October 27
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 27.
Events[edit]
- 1911 - Philadelphia Athletics first baseman and team captain Harry Davis is named manager of Cleveland.
- 1924 - The Chicago Cubs trade pitcher Vic Aldridge and first basemen George Grantham and Al Niehaus to the Pittsburgh Pirates for 1B Charlie Grimm, SS Rabbit Maranville and P Wilbur Cooper. Grantham will hit .300 in six seasons for Pittsburgh, while Grimm will play 11 seasons with Chicago, eventually becoming player-manager. In 1925, Maranville will be named a player-manager as well. Cooper, who has averaged 20 wins a year over the past six seasons, will drop to 12-14 with the Cubs.
- 1948 - Commissioner Happy Chandler orders free agency for ten Detroit minor leaguers for the club's cover-up of their contracts. One of the players who will make the major leagues is Bill Serena, with a six-year career.
- 1962 - The Detroit Tigers begin a seventeen-game tour of Japan.
- 1965 - The St. Louis Cardinals trade two of their mainstays, sending 1B Bill White and SS Dick Groat to the Philadelphia Phillies for OF Alex Johnson, P Art Mahaffey and C Pat Corrales. St. Louis also throws in C Bob Uecker.
- 1972 - The New York Yankees ship OF Danny Walton to the Minnesota Twins for C Rick Dempsey. Walton spent the 1972 season in the minors, while young Dempsey has had cups of coffee with the Twins the past four seasons.
- 1980:
- In a shocking announcement, Houston Astros owner John McMullen fires President and General Manager Tal Smith, replacing him with Al Rosen, former GM of the Yankees. Smith will soon be named Major League Executive of the Year. The move prompts a rebellion among the Astros' 20 limited owners (who together own over 60 percent of the club), and on November 24th, McMullen will give up his sole authority to run the club, accepting a position on the club's newly-formed executive committee instead.
- Ralph Houk, who managed the Yankees and Tigers for 16 years before retiring in 1978, is named manager of the Boston Red Sox.
- 1985:
- The Kansas City Royals become only the sixth team in major league history to rally from a three-games-to-one deficit to win the World Series. Bret Saberhagen pitches a five-hit, 11 - 0 shutout over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 7 and is named Series MVP.
- Billy Martin is fired by the Yankees for an unprecedented fourth time and is replaced by former Yankees OF Lou Piniella, who had been the team's hitting instructor since retiring as a player in 1984. But Billy is not done and will be back for another go in 1988.
- 1986:
- At Shea Stadium, the New York Mets win the World Series with an 8 - 5 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game 7. The Mets rally from a 3 - 0 deficit to win behind home runs by Ray Knight and Darryl Strawberry. Knight is named Series MVP.
- Thanks to a tie in Game 1, the Japan Series goes eight games for the first time ever. Before just 16,828 fans, the Seibu Lions beat the Hiroshima Carp, 3 - 2. Hisanobu Watanabe gets the win, Kimiyasu Kudoh notches the save and Koji Akiyama homers.
- 1989:
- The World Series resumes after a ten-day delay because of the Loma Prieta earthquake. Oakland, behind two home runs by Dave Henderson, beats the Giants, 13 - 7, in Game 3, in a game that features a then-record seven long balls.
- The Australian Baseball League begins a ten-year run. The Adelaide Giants beat the Perth Heat, 8 - 5, in the first game in ABL history.
- 1991 - In a Game 7 that rivals any in World Series history, the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins go scoreless through nine innings. Lonnie Smith is decoyed into pausing at second base to keep him from scoring the winner for Atlanta in the 8th. Gene Larkin's single over a drawn-in outfield in the 10th is the difference in the first extra-inning Game 7 in 67 years, as Minnesota is crowned World Champion. Jack Morris, who pitches the ten-inning, 1 - 0 shutout, is named MVP. Both Atlanta and Minnesota had finished last in their respective divisions in 1990.
- 1992 - The Colorado Rockies hire Don Baylor as the first manager in the history of the franchise. Baylor also becomes the fourth active black manager, joining Felipe Alou, Cito Gaston and Hal McRae.
- 1998 - President Bill Clinton signs a bill overturning part of baseball's 70-year-old antitrust exemption, putting baseball on par with other professional sports on labor matters. The new law overrides part of a 1922 United States Supreme Court ruling that exempted baseball from antitrust laws on grounds that it was not interstate commerce. That exemption deprived baseball players of protections enjoyed by other professional athletes and that the players' association blamed for contributing to baseball's eight work stoppages since 1972, including the disastrous 232-day strike in 1994-1995.
- 1999 - Roger Clemens pitches the New York Yankees to their second straight World Series sweep, shutting down the Atlanta Braves, 4 - 1, and ending his quest for the one and only prize that eluded him: a world championship. The Yankees win their record 25th championship - and third in four years. Game 4 marks New York's 12th Series victory a row, matching a team mark. Mariano Rivera gets his second save and is named Series MVP. Atlanta joins the New York Giants (1910-1919) as the only teams to lose four World Series in a decade.
- 2000 - New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani thinks it is okay for children to take a day off from school to watch the Yankees' ticker-tape parade. His Honor, believing baseball can be an educational experience, has allowed his own kids, Andrew and Caroline, to miss classes in the past to watch the Bronx Bombers' post-season celebrations. The Mets, this year's runner-ups in the Subway Series, turn down Giuliani's invitation to be part of the parade for the World Champion Yankees down the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan.
- 2001 - The Arizona Diamondbacks pound the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series by a score of 9 - 1 behind Curt Schilling. Schilling hurls seven innings to win his fourth game of the postseason. Craig Counsell and Luis Gonzalez hit home runs for Arizona as the Yankees' Mike Mussina takes the loss.
- 2002 - In the team's 42nd season, the Angels finally win a World Series title by beating the Giants, 4 - 1, in Game 7 at Edison Field. Garret Anderson's three-run double provides enough offense for pitcher John Lackey to become the first rookie to win a seventh game since 1909 when Babe Adams accomplished the feat for the Pirates. Troy Glaus is named Series MVP.
- 2004:
- Under the moon's reddish tint caused by a lunar eclipse, the Boston Red Sox exorcise 86 years of agonizing losses by winning their first World Series since 1918. In one of the most dominating Fall Classic performances, Boston, who never trailed during the four games, blank the St. Louis Cardinals, 3 - 0, to complete the sweep. Johnny Damon hits a home run on the fourth pitch of the game, pitcher Derek Lowe makes it stand up and Manny Ramirez, who batted .412 (7 for 17) with a home run and four RBIs, is named Boston's first World Series MVP.
- After a 10-day Overstock.com on-line auction and 240 bids, Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball goes for $804,129. Steve Williams, who came up with the milestone ball in SBC Park's left field bleachers on September 17th, announces he is quitting his day job as a broker's assistant, but hasn't decided what to do with the windfall.
- 2007:
- Yu Darvish strikes out 13 in a 3 - 1 win in the 2007 Japan Series. He ties the Japan Series record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game, held previously by Kimiyasu Kudoh. Fernando Seguignol provides all of the offense with a three-run homer in the 1st inning off Kenshin Kawakami. It is one of just two hits Kawakami allows; he retires 21 straight batters at one point while taking the loss for the Chunichi Dragons.
- The Red Sox win Game 3 of the 2007 World Series, 10 - 5 over the Rockies. Jacoby Ellsbury collects four hits, becoming the third rookie to do so in World Series history. Daisuke Matsuzaka singles in two runs for his first major league hit and also becomes the first Japanese hurler to win a World Series game.
- 2008 - Game 5 of the 2008 World Series begins but does not end today. With a 3-1 Series lead, the Phillies hold a 2 - 1 lead entering the 5th but the Rays manage to tie it before heavy rains cause the game to be suspended. It will be continued two days later and Philadelphia will win the title.
- 2009:
- Sang-hyeon Kim, the third baseman of the KIA Tigers, is named KBO MVP for 2009 after leading the league in slugging, homers and RBI. Doosan Bears closer Yong-chan Lee is named Rookie of the Year.
- The Houston Astros announce the hiring of Brad Mills as their new manager. Mills has been the bench coach of the Boston Red Sox under manager Terry Francona since 2004.
- 2010 - The Cuban national team pounds Hong Kong, 20 - 0, at the 2010 Intercontinental Cup. Dalier Hinojosa throws a perfect game in the contest, shortened to five innings by the mercy rule; Hinojosa had just thrown a perfect game against Sri Lanka at the 2010 World University Championship a few months prior.
- 2011 - Down to their last strike twice, the Cardinals come back from two-run deficits in both the 9th and 10th innings to defeat the Rangers, 10 - 9, and force a Game 7 in the World Series for the first time since 2002. David Freese ends the thrilling game with a walk-off home run off Mark Lowe in the 11th inning.
- 2012:
- The Giants shut out the Tigers, 2 - 0, in Game 3 of the World Series, behind Ryan Vogelsong, Tim Lincecum and Sergio Romo. The Giants score both runs off Anibal Sanchez in the 2nd, on a run-scoring triple by Gregor Blanco and a single by Brandon Crawford. They are the first team to record back-to-back shutouts in the World Series since the Baltimore Orioles lined up three whitewashes in a row in sweeping the 1966 World Series against the Dodgers.
- The 2012 Japan Series opens with an 8 - 1 Yomiuri Giants win over the Nippon Ham Fighters. Tetsuya Utsumi allows just two hits and no walks in seven shutout innings for the win, while Mitsuo Yoshikawa is nowhere near as sharp (7 H, 4 R in 4 IP). The big star is Yomiuri's #8 hitter, John Bowker. After hitting only three homers in the regular season, Bowker hits a three-run homer in the 4th, then adds a two-run double in the 7th.
- 2013:
- Two days after throwing 53 pitches in an extra-inning loss, two-time Korean Series MVP Seung-hwan Oh is back to close out a 3 - 2 Samsung Lions win to narrow the 2013 Korean Series to two games to one. Doosan Bears starter Hee-kwan Yoo is unwittingly forced to take an early exit when the coaching staff makes two visits to the mound in the 4th inning, the second to dispute an umpiring ruling.
- Boston evens the World Series at two games apiece with a 4 - 2 win over St. Louis. Jonny Gomes' three-run homer off Seth Maness in the 6th inning is the key blow.
- In Game 2 of the 2013 Japan Series, the Rakuten Golden Eagles win their first Japan Series game ever. Ace Masahiro Tanaka fans 12 and allows only three hits, though one is a homer to Takayuki Terauchi in the 8th. Rookie Tomoyuki Sugano takes the 2 - 1 loss with a solid outing. The decisive run scores on a bad umpiring call, when 1B umpire Kenjiro Mori rules Kazuya Fujita safe on an infield single when replays show he was out.
- 2014 - Chihiro Kaneko wins the Sawamura Award, the first Orix Buffaloes pitcher so honored. He had gone 16-5 with a 1.98 ERA and over a strikeout per inning, leading the Pacific League in wins and ERA and finishing second with 199 whiffs, five off the pace.
- 2015:
- Down two games to none in the 2015 Japan Series and not having scored in either game until the 9th, the Yakult Swallows come alive with an 8 - 4 win in Game 3. Tetsuto Yamada, 1-for-7 entering today, hits three home runs and drives in five runs, and Kazuhiro Hatakeyama adds a two-run shot of his own. It will be Yakult's lone win of the Series, as they fall in five games.
- The Royals win an epic Game 1 of the World Series, 5 - 4 over the Mets, on Eric Hosmer's 14th-inning sacrifice fly off Bartolo Colon that scores Alcides Escobar with the wining run. Escobar opens the bottom of the 1st with an inside-the-park home run off Matt Harvey, but Kansas City trails, 4 - 3, in the 9th before Alex Gordon homers off Jeurys Familia with one out to send the game into extra innings.
- Dustin Nippert of the Doosan Bears stretches his postseason scoreless innings streak to 24 by throwing seven innings to beat the Samsung Lions, 6 - 1, in Game 2 of the Korean Series. Byung-hun Min drives in three and Jae-ho Kim scores two, drives in one and plays strong defense at short.
- 2016 - With the Japan Series even at two games apiece, the Hiroshima Carp get six shutout innings from Kris Johnson while Nippon Ham Fighters starter Takayuki Kato lasts only 1 1/3 IP. Luis Mendoza throws 5 2/3 shutout innings in relief of Kato, the first foreigner to throw five+ relief innings in a Japan Series game. Johnson's relievers are not as sharp as Hiroshima's season-long strong bullpen melts for the third game in a row. In the 7th, Nippon Ham ties it at one. In the bottom of the 9th, with two outs and a man on, closer Shota Nakazaki allows a single and hits a batter to load the bases. Haruki Nishikawa, hitting .100 in the Series and with five regular-season homers, promptly smacks a game-ending grand slam. It is the second walk-off grand slam in Series history.
- 2017 - The Astros win Game 3 of the 2017 World Series at home, 5 - 3 over the Dodgers, behind a great combined pitching performance by Lance McCullers and Brad Peacock, who limit Los Angeles to four hits. The Astros chase Yu Darvish with four runs in the 2nd, but five relievers manage to keep the game close until the end, although the Dodgers' bullpen is heavily taxed again, with 6 1/3 innings of work after having had to work seven innings in Game 2.
- 2018:
- Down 4 - 0 after six innings, the Red Sox score nine runs over the last three frames to win Game 4 of the World Series, 9 - 6, over the Dodgers. Yasiel Puig hits a three-run homer to help build Los Angeles's lead, but a three-run pinch-homer by Mitch Moreland and a solo shot by Steve Pearce tie the game, before the Red Sox score five runs in the 9th to put the game away.
- The 2018 Japan Series begins with a tie. With rule changes this year making a tie in the Japan Series in 12 innings rather than 15, the Softbank Hawks and Hiroshima Carp battle to a 2 - 2 final result. Ryosuke Kikuchi homers for Hiroshima off Daichi Osera in the 1st, then the next three batters reach to make it 2 - 0, but Osera and six relievers shut down the Carp the rest of the way. The defending champions score twice thanks to pinch-hitter Alfredo Despaigne (recapping his heroics from last year's Game 1) but seven Carp relievers close it out, Johnny Hellweg escaping a bases-loaded jam in the 11th by retiring Shuhei Fukuda in the clutch. It is the first Japan Series tie in eight years and the first Game 1 tie since 1986.
- Edwin Diaz is named winner of the Mariano Rivera Award as the best reliever in the American League while Josh Hader wins the equivalent Trevor Hoffman Award in the NL.
- 2019 - The Astros take a three-games-to-two lead in the World Series with a 7 - 1 win over Washington in Game 5. Scheduled starter Max Scherzer is scratched with a stiff neck a couple of hours before the game and his emergency replacement, Joe Ross, gives up a pair of two-run homers to Yordan Alvarez and Carlos Correa in five innings. The visiting team has won all five games thus far.
- 2020 - In a case of management by spreadsheet gone wild, in Game 6 of the World Series, Rays manager Kevin Cash removes pitcher Blake Snell, who has been dominant, with one out and one on in the 6th and a 1 - 0 lead, achieved on Randy Arozarena's tenth homer of the postseason off Tony Gonsolin in the 1st. He replaces Snell with the struggling Nick Anderson in order not to have Snell face the batting order a third time. The Dodgers quickly take the lead on a double by Mookie Betts, a wild pitch and an infield grounder. Betts adds a solo homer in the 8th and the Dodgers win the game, 3 - 1, and the seventh World Series title of their history, their first since 1988. Corey Seager is named World Series MVP.
- 2021 - The Astros tie the World Series with a 7 - 2 win over the Braves in Game 2, turning the tables on the Braves by scoring five runs in the first two innings by taking advantage of some soft contact and lackadaisical defensive play. Jose Urquidy is the winner over Max Fried.
- 2022 - The Orix Buffaloes tie the Japan Series at two games apiece. Down 4 - 3 going into the bottom of the 9th against Yakult Swallows closer Scott McGough, they rally for three runs, capped by a sayonara two-run bomb by Masataka Yoshida, his second homer of the game. That ruins a three-hit day by Yakult veteran Nori Aoki, who scores the game's first run and drives in the go-ahead run for Yakult in the 6th.
- 2023 - Game 1 of the World Series is an instant classic. The Diamondbacks appear to be cruising to a 5 - 3 win at Globe Life Field after scoring five runs off Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi until Corey Seager ties the game with a two-run homer off closer Paul Sewald in the bottom of the 9th. Two innings later, Adolis Garcia ends it with a walk-off blast off Miguel Castro, notching his record 22nd RBI of the postseason in the process.
- 2024 - The SoftBank Hawks go up 2 games to 0 in the 2024 Japan Series as Hotaka Yamakawa smacks a two-run homer in the first as part of a three-RBI day in a 6-3 win for Liván Moinelo. The Yokohama BayStars, having dropped the first two at home, were clearly in danger as they went on road for the next contest.
Births[edit]
- 1838 - Gideon White, umpire (d. 1900)
- 1857 - Julius Willigrod, outfielder (d. 1906)
- 1858 - Joe Mulvey, infielder (d. 1928)
- 1866 - John Healy, pitcher (d. 1899)
- 1869 - Chick Pedroes, outfielder (d. 1927)
- 1876 - Patsy Dougherty, outfielder (d. 1940)
- 1876 - Charlie Kuhns, infielder (d. 1922)
- 1878 - Shad Barry, outfielder (d. 1936)
- 1880 - Harry Redman, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1916)
- 1888 - Al Scheer, outfielder (d. 1959)
- 1889 - Chester Emerson, outfielder (d. 1971)
- 1890 - John Allen, pitcher (d. 1967)
- 1894 - Charlie Bold, infielder (d. 1978)
- 1896 - Clarence Huber, infielder (d. 1965)
- 1896 - Newt Joseph, infielder (d. 1953)
- 1900 - Red Proctor, pitcher (d. 1954)
- 1901 - George Smith, pitcher (d. 1981)
- 1902 - Jim Keesey, infielder (d. 1951)
- 1904 - Frank Bennett, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1907 - Clarence Palm, catcher (d. 1969)
- 1917 - Bob Patrick, outfielder (d. 1999)
- 1918 - Ed Albosta, pitcher (d. 2003)
- 1919 - Don Richmond, infielder (d. 1981)
- 1922 - Leonard Hurgin, minor league pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1922 - Ralph Kiner, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2014)
- 1922 - Del Rice, catcher, manager; All-Star (d. 1983)
- 1923 - Buster Boguskie, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2001)
- 1927 - Kyle Rote, minor league outfielder (d. 2002)
- 1927 - Toon Verzijlberg, Hoofdklasse infielder (d. 2021)
- 1928 - Alice Hoover, AAGPBL player (d. 2014)
- 1930 - Yasuyuki Miyazaki, Japanese national team infielder (d. 2019)
- 1932 - Dolores Moore, AAGPBL infielder (d. 2000)
- 1933 - Pumpsie Green, infielder (d. 2019)
- 1935 - Hiromichi Nakamura, NPB umpire (d. 2007)
- 1936 - Lee Stange, pitcher (d. 2018)
- 1940 - Hector Valle, catcher
- 1942 - Robert Lucas, college coach (d. 2017)
- 1945 - Mike Lum, outfielder
- 1946 - Rick Austin, pitcher
- 1949 - Jim Burton, pitcher (d. 2013)
- 1949 - Rudy Kinard, minor league infielder (d. 2020)
- 1951 - Neal Mersch, minor league pitcher
- 1952 - Gil Flores, outfielder
- 1952 - Bill Travers, pitcher; All-Star
- 1952 - Pete Vuckovich, pitcher
- 1953 - Barry Bonnell, outfielder
- 1953 - U L Washington, infielder (d. 2024)
- 1954 - Yoshiyuki Manabe, Japanese national team pitcher
- 1958 - Yoshiie Tachibana, NPB outfielder
- 1960 - Tom Nieto, catcher
- 1960 - Ron Shepherd, outfielder
- 1961 - Chuck Mathews, minor league pitcher
- 1961 - Bill Swift, pitcher
- 1962 - Terry Bell, catcher
- 1962 - Mike Dunne, pitcher
- 1963 - Eric Bell, pitcher
- 1963 - Bip Roberts, infielder; All-Star
- 1965 - Bobby Moore, outfielder
- 1966 - Deron Johnson, scout
- 1967 - Manuel Guzman, Dominican national team outfielder
- 1969 - Kevin Johnson, South African national team infielder
- 1970 - Pedro Swann, outfielder
- 1971 - Scott Forster, pitcher
- 1971 - Wes Hazlett, minor league outfielder
- 1971 - Do-wan Kim, KBO pitcher
- 1972 - Kary Bridges, minor league infielder
- 1972 - Pat Bryant, minor league outfielder
- 1972 - Vic Davilla, minor league infielder and manager
- 1972 - Brad Radke, pitcher; All-Star
- 1972 - Sergije Vujnović, Croatian national team pitcher
- 1973 - Jason Johnson, pitcher
- 1974 - Takeshi Koyama, Japanese national team infielder
- 1974 - Dennis Stark, pitcher
- 1975 - Kevin Cárcamo, minor league pitcher
- 1975 - Yang-Yueh Tseng, CPBL infielder
- 1976 - Simon Pond, outfielder
- 1977 - Sang-hoon Kim, KBO catcher
- 1977 - Onan Masaoka, pitcher
- 1979 - Chuan-Cheng Hsu, CPBL catcher
- 1980 - Kelvin Jimenez, pitcher
- 1982 - Reinier León, Cuban league outfielder
- 1982 - Yu-Hua Lu, CPBL outfielder
- 1982 - Henry Perez, minor league pitcher
- 1983 - Hsien-Chih Chang, CPBL pitcher
- 1983 - Brent Clevlen, outfielder
- 1983 - Martin Prado, infielder; All-Star
- 1984 - Yijun Liu, China Baseball League infielder
- 1984 - Glen Richards, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Chris Anderson, minor league player
- 1985 - Steve Smith, minor league player
- 1985 - Kyle Waldrop, pitcher
- 1986 - Pedro Beato, pitcher
- 1986 - Jonathon Niese, pitcher
- 1986 - Marwin Vega, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Wen-Cheng Hsu, CPBL pitcher
- 1987 - Jay Jackson, pitcher
- 1987 - Ben Paulsen, infielder
- 1987 - Mike Ross, Canadian national team pitcher
- 1987 - Shurty Tremus, Hoofdklasse infielder
- 1988 - P.J. Dean, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Tyler Knigge, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - T.J. Rivera, infielder
- 1989 - Kazutomo Aihara, NPB pitcher
- 1989 - Ethan Cole, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Grayson Garvin, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Sergio Pérez, minor league outfielder
- 1989 - Jason Smit, minor league player
- 1990 - Kentrell Hill, minor league outfielder
- 1990 - Carlos Perez, catcher
- 1990 - Jason Wheeler, pitcher
- 1993 - Vincent Ahrens, Bundesliga catcher
- 1994 - Purevjav Sengee, Mongolian national team infielder
- 1995 - Bryce Johnson, outfielder
- 1995 - Francisco Mejia, catcher
- 1997 - Tyler Phillips, pitcher
- 1998 - Niko Kavadas, infielder
- 1998 - Bayden Root, minor league pitcher
- 1999 - Ke-Yi Chen, CPBL pitcher
- 1999 - Drew Janssen, First Division infielder-pitcher
- 1999 - Francisco Morales, pitcher
- 2000 - Sheng-Ping Chen, minor league infielder
- 2003 - Will Vasseur, Swiss national team infielder
- 2005 - Ruclaireth Tovar, Venezuelan women's national team infielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1915 - Martin Mullen, outfielder (b. 1852)
- 1918 - Howard Petway, Negro League pitcher (b. 1884)
- 1921 - Bill Kuehne, infielder (b. 1858)
- 1922 - Patrick McKenna, outfielder (b. 1854)
- 1924 - Percy Haughton, owner (b. 1876)
- 1928 - Billy West, infielder (b. 1853)
- 1929 - Bill Henderson, manager (b. 1857)
- 1940 - Blanch Moody, pitcher (b. 1912)
- 1945 - Jack Hannifin, infielder (b. 1883)
- 1945 - Taylor Shafer, infielder (b. 1866)
- 1951 - John Brock, catcher (b. 1896)
- 1951 - Pryor McElveen, infielder (b. 1881)
- 1955 - Clark Griffith, pitcher, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1869)
- 1959 - Elmer Koestner, pitcher (b. 1885)
- 1959 - Scott Perry, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1967 - Bill Bailey, outfielder (b. 1881)
- 1969 - Charlie Jamieson, outfielder (b. 1893)
- 1973 - Bennie Tate, catcher (b. 1901)
- 1973 - Eddie Yount, outfielder (b. 1915)
- 1977 - Carlisle Littlejohn, pitcher (b. 1901)
- 1977 - Red Lynn, pitcher (b. 1913)
- 1978 - Rube Walberg, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1979 - Charlie Wiedemeyer, pitcher (b. 1914)
- 1980 - Frank Loftus, pitcher (b. 1898)
- 1980 - Shotaro Ogawa, writer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1910)
- 1984 - Hank Helf, catcher (b. 1913)
- 1988 - Ben Steiner, infielder (b. 1921)
- 2000 - Jack Sweeting, minor league catcher (b. 1924)
- 2003 - John Tankersley, college coach (b. 1923)
- 2006 - Joe Niekro, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1944)
- 2008 - John Goetz, pitcher (b. 1937)
- 2008 - Armando Hernandez, umpire; Salón de la Fama (b. 1928)
- 2008 - Ed Levy, outfielder (b. 1916)
- 2010 - Gene Fodge, pitcher (b. 1931)
- 2010 - Sho Horiuchi, NPB pitcher (b. 1935)
- 2012 - Ray Torres, minor league outfielder; Salon de la Fama (b. 1958)
- 2013 - Eddie Erautt, pitcher (b. 1924)
- 2014 - Dave Latter, minor league pitcher (b. 1966)
- 2019 - Tim Chambers, college coach (b. 1965)
- 2021 - Tyler Herron, minor league pitcher (b. 1986)
- 2022 - Pete Magrini, pitcher (b. 1942)
- 2024 - Ray Semproch, pitcher (b. 1931)
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