sox to earn the franchise's first World Championship since 1917.
- The Chiba Lotte Marines finish off a four-game sweep of the Hanshin Tigers in the 2005 Japan Series. Bobby Valentine becomes the first American manager to pilot the winning team in the Japan Series.
- 2008 - The Phillies top the Rays, 10 - 2, in Game 4 of the 2008 World Series to take a three-games-to-one lead. Joe Blanton homers, the first pitcher to go deep in a World Series game since Ken Holtzman in 1974.
- 2011:
- New Chicago Cubs President Theo Epstein announces the appointment of Jed Hoyer, who worked with him with the Boston Red Sox, as the team's new general manager. The San Diego Padres are expected to name Josh Byrnes as Hoyer's replacement and will receive a player in compensation from the Cubs.
- Seung-hwan Oh sets a Korean Series record with his fifth career save but the Samsung Lions closer isn't asked to simply record three outs in the 9th inning. He enters in the 8th inning of Game 2 of the 2011 Korean Series with a 2 - 1 lead, two on and none out. He promptly retires two, then serves up a Dong-soo Choi single to center but Jung Choi is thrown out at home. Oh has an easier 9th, retiring the side.
- 2013:
- The Cardinals win Game 3 of the World Series, 5 - 4 over the Red Sox, on a rare obstruction call. In the 9th, Allen Craig and Will Middlebrooks get entangled near third base as a throw from C Jarrod Saltalamacchia sails into left field; Daniel Nava's throw home nails Craig, but umpire Dana DeMuth immediately calls him safe because of the earlier obstruction, ending the game. Boston had twice come back from two runs down in a thrilling contest.
- In the 2013 Japan Series opener, last year's Japan Series MVP Tetsuya Utsumi tosses six shutout innings as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Rakuten Golden Eagles, 2 - 0. Hisayoshi Chono's single off Takahiro Norimoto in the 5th scores Yoshiyuki Kamei with Yomiuri's first run and Shuichi Murata provides insurance with an 8th-inning homer.
- 2014:
- 22-year-old outfielder Oscar Taveras is killed in a car crash near his hometown of Puerto Plata, in the Dominican Republic. Only ten days ago, the promising prospect was playing for the Cardinals in the NLCS.
- The Giants take a three-games-to-two lead over the Royals in the World Series, thanks to another outstanding pitching performance by Madison Bumgarner, who tosses a four-hit complete game shutout. Juan Perez, who learns of the death of close friend Oscar Taveras during the game, hits a two-run double to put the game away in the 8th. The final score is 5 - 0.
- 2015:
- Kenta Maeda wins his second Sawamura Award. The Hiroshima Carp ace was 15-8 with a 2.09 ERA. In the 21st Century, Masahiro Tanaka was the only other pitcher to win two Sawamura Awards.
- The 2015 Korean Series opens with an explosive game, as the four-time defending champion Samsung Lions begin with a 9 - 8 win over the Doosan Bears, rallying from an 8 - 4 deficit with a five-run 7th. Yamaico Navarro's three-run homer is the biggest hit, but a two-run error by first baseman Jae-il Oh scores the tying and losing runs.
- 2016:
- The Cubs tie up the World Series with a 5 - 1 win over the Indians in Game 2. Jake Arrieta does not allow a hit until the 6th, while the Cubs score against Trevor Bauer in the top of the 1st and add runs in the 3rd and 5th. Anthony Rizzo scores twice while Kyle Schwarber, who has missed almost the entire season with an injury, drives in a pair.
- The Nippon Ham Fighters even the Japan Series at two games apiece with a 3 - 1 win. Akitake Okada of the Hiroshima Carp shuts them out for five innings but Sho Nakata homers in the 6th and Brandon Laird hits a two-run shot off Jay Jackson in the 8th. Hiroshima loads the bases in the 9th but Naoki Miyanishi fans Yoshihiro Maru to end the game.
- 2017 - In a surprising move, the Yankees announce that Joe Girardi will not return as manager in 2018, despite the fact that he took a young team that was not expected to contend to within one game of the World Series.
- 2018 - The Dodgers win a marathon Game 3 in the World Series, 3 - 2 over the Red Sox, on a walk-off homer by Max Muncy off Nathan Eovaldi to lead off the 18th inning. The game lasts 7 hour and 20 minutes and begins with a great start by Walker Buehler, who shuts out the Sox for 7 innings. But Los Angeles can only score one run on a solo homer by Joc Pederson in the 3rd, and in the 8th Boston ties the score on a two-out homer by Jackie Bradley off Kenley Jansen. The two teams trade runs in the 13th when the Dodgers manage to score on a two-out error by 2B Ian Kinsler. The score remains at 2 - 2 until Muncy ends the game as Eovaldi begins his seventh inning of work. The game's total time and the 18 pitchers used are both postseason records.
- 2019:
- Major League Baseball honors the best relief pitchers in the game before Game 4 of the World Series. Aroldis Chapman wins the Mariano Rivera Award for the first time, while Josh Hader is a repeat winner of the Trevor Hoffman Award.
- The Astros tie up the World Series with an 8 - 1 win over the Nationals in Game 4. Rookie starter Jose Urquidy pitches five scoreless innings, and the Astros get to Patrick Corbin with two runs in the 1st and a two-run homer by Robinson Chirinos in the 4th. The knock-out blow comes in the 7th when Alex Bregman hits a grand slam off Fernando Rodney that puts the game out of reach.
- 2021:
- The Braves win Game 1 of the World Series, 6 - 2, over the Astros. Jorge Soler sets the tone by homering on Framber Valdez's third pitch of the game, and Adam Duvall adds a two-run shot in the 3rd as the Braves take a quick 5 - 0 lead. However, starting pitcher Charlie Morton has to leave the game in the 3rd after being hit in the leg by a ground ball off the bat of Yuli Gurriel in the 2nd and suffering a fracture.
- Shohei Ohtani is presented with the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award by Commissioner Rob Manfred in recognition of his recently completed season as a two-way player. The rare award had not been given out since 2015, by Manfred's predecessor, Bud Selig, and is only given out to recognize accomplishments of a great historical significance.
- 2022 - Game 4 of the 2022 Japan Series is a pitchers' duel, the Orix Buffaloes beating the Yakult Swallows, 1 - 0. Taisuke Yamaoka, Yuki Udagawa, Soichiro Yamazaki and Jacob Waguespack combine on a six-hitter. Yakult only allows three hits but one is Yutaro Sugimoto's double in the 3rd to bring in Keita Nakagawa and hand 42-year-old Masanori Ishikawa the defeat.
- 2024:
- The Dodgers use the long ball to take a two-games-to -none lead in the World Series, as Tommy Edman, Teoscar Hernandez and Freddie Freeman all go deep in the first three innings of a 4 - 2 win, Hernandez doing so with a runner on base. Yoshinobu Yamamoto allows just one hit in 6 1/3 innings - a solo homer by Juan Soto - in earning the win. One issue of concern for L.A. is that DH Shohei Ohtani injures his left shoulder on a stolen base attempt in the 7th inning and his status is doubtful for the remaining games.
- The SoftBank Hawks open the 2024 Japan Series with a 5-3 over the Yokohama BayStars. Kohei Arihara allows four hits in seven shutout innings and helped his own cause with a two-run single as Japan sometimes still let pitchers bat in true baseball fashion, unlike modern American baseball.
- After missing last year's final, the Huskies de Rouen win their 17th French Division I title in the past 19 years, sweeping the Savigny Lions in 3 games. In today's clincher, Quentin Moulin, Chikara Igami and Esteban Prioul shut down the Lions in a 3-1 win while Jean-Christophe Masson goes deep. Gédéon Coste keeps it a scoreless duel for five before tiring.
- The Bundesliga-1 MVPs for 2024 are announced. Bonn Capitals ace Markus Solbach wins his second northern MVP, six years after the first, after leading the league with a 1.48 ERA. The southern league MVP is Regensburg Legionäre shortstop Alex Schmidt, who had been 6th in OPS while continuing to play superb defense.
Births[edit]
- 1853 - John Dailey, infielder; umpire (d. ????)
- 1857 - Fred Gunkle, catcher/outfielder (d. 1936)
- 1859 - Frank Selee, , manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1909)
- 1865 - Kid Gleason, infielder, manager (d. 1933)
- 1865 - Andy Sommers, catcher (d. 1908)
- 1867 - Bill Garfield, pitcher (d. 1941)
- 1867 - Parke Wilson, catcher (d. 1934)
- 1873 - Ed High, pitcher (d. 1926)
- 1875 - John Gilroy, pitcher (d. 1897)
- 1877 - Doc Newton, pitcher (d. 1931)
- 1878 - Charlie Swindells, catcher (d. 1940)
- 1880 - Lee Tannehill, infielder (d. 1938)
- 1882 - Jock Somerlott, infielder (d. 1965)
- 1884 - Harry Camnitz, pitcher (d. 1951)
- 1885 - Harry Chapman, catcher (d. 1918)
- 1886 - Swede Carlstrom, infielder (d. 1935)
- 1888 - Dick Hoblitzel, infielder (d. 1962)
- 1889 - Tommy Griffith, outfielder (d. 1967)
- 1890 - Bill Hopper, pitcher (d. 1965)
- 1897 - Skipper Friday, pitcher (d. 1962)
- 1897 - George Winn, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1898 - Roy Moore, pitcher (d. 1951)
- 1899 - Otto Vogel, outfielder (d. 1969)
- 1904 - Monk Sherlock, infielder (d. 1985)
- 1906 - Jeff Emerson, minor league catcher (d. 1970)
- 1908 - Lud Fiser, college coach (d. 1990)
- 1910 - Hugh Shelley, outfielder (d. 1978)
- 1913 - Herb Bremer, catcher (d. 1979)
- 1918 - Snuffy Stirnweiss, infielder; All-Star (d. 1958)
- 1918 - Frank Thompson, pitcher (d. 1983)
- 1919 - Bud Byerly, pitcher (d. 2012)
- 1919 - Jack Cassini, pinch runner (d. 2010)
- 1920 - Francisco Alcaraz, minor league pitcher/infielder and umpire; Salon de la Fama (d. 1996)
- 1923 - Tommy Glaviano, infielder (d. 2004)
- 1926 - Dick Bokelmann, pitcher (d. 2019)
- 1929 - Roland Hemond, General Manager (d. 2021)
- 1929 - Harry Young, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1932 - Robert Jarvis, minor league outfielder (d. 2014)
- 1936 - Elio Chacon, infielder (d. 1992)
- 1938 - Dong-yeop Kim, KBO manager (d. 1997)
- 1939 - Motohiro Ando, NPB pitcher (d. 1996)
- 1947 - Bill Gogolewski, pitcher
- 1947 - Hiroki Watanabe, NPB pitcher
- 1948 - Toby Harrah, infielder, manager; All-Star
- 1949 - Mike Hargrove, infielder, manager; All-Star
- 1949 - Steve Rogers, pitcher; All-Star
- 1950 - Dave Coleman, outfielder
- 1950 - Wayne Garland, pitcher
- 1951 - Steve Ontiveros, infielder
- 1953 - Yoshimasa Oya, NPB pitcher
- 1953 - Gary Picone, college coach
- 1955 - Bob Slater, minor league infielder
- 1956 - Flores Bolivar, scout (d. 2010)
- 1957 - Harry Chappas, infielder (d. 2024)
- 1958 - Ed Vande Berg, pitcher
- 1958 - Frank Wills, pitcher (d. 2012)
- 1961 - Flavio Alfaro, minor league infielder (d. 2021)
- 1961 - Gus Polidor, infielder (d. 1995)
- 1962 - Jack Morelli, author
- 1962 - Noh-jun Park, KBO outfielder
- 1964 - Steve Adkins, pitcher
- 1964 - Pedro DeLeon, minor league pitcher
- 1964 - Seok-hwan Oh, KBO umpire
- 1965 - Zach Crouch, pitcher
- 1965 - Gil Heredia, pitcher
- 1965 - Jeff Johnson, college coach
- 1966 - Mac Seibert, minor league pitcher
- 1967 - Rafael Novoa, pitcher
- 1967 - Miguel Rivera, Puerto Rican national team infielder
- 1968 - Scott Lydy, outfielder
- 1969 - Mark Sweeney, outfielder
- 1971 - Travis Barbary, minor league catcher
- 1971 - Iori Sekiguchi, NPB pitcher
- 1971 - Chun-Hsien Wu, CPBL catcher
- 1972 - Armando Almanza, pitcher
- 1974 - Marty McLeary, pitcher
- 1975 - Ryan Bradley, pitcher
- 1975 - Yan LaChapelle, minor league pitcher
- 1977 - Scott Sobkowiak, pitcher
- 1978 - Jaime Cerda, pitcher
- 1979 - Eiji Miyamoto, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Jorge Moreno, minor league player
- 1980 - Vito Chiaravalloti, minor league infielder
- 1981 - Szu-Chi Chou, CPBL outfielder
- 1981 - Eddie Serrano, minor league infielder
- 1982 - Alexander Rodríguez, Cuban league pitcher
- 1983 - Jean-Paul Gulinck, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1983 - Emi Inui, scout
- 1983 - Francisco Liriano, pitcher; All-Star
- 1983 - Jesus Miller, minor league umpire
- 1983 - Akinobu Shimizu, NPB pitcher
- 1983 - Edwin Walker, minor league pitcher
- 1983 - Corey Wimberly, minor league infielder and manager
- 1984 - Jesus Flores, catcher
- 1987 - Mike Pontius, minor league player
- 1988 - Brian Fletcher, minor league outfielder
- 1989 - Wilfredo Boscan, pitcher
- 1989 - Daniel Coulombe, pitcher
- 1989 - Payal Dandekar, Indian women's national team outfielder
- 1989 - Andres Santiago, minor league pitcher
- 1990 - Preston Beck, minor league outfielder
- 1991 - Dominic Leone, pitcher
- 1992 - Eric Skoglund, pitcher
- 1992 - Dwight Smith, Jr., outfielder
- 1993 - Matt Imhof, minor league pitcher
- 1994 - Ethan Clark, minor league pitcher
- 1994 - Jack Kruger, catcher
- 1995 - Milton Ramos, minor league infielder
- 1995 - Franklin van Gurp, minor league pitcher
- 1997 - Tanner Gordon, pitcher
- 1997 - Carlos Herrera, minor league pitcher
- 1998 - Cristian Pérez, minor league infielder
- 1999 - Luis Patiño, pitcher
- 2000 - Curtis Mead, infielder
- 2000 - Georg Stemmer, Austrian national team outfielder
- 2001 - Chase Dollander, minor league pitcher
- 2001 - Shun-Ho Wang, CPBL infielder
- 2002 - Tyler Sharples, British national team pitcher
- 2006 - Nikita Shevtsov, Ukrainian national team catcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1887 - Jake Knodell, catcher (b. 1852)
- 1893 - Dan Sullivan, catcher (b. 1857)
- 1909 - Frank Siffell, catcher (b. 1864)
- 1918 - Charlie Rhodes, pitcher (b. 1885)
- 1924 - Rooney Sweeney, catcher (b. 1858)
- 1931 - Charlie Comiskey, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1859)
- 1939 - Ed Lennox, infielder (b. 1885)
- 1945 - Ernie Gust, infielder (b. 1888)
- 1949 - Lou Mahaffey, pitcher (b. 1874)
- 1952 - Tom Angley, catcher (b. 1904)
- 1952 - Mike Murphy, catcher (b. 1888)
- 1955 - Jack Bushelman, pitcher (b. 1886)
- 1956 - Red Nelson, pitcher (b. 1886)
- 1957 - Erwin Renfer, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1963 - Newt Hunter, infielder (b. 1880)
- 1966 - Bill Cronin, catcher (b. 1902)
- 1969 - Jim Blackburn, pitcher (b. 1924)
- 1970 - Willie Underhill, pitcher (b. 1904)
- 1974 - Dale Porter, minor league infielder (b. 1888)
- 1976 - Eddie Silber, outfielder (b. 1914)
- 1977 - Genzaburo Okada, NPB catcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1896)
- 1981 - Harry Hoch, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1982 - Bud Podbielan, pitcher (b. 1924)
- 1983 - Frank Tabacchi, umpire (b. 1910)
- 1984 - Gus Mancuso, catcher; All-Star (b. 1905)
- 1985 - Bob Scheffing, catcher, manager (b. 1913)
- 1986 - Ed Holley, pitcher (b. 1899)
- 1988 - Bill Johnson, catcher, manager (b. 1895)
- 1990 - William S. Paley, owner (b. 1901)
- 1991 - Bill Bevens, pitcher (b. 1916)
- 1991 - Gabe Patterson, outfielder (b. 1919)
- 1992 - Dottie Green, AAGPBL catcher (b. 1921)
- 2003 - Elijah Williams, outfielder (b. 1916)
- 2004 - Bobby Avila, infielder; All-Star (b. 1924)
- 2004 - Russ Derry, outfielder (b. 1916)
- 2006 - Bill Graham, pitcher (b. 1937)
- 2006 - Fred Marsh, infielder (b. 1924)
- 2007 - Paul Cherry, minor league pitcher (b. 1962)
- 2007 - Masami Fujimura, Japanese national team outfielder (b. 1950)
- 2009 - Bill Kirk, pitcher (b. 1934)
- 2011 - Dave Cole, pitcher (b. 1930)
- 2014 - Anthony Haase, minor league pitcher (b. 1990)
- 2014 - Jeff Robinson, pitcher (b. 1961)
- 2014 - Oscar Taveras, outfielder (b. 1992)
- 2016 - Mark Johnson, umpire (b. 1950)
- 2019 - Chuck Meriwether, umpire (b. 1956)
- 2021 - Bobby Kline, infielder (b. 1929)
- 2021 - Glen Tuckett, college coach (b. 1927)
- 2023 - Bobby Guindon, infielder/outfielder (d. 1943)
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