October 6
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 6.
Events[edit]
- 1926 - Babe Ruth hits three home runs to lead the Yankees to a 10 - 5 victory over St. Louis in Game 4 of the World Series. His 1st-inning curtain-raiser is a majestic 395-footer, exiting Sportsman's Park over its right field bleacher roof. Home run number two clears the roof in right center, carrying 515 feet, breaking a window on the other side of Grand Avenue. Ruth's final foray, however, is the main attraction, carrying deep into the never-before reached centerfield bleachers, far beyond the 430-foot mark. Estimated at 530 feet, it is deemed the longest home run in World Series history. Ruth, however, not content to dominate offensively, also delivers a crucial outfield assist, cutting down a runner at the plate, ending the Cardinals' 3rd-inning rally. In the words of broadcaster Graham McNamee, "Babe Ruth nor no other man ever made a better throw. Babe shot it like an arrow and Hank Severeid did not have to move for it." If all this weren't enough, this also is the game during which the Babe makes good on his alleged pre-game promise to hit a home run for the bedridden young Johnny Sylvester.
- 1945 - A goat and its owner make an appearance at Wrigley Field for Game 4 of the World Series. The pair is told to leave before the game ends, as other patrons complain about the animal's smell, angering the owner. The Chicago Cubs lose to the Detroit Tigers, 4 - 1. Detroit will go on to win the Series in seven games and the Cubs won't win another National League championship for the rest of the 20th century. A belief that the Cubs were cursed by the goat will eventually develop.
- 1948 - In the opening game of the World Series, the Boston Braves beat Bob Feller and the Cleveland Indians, 1 - 0, with only two hits and the benefit of a disputed call on a pick-off attempt in the 8th inning by Feller
- 1957 - In Game 4 of the World Series, the Yankees are down, 4 - 1, with two outs in the top of the 9th when Elston Howard slugs a tying three-run homer off Warren Spahn of the Braves. The Yankees take the lead in the 10th on Hank Bauer’s triple off Spahn, and are about to go up 3-1 in the series, but Milwaukee rallies in controversial fashion. Nippy Jones leads off the bottom of the 10th and takes Tommy Byrne’s low pitch for a ball, but he argues that the ball hit him on the foot. He shows home plate umpire Augie Donatelli a smudge of shoe polish on the ball, and Donatelli reverses his call. Two batters later, Johnny Logan ties the game with a double off Bob Grim, then Eddie Mathews blasts a walk-off two-run homer to tie the series, which the Braves will win in seven games.
- 1960 - Giddy following their team's Game 1 win over the heavily favored Yankees, Pirate fans are in for a brutal reality check, as the Big Apple Goliath walks over Steeltown's David, 16 - 3, to even the World Series at one all. This utterly uncontested affair is little more than batting practice for the Bombers, highlighted by two tremendous opposite field blasts by Mickey Mantle, the latter of which, measured at 478 feet, proves historic – the first time within memory that any right-handed batter has hit a ball out of Forbes Field to the right of dead center.
- 1963 - Frank Howard leads the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2 - 1 win over the New York Yankees with a home run and a single, giving the Dodgers a four-game sweep in the World Series.
- 1966 - Jim Palmer, at age 20, becomes the youngest pitcher with a World Series shutout as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6 - 0. Sandy Koufax is the loser in his last appearance in the major leagues. Dodgers outfielder Willie Davis commits three errors on successive plays in the 5th inning.
- 1969 - The New York Mets defeat the Atlanta Braves, 7 - 4, at Shea Stadium in Game 3 of the NLCS to clinch the pennant.
- 1980 - The Houston Astros clinch the National League West title with a 7 - 1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in a tie-breaker playoff. Art Howe homers and drives in four runs. Joe Niekro wins his 20th game of the season.
- 1983 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Boddicker strikes out a playoff-record 14 batters en route to a 4 - 0, five-hit victory over the Chicago White Sox in the second game of the ALCS.
- 1985 - New York Yankees pitcher Phil Niekro becomes the 18th 300-game winner as he blanks the Toronto Blue Jays, 8 - 0, on the last day of the season. At age 46, Niekro also becomes the oldest pitcher to throw a shutout in major league history; he will eventually be passed by Jamie Moyer on May 7, 2010.
- 2001 - Phil Nevin has his first three-homer game, including a grand slam, as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies, 10 - 4. Colorado's Todd Helton becomes the first player in major league history to have consecutive seasons with 400 or more total bases. His 7th-inning double gives him exactly 400 bases this year.
- 2003 - The Boston Red Sox complete a three-game playoff comeback, beating the Oakland Athletics, 4 - 3, in Game 5 of their American League Division Series.
- 2005 - Norichika Aoki sets a new Central League record with his 193rd hit of the season.
- 2007
- The Arizona Diamondbacks complete a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS with a 5 - 1 victory in Wrigley Field. Chris Young hits the first pitch of the game for a home run and Livan Hernandez picks up the win.
- The Colorado Rockies win, 2 - 1, over the Philadelphia Phillies in Denver to sweep the NLDS, three games to none. Pinch hitter Jeff Baker drives in the winning run with a two-out single in the 8th inning. Manuel Corpas picks up his third consecutive save as the Rockies win a postseason series for the first time in their history.
- In the longest game in the 21-year history of the Holland Series, Corendon Kinheim trails the Konica Minolta Pioniers, 3 - 1, with one out in the 9th inning. Richard Orman, the winningest left-hander in Hoofdklasse history to that point, had proven nearly unhittable until then. The next two Kinheim hitters reach, though, and closer Dave Draijer is summoned. He promptly walks Danny Rombley and hits René Cremer with a pitch. Dirk van 't Klooster grounds to 1B Dè Flanegin, whose throw home is off the mark, letting Kinheim tie the score. Four innings later, Draijer puts two men aboard and reliever Nelson Santander lets one come in thanks to his own error and a sacrifice fly by Rombley.
- 2009:
- In his postseason debut, Cliff Lee comes within one pitch of a shutout before Troy Tulowitzki doubles in a run in the 9th as Philadelphia defeats Colorado, 5 - 1, in Game 1 of their NLDS. Raul Ibanez has two RBI for the Phillies.
- In the other NLDS, the Dodgers take a one-game-to-none lead with a 5 - 3 win over the Cardinals and Chris Carpenter. Los Angeles' bullpen compensates for Randy Wolf's shaky start as five relievers give up a single run over 5 1/3 innings. Matt Kemp homers for the Dodgers.
- Detroit loses, 6 - 5, to Minnesota in a one-game playoff to determine the winner of the AL Central title. Alexi Casilla singles home the winning run with one out in the 12th inning. The Tigers had led the division by three games with four to play, and were ahead by seven games on September 6th before sputtering down the stretch. Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera, under a swirl of controversy over allegations of impaired driving and domestic violence, hits an early home run to put Detroit ahead, but is thrown out at home by Nick Punto in the top half of the 12th. It is the last regular season game to be played at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Following the 2010 season, a panel of experts at the MLB Network will vote this the 16th greatest game of the past fifty years.
- 2010 - Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay throws a no-hitter in Game 1 of the National League Division Series against the Cincinnati Reds. It is the second post-season no-hitter in baseball history, after Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. The Phillies win, 4 - 0.
- 2011:
- The Tigers eliminate the Yankees in the ALDS for the second time in five years, taking advantage of back-to-back 1st-inning homers by Don Kelly and Delmon Young off Ivan Nova, to win, 3 - 2, in the decisive Game 5. Nova is lifted in the 2nd inning, while Doug Fister and three relievers manage to quiet the Yankees' bats to make the lead hold. Closer Jose Valverde remains perfect for the season, picking up the save with a flawless 9th inning at New Yankee Stadium.
- The White Sox name their former third baseman, Robin Ventura, as their new manager, replacing Ozzie Guillen. Ventura, who has no coaching or managerial experience, retired as a player in 2004. He was most recently a special adviser to the club's director of player development, Buddy Bell.
- 2012:
- In the first game of the ALDS, Justin Verlander of the Tigers gives up a home run to the first batter of the game, Coco Crisp, but goes on to strike out 11 over seven innings, not giving up another run to the Athletics. The Tigers get the run back in the bottom of the 1st, take the lead with a 3rd-inning score, and complete the tally when C Alex Avila homers off Jarrod Parker in the 5th for a 3 - 1 win.
- In the NLDS, Cincinnati loses ace starter Johnny Cueto to back spasms after only two batters, but still manages to beat the Giants, 5 - 2. Brandon Phillips has three RBI on three hits, including a homer, and Jay Bruce homers as well, while Sam LeCure and Mat Latos, the latter making the first relief appearance of his career, step in ably in relief of Cueto. For the Giants, Buster Posey hits a solo homer off Latos, but it's not enough.
- Cleveland names Terry Francona as its manager for the next season.
- 2013:
- The Pirates take a two-games-to-one lead in the NLDS with a 5 - 3 win over St. Louis at home. Pedro Alvarez drives in the go-ahead run in the 8th after Carlos Beltran twice ties the score for the Cards, with a two-run single in the 5th, and a solo homer off Mark Melancon in the top of the 8th. The homer is the 16th in postseason play for Beltran, and he now only trails Mickey Mantle, with 18, in that category.
- The Dodgers are also a win away from winning their Division Series after beating up the Braves, 13 - 6. The Dodgers score ten runs between the 2nd and 4th innings to break the game wide open in spite of a shaky start by Hyun-Jin Ryu. Carl Crawford and Juan Uribe homer, Hanley Ramirez has a double and triple, and Yasiel Puig has three hits as the Dodgers' batters overwhelm young Julio Teheran.
- 2014:
- Uncharacteristically, the Cardinals use the home run ball to defeat the Dodgers, 3 - 1, in Game 3 of the NLDS at Busch Stadium. Matt Carpenter hits a solo homer, his third of the series, off Hyun-Jin Ryu in the 3rd, and Kolten Wong hits a two-run shot off Scott Elbert in the 7th for the win.
- The Nationals stay alive in the other NLDS with a 4 - 1 win over the Giants in Game 3. Doug Fister pitches seven scoreless innings and the Nats break through against Madison Bumgarner in the 7th when he fields a bunt by Wilson Ramos and throws the ball into left field, allowing two runs to score.
- Tetsuto Yamada of the Yakult Swallows goes 4 for 5 to reach 192 hits on the year, breaking Fumio Fujimura's 64-year-old record for hits by a right-handed batter. His record-breaking hit is a grand slam off Shun Yamaguchi.
- 2015 - The Astros open the 2015 Postseason by defeating the Yankees, 3 - 0 in the American League Wild Card Game. Dallas Keuchel pitches six scoreless innings, allowing only three hits and a walk while striking out seven, while his opponent, Masahiro Tanaka, allows a pair of solo homers to Colby Rasmus and Carlos Gomez to be charged with the loss.
- 2016:
- The Blue Jays score early and often in defeating the Rangers, 10 - 1, in Game 1 of the ALDS. They chase Cole Hamels in the 4th inning, by which time they are already up, 7 - 0, the big blow being a bases-loaded triple by Troy Tulowitzki. For his part, Marco Estrada is masterful, using a diet of change-ups to keep Texas off the scoreboard until the 9th.
- It's a battle of solo home runs in the other ALDS as Cleveland defeats Boston, 5 - 4. Andrew Benintendi, Sandy Leon and Brock Holt go deep for Boston, but the Indians reply with three solo blasts off Rick Porcello in the 3rd, by Roberto Perez, Jason Kipnis and Francisco Lindor. In a daring move, Terry Francona removes Trevor Bauer in the 5th inning in order to save him for a possible Game 4 start on short rest, and it works as relievers Andrew Miller, Bryan Shaw and Cody Allen give up only one run the rest of the way to preserve the win.
- 2017:
- On a day when there are games played in all four division series, Houston starts things off by winning Game 2 of the ALDS, 8 - 2 over the Red Sox. Carlos Correa is the hero, with a two-run homer off Drew Pomeranz in the 1st and a two-run double off Addison Reed in the 6th that extinguishes Boston's last hopes. George Springer adds a solo homer as Dallas Keuchel picks up the win with 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball.
- In the other ALDS, New York takes an early 8 - 3 lead over Cleveland, with a two-run homer by Gary Sanchez and a three-run blast by Aaron Hicks. They chase Corey Kluber before the end of the 3rd inning, but the Indians come back after CC Sabathia is taken out of the game, thanks to a grand slam by Francisco Lindor and a solo homer by Jay Bruce off David Robertson in the 9th. Finally, in the 13th inning, Yan Gomes drives in Austin Jackson from second against a tiring Dellin Betances to give Cleveland a 9 - 8 win and a two-games-to-none lead.
- The NLDS game between the Cubs and the Nationals is a true pitchers' duel between Kyle Hendricks and Stephen Strasburg. Chicago does not get its first hit until two are out in the top of the 6th, by Kris Bryant, but it scores Javier Baez who had reached on an error by 3B Anthony Rendon. Bryant takes second on the throw from the outfield and scores on Anthony Rizzo's single, and those two unearned runs are all Chicago needs, as they go on to win, 3 - 0, and Washington only manages two hits.
- In the other NLDS, the Dodgers jump on Diamondbacks starter Taijuan Walker for four runs in the 1st, three on a homer by Justin Turner, and never look back. They add three runs against Zack Godley in the 4th to comfort their lead, as Clayton Kershaw gives up four solo homers but still records the 9 - 5 win.
- At the 2017 Asian Championship, host Taiwan's Tsung-Hao Wang throws a seven-inning no-hitter, allowing only one walk to beat the Philippines. Po-Ting Hsiao scores three runs while Han Lin goes 3 for 4 with two runs and three RBI to provide offensive backing.
- 2018:
- The Astros win Game 2 of their Division Series against the Indians, 3 - 1, behind a great pitching performance by Gerrit Cole, who gives up just one run on three hits in seven innings, while striking out 12 and walking none. Cleveland takes the first lead on a solo homer by Francisco Lindor in the 3rd, but in the bottom of the 6th, Houston goes ahead when Andrew Miller, in relief of Carlos Carrasco, does not retire any of the three batters he faces. The Astros then add an insurance run in the 7th on Alex Bregman's homer off Trevor Bauer.
- The other ALDS is now tied as the Yankees jump on David Price for three runs in the first two innings at Fenway Park, chasing the veteran lefthander and perpetuating his postseason woes. Homers by Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez account for most of the early damage. After the Red Sox draw closer thanks to a solo shot by Xander Bogaerts in the 4th, New York puts the game away when Sanchez homers again in the 7th, this time with two on, off Eduardo Rodriguez. The final score is 6 - 2 in the Yankees' favor.
- 2019:
- Trailing 1 - 0 entering the 9th inning of Game 3 of the NLDS, the Braves pull off a comeback with two outs, when Dansby Swanson doubles and Adam Duvall singles against Carlos Martinez, driving in three runs. Mark Melancon then picks up the save as Atlanta leads the series, two games to one.
- The Dodgers score seven runs with two outs in the 6th inning against Patrick Corbin of the Nationals, normally a starter but used in this game in relief of Anibal Sanchez, on their way to a 10 - 4 win in Game 3 of the other Division Series. Russell Martin, Max Muncy and Justin Turner homer during the game, but it is doubles by Martin and Enrique Hernandez that are the most damaging blows off Corbin.
- 2020:
- The Astros win Game 2 of their Division Series against the A's, 5 - 2, behind a very solid outing by Framber Valdez, coupled with three homers, two of them by George Springer. The A's bats go cold after a couple of early solo homers. In the other ALDS, the Yankees try to pull off an old trick by taking out right-handed starter Deivi Garcia after one inning and replacing him with veteran lefty J.A. Happ, but it doesn't work as Tampa Bay scores in five of the first six innings on their way to a 7 - 5 win. Giancarlo Stanton hits a couple of homers, including a tape-measure blast off Tyler Glasnow with two men on in the 4th, but the Yankees' batters strike out a record 18 times in going down to defeat.
- The Braves defeat the Marlins, 9 - 5, in Game 1 of their Division Series, in a game in which both teams have a big inning; however, the Marlins' three-run 3rd is no match for the Braves' six runs in the 7th, highlighted by homers from Travis d'Arnaud and Dansby Swanson. In the other NLDS, the Padres bring out ace pitcher Mike Clevinger for a surprise start, but an injury forces him to leave after just one inning, and while their first four relievers manage to hold the Dodgers hitless until the 5th, L.A. ties the game, then scores four runs in the 6th to end up a 5 - 1 winner.
- 2021 - The Dodgers, winners of a club record 106 games during the regular season, win the National League Wild Card Game, although they need a Hollywood ending. The game is tied 1 - 1 into the 9th inning, and both experienced starters, Max Scherzer and Adam Wainwright, are long gone when Chris Taylor ends the game by hitting a two-run walk-off homer with two outs off Alex Reyes for a 3 - 1 win.
- 2023 - Mets General Manager Billy Eppler hands in his resignation only a week after David Stearns has taken over as team President.
- 2024:
- The Phillies win a thriller in Game 2 of their Division Series. After the Phillies take a 3 - 0 lead, they tie the score with back-to-back homers by Brian Harper and Nick Castellanos off Luis Severino in the 6th. The Mets take back the lead on a homer by Brandon Nimmo in the 7th, but the Phils move in front with three runs off closer Edwin Díaz in the 8th. However, Mark Vientos hits his second long ball of the game to tie the score with one out in the 9th, but the Phils have the last word, as Castellanos ends the game with a two-out hit off Tylor Megill in the bottom of the 9th for a 7 - 6 win.
- The Padres also even the other Division Series with a 10 - 2 win over the Dodgers in Game 2. The game is marked by six homers by the Padres, tying a record for one team in a postseason game, including two by Fernando Tatis Jr. But the iconic play is the homer that wasn't: in the 1st inning, Jurickson Profar snatches a potential home run from Mookie Betts from the hands of eager fans in the first rows of seats in left field at Dodger Stadium, then hides the ball as for a moment, he is the only person in the ballpark who knows that the ball has been caught. Yu Darvish pitches seven innings of one-run ball for the win.
Births[edit]
- 1854 - Frank McCarton, outfielder (d. 1907)
- 1854 - Pop Snyder, catcher, manager; umpire (d. 1924)
- 1855 - Dale Williams, pitcher (d. 1939)
- 1856 - Robert Foster, catcher (d. 1921)
- 1859 - Ed Cartwright, infielder (d. 1933)
- 1866 - Eddie Burke, outfielder (d. 1907)
- 1868 - Whitey Gibson, catcher (d. 1907)
- 1868 - Walter Taylor, umpire (d. 1957)
- 1872 - Jack Dunn, infielder (d. 1928)
- 1873 - George Starnagle, catcher (d. 1946)
- 1878 - Len Swormstedt, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1883 - Red Morgan, infielder (d. 1981)
- 1884 - Barney Slaughter, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1885 - John Knight, infielder (d. 1965)
- 1885 - Buddy Ryan, outfielder (d. 1956)
- 1886 - Scotty Barr, infielder (d. 1934)
- 1886 - Jack Snyder, catcher (d. 1981)
- 1887 - Charlie Enwright, infielder (d. 1917)
- 1889 - Carl Zamloch, pitcher (d. 1963)
- 1893 - Pat Duncan, outfielder (d. 1960)
- 1893 - Johnny Tillman, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1895 - Marsh Corgan, minor league infielder (d. 1936)
- 1896 - Harry Heitmann, pitcher (d. 1958)
- 1897 - Wilson Joseph, infielder (d. 1966)
- 1901 - Carlisle Littlejohn, pitcher (d. 1977)
- 1903 - Obie Lackey, infielder (d. 1979)
- 1908 - Tom Padden, catcher (d. 1973)
- 1909 - Walt Bashore, outfielder (d. 1984)
- 1909 - Ernie Kershaw, minor league pitcher (d. 2012)
- 1909 - Zell Miles, outfielder (d. 1970)
- 1910 - Naotaka Makino, executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2006)
- 1913 - Ken Chase, pitcher (d. 1985)
- 1913 - Joe Murff, minor league catcher (d. 1976)
- 1914 - George Washburn, pitcher (d. 1979)
- 1915 - Dutch Meyer, infielder (d. 2003)
- 1915 - Bob Palm, catcher (d. 1976)
- 1917 - Paul Calvert, pitcher (d. 1999)
- 1918 - Jimmy Grant, infielder (d. 1970)
- 1921 - Raúl Navarro, outfielder
- 1922 - Joe Frazier, outfielder, manager (d. 2011)
- 1922 - Wilfredo Salas, pitcher (d. 1956)
- 1923 - Hiram González, minor league outfielder
- 1923 - René González, minor league infielder; Salon de la Fama (d. 1982)
- 1926 - Jack Kaiser, college coach (d. 2022)
- 1928 - Fred Marolewski, infielder (d. 2023)
- 1932 - Masatoshi Matsuoka, NPB infielder (d. 2014)
- 1935 - Masataka Tsuchiya, NPB infielder
- 1937 - Wilfredo Echavarría, minor league pitcher
- 1939 - Jack Cullen, pitcher
- 1942 - Jerry Grote, catcher; All-Star (d. 2024)
- 1943 - Jim McGlothlin, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1975)
- 1943 - Yataro Oishi, NPB pitcher (d. 2024)
- 1943 - Jerry Stephenson, pitcher (d. 2010)
- 1945 - Ron McKee, minor league executive (d. 2021)
- 1946 - Gene Clines, outfielder (d. 2022)
- 1946 - Gary Gentry, pitcher
- 1947 - Jerry Bell, pitcher
- 1947 - Rich Hacker, infielder (d. 2020)
- 1947 - Steve Kline, pitcher (d. 2018)
- 1947 - Charlie Vaughan, pitcher
- 1948 - Mitsuru Mochizuki, NPB outfielder
- 1949 - Hank Bunnell, minor league pitcher
- 1953 - Victor Bernal, pitcher (d. 2006)
- 1954 - Roger Weaver, pitcher
- 1956 - George Riley, pitcher
- 1956 - Bill Springman, minor league infielder
- 1957 - Jim Christensen, minor league infielder
- 1957 - Alfredo Griffin, infielder; All-Star
- 1959 - Oil Can Boyd, pitcher
- 1959 - Greg Walker, infielder
- 1960 - Jay Baller, pitcher
- 1960 - Bruce Fields, outfielder
- 1960 - Bill Johnson, pitcher (d. 2018)
- 1960 - Jeff Zaske, pitcher
- 1962 - Darrell Rodgers, minor league pitcher (d. 2015)
- 1962 - Jose Sepulveda, Puerto Rican national team pitcher
- 1962 - Rich Yett, pitcher
- 1964 - Mark Barron, umpire
- 1965 - Jay Eddings, scout
- 1965 - Ruben Sierra, outfielder; All-Star
- 1966 - Archi Cianfrocco, infielder
- 1966 - Elvin Paulino, minor league infielder (d. 2009)
- 1967 - Darrell Blevins, college coach (d. 2021)
- 1968 - Ed Pierce, pitcher
- 1969 - Chan-Jung Chang, CPBL umpire
- 1969 - Robert Person, pitcher
- 1970 - Darren Oliver, pitcher
- 1970 - Chris Mader, minor league player
- 1972 - Valerio de los Santos, pitcher
- 1972 - Benji Gil, infielder
- 1974 - Matt Duff, pitcher
- 1974 - Edgard López, Nicaraguan national team infielder
- 1975 - Jeff Farnsworth, pitcher
- 1976 - Freddy Garcia, pitcher; All-Star
- 1976 - Toshihiro Kase, NPB pitcher-outfielder
- 1976 - Jack Santora, minor league infielder and manager
- 1977 - Leo Hernandez, minor league player and manager
- 1977 - Sung-Hsien Yang, CPBL outfielder
- 1978 - Bill Villanueva, minor league pitcher
- 1980 - Héctor Garanzuay, minor league infielder
- 1981 - Eddie De La Cruz, minor league pitcher
- 1981 - Joel Hanrahan, pitcher; All-Star
- 1982 - Aaron Campbell, New Zealand national team catcher
- 1982 - Brandon Jones, drafted outfielder
- 1982 - William Plaza, minor league catcher
- 1983 - Frank Díaz, minor league outfielder
- 1983 - Radhames Liz, pitcher
- 1983 - Gonzalo Lopez, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Andrew Barb, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Jonathan Haras, Division Elite outfielder
- 1985 - Andrew Albers, pitcher
- 1985 - Ben Grover, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1986 - Edgmer Escalona, pitcher
- 1987 - Julio Castillo, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Carlos Rubio, Hungarian national team catcher
- 1987 - Maurice Wilhelm, Bundesliga pitcher-infielder
- 1988 - Cole Johnson, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Leonel Sosa, Swiss national team infielder
- 1989 - Natalie Land, US women's national team infielder
- 1989 - Josh Tols, minor league pitcher
- 1990 - Scott Schebler, outfielder
- 1991 - Raynel Espinal, pitcher
- 1991 - Matt Wotherspoon, pitcher
- 1992 - Yeudy García, minor league pitcher
- 1992 - Masaki Tanigawa, NPB pitcher
- 1993 - Víctor Díaz, minor league pitcher
- 1993 - Chun-Yen Huang, CPBL pitcher
- 1993 - Zarley Zalewski, minor league outfielder
- 1994 - Kayla Bufardeci, US women's national team pitcher
- 1994 - Ryan Moseley, minor league pitcher
- 1994 - Scott Moss, minor league pitcher
- 1995 - Jake Bauers, infielder
- 1995 - Robbie Glendinning, minor league infielder
- 1995 - Benjamín Salas, Chilean national team player
- 1995 - Antonio Santos, pitcher
- 1996 - Curtis Terry, infielder
- 1997 - Shamoy Christopher, minor league catcher
- 1997 - Itsuki Murabayashi, NPB infielder
- 1997 - Bryson Stott, infielder
- 1997 - Joey Wentz, pitcher
- 1998 - Nick Pratto, infielder
- 1998 - Kyle Soberano, Philippines national team infielder
- 2000 - Dylan Ahmad, Palestinian national team outfielder
- 2000 - Alberto Rodriguez, minor league outfielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1910 - Lawrence Farley, outfielder (b. 1856)
- 1911 - Larry Murphy, outfielder (b. 1857)
- 1912 - Bill Finley, catcher/outfielder (b. 1863)
- 1921 - Cadwallader Tracy, pre-MLB player (b. ~1830)
- 1926 - Holly Hollingshead, outfielder, manager (b. 1853)
- 1931 - John Kirby, pitcher (b. 1865)
- 1934 - Tom Mansell, outfielder (b. 1855)
- 1947 - Columbus Ewing, outfielder (b. 1902)
- 1949 - Guy Zinn, outfielder (b. 1887)
- 1954 - Josh Devore, outfielder (b. 1887)
- 1957 - Billy Campbell, pitcher (b. 1873)
- 1957 - Phil Cooney, infielder (b. 1882)
- 1962 - Dick Gossett, catcher (b. 1891)
- 1964 - Dan Adams, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1964 - Barney Schreiber, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1966 - Bill Henderson, pitcher (b. 1901)
- 1969 - Desmond Beatty, infielder (b. 1893)
- 1969 - Roy Crumpler, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1976 - Joe Erautt, catcher (b. 1921)
- 1977 - Gene Bedford, infielder (b. 1896)
- 1988 - Bob Boken, infielder (b. 1908)
- 1997 - Johnny Vander Meer, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1914)
- 1998 - Mark Belanger, infielder; All-Star (b. 1944)
- 1999 - Bob Patrick, outfielder (b. 1917)
- 2001 - Miguel del Toro, pitcher (b. 1972)
- 2004 - Gertrude Dunn, AAGPBL infielder (b. 1933)
- 2004 - Norm Schlueter, catcher (b. 1916)
- 2006 - Buck O'Neil, infielder, manager; All-Star, Hall of Fame (b. 1911)
- 2012 - Irene DeLaby, AAGPBL figure (b. 1922)
- 2013 - Gary Krupsky, college coach (b. 1939)
- 2014 - Bill Campbell, announcer (b. 1923)
- 2019 - Dolf de Zwart, Hoofdklasse catcher (b. 1931)
- 2019 - Masaichi Kaneda, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1933)
- 2020 - Fred Wenz, pitcher (b. 1941)
- 2023 - Jim Poole, pitcher (b. 1966)
- 2024 - Lai-Fa Lee, NPB outfielder; CPBL manager (b. 1956)
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