October 9
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 9.
Events[edit]
- 1905 - Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants outpitches 26-game winner Eddie Plank and the Philadelphia Athletics, 3 - 0, in the first game of an all-shutout World Series.
- 1906 - Snow flies at Chicago's West Side Park as the first one-city World Series opens with the 116-win Cubs heavy favorites. However, White Sox starter Nick Altrock outduels Three Finger Brown for a 2 - 1 victory.
- 1910 - Nap Lajoie, in a batting race with Ty Cobb, collects eight hits for Cleveland in a season-ending doubleheader with the St. Louis Browns. The hits are somewhat tainted, however, as St. Louis third baseman Red Corriden plays back while Lajoie bunts safely six times.
- 1916 - Babe Ruth outpitches Sherry Smith of the Brooklyn Robins as the Boston Red Sox win the longest World Series game, 2 - 1, in 14 innings. The number of innings will be matched in 2005, and annihilated by Game 3 of the 2018 World Series which goes 18 innings and lasts over seven hours.
- 1919 - Chicago White Sox starter Lefty Williams gets just one man out in the 1st inning and the Cincinnati Reds go on to a 10 - 5 victory. Cincinnati wins the best-of-nine World Series in eight games. A year after the Series ends, the White Sox will become the "Black Sox", and eight players will be barred from baseball for taking part in throwing the Series, including Williams who was allegedly threatened before the game to make sure the outcome is no longer in doubt after the 1st inning.
- 1920 - Several hours before the start of Game 4 of the World Series, Brooklyn's Rube Marquard, a Cleveland native, is arrested when he tries to sell a ticket to an undercover cop for $350. He will be found guilty and fined a dollar and court costs ($3.80). For their first World Series game on the lakefront, 25,734 Indians fans watch their home team score two in the 1st and two in the 3rd off Leon Cadore and Al Mamaux. Cleveland wins the game, 5 - 1.
- 1926 - The St. Louis Cardinals' Grover Alexander scatters eight hits in Game 6 of the World Series while St. Louis tees off New York at Yankee Stadium for a 10 - 2 romp that sends the Series to a seventh game.
- 1928 - Babe Ruth hits three home runs in a World Series game for the second time in his career as the Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7 - 3.
- 1934 - The St. Louis Cardinals' Dizzy Dean blanks the Detroit Tigers, 11 - 0, in Game 7 of the World Series.
- 1938 - In the World Series, the New York Yankees become the first team to win three successive World Championships, defeating the Cubs, 8 - 3. Red Ruffing posts his second victory of the Series as the Yankees sweep the Cubs for the second time in six years.
- 1944 - The Cardinals top the Browns, 3 - 1, and win the World Series in six games.
- 1949 - The Yankees pound the Brooklyn Dodgers, 10 - 6, to win the World Series in five games. Pinch hitter and third baseman Bobby Brown is the hitting hero, batting .500 and driving in five runs.
- 1956 - The Brooklyn Dodgers bounce back after Don Larsen's perfect game to tie the World Series in Game 6. Clem Labine comes out of the bullpen to pitch a 1 - 0 victory over the Yankees in ten innings.
- 1958 - The New York Yankees' Bob Turley pitches 6 2/3 shutout innings in relief to beat the Milwaukee Braves, 6 - 2, for the World Series title. New York becomes the first team since 1925 to win the World Series after being down three games to one.
- 1966 - In the World Series, Dave McNally of the Baltimore Orioles wraps up a brilliant pitching display, and a World Championship, with a four-hit 1 - 0 victory. Frank Robinson's home run off Don Drysdale gives Baltimore a surprising sweep of the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The 33 consecutive scoreless innings pitched by Baltimore sets a World Series record.
- 1967 - The St. Louis Cardinals' Roger Maris hits a home run in the 9th inning, but Jim Lonborg's 3 - 1 victory in Game 5 sends the World Series back to Boston.
- 1971 - The Orioles win the opener of the World Series over the Pirates, 5 - 3. Dave McNally tosses a three-hitter and Merv Rettenmund adds a three-run home run.
- 1977 - The New York Yankees rally for three runs in the 9th inning to beat the Kansas City Royals, 5 - 3, and take the American League pennant in the fifth game of the playoffs.
- 1984 - The Detroit Tigers win the World Series opener as Jack Morris pitches a complete game, 3 - 2, victory over San Diego. Larry Herndon's two-run home run in the 5th inning provides the winning margin.
- 1988 - The Oakland Athletics complete a four-game sweep in the American League Championship Series by beating the Boston Red Sox, 4 - 1. Jose Canseco ties a playoff record with his third home run of the Series and Dennis Eckersley sets a major league playoff mark with his fourth save.
- 1989 - The Giants win their first National League pennant since 1962 by defeating the Cubs, 3 - 2, in Game 5 of the NLCS. Will Clark bats .650 in the series with eight RBI to win MVP honors.
- 1996 - Bernie Williams hits a home run in the 11th inning to give the New York Yankees a 5 - 4 victory over Baltimore in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. The Yankees receive a great help from a young fan when 12-year-old Jeffrey Maier creates a game-tying homer by Derek Jeter in the 8th inning, when he reaches out and grabs a ball that was about to be caught by right fielder Tony Tarasco.
- 1999 - Todd Pratt hits a 10th-inning home run off Matt Mantei to give the New York Mets a 4 - 3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 4 of the NLDS. The victory clinches the series for New York.
- 2004 - At Minneapolis, the New York Yankees rally for four runs to tie the game in the 8th, then push across the winning run in the 11th on a wild pitch. The 6 - 5 win against the Twins gives them a 3-1 AL Division series victory and sends them back to Yankee Stadium, where they will open against the Red Sox in the best-of-seven ALCS.
- 2005 - The Houston Astros defeat the Atlanta Braves, 7 - 6, in extra innings in Game 4 of the NLDS, on a walk-off homer by substitute Chris Burke. The game sets several records, including the longest postseason game ever at 18 innings, longest postseason game by time (5 hours, 50 minutes), and first postseason game with two grand slams. Houston will now advance to the National League Championship Series for the second year in a row to face the NL Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
- 2009:
- Twins closer Joe Nathan gives up a game-tying two-run homer to the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez in the 9th and Minnesota wastes a slew of opportunities to put New York away in Game 2 of their ALDS, losing, 4 - 3, in 11 innings. Mark Teixeira hits a walk-off home run off Jose Mijares to end the game, after Minnesota cannot take advantage of a bases-loaded, none out opportunity in the top of the 11th.
- Los Angeles takes a commanding two-games-to-none lead over Boston in the other ALDS with a 4 - 1 win at Angel Stadium. Jered Weaver allows only two hits in 7 1/3 innings for the Angels, who score three runs off Josh Beckett in the 7th to break a 1 - 1 tie.
- 2010 - The Regensburg Legionäre beat the Heidenheim Heideköpfe, 10 - 4, in the fifth game of the Bundesliga finals, to take their second German title, three games to two. Klaus Hopfensperger hits a three-run homer and a two-run double as Regensburg rallies from a 4 - 0 deficit after 5 1/2 innings to win. Hopfensperger is named finals MVP.
- 2011:
- Milwaukee takes the opening game of the NLCS with a 9 - 6 win over St. Louis. The Brewers trail, 5 - 2, in the 5th when they explode for six runs. Ryan Braun, who had homered earlier, drives in two runs, then Prince Fielder and Yuniesky Betancourt homer and the Brew Crew is on its way. Zack Greinke is the winner over Jaime Garcia, although neither pitches particularly well.
- The final spot at the 2011 Baseball World Cup is still up for grabs. Team USA falls, 6 - 1, to Team Canada, as Shawn Hill tosses a gem and Brock Kjeldgaard drives in four. That puts the U.S. on the brink of elimination, but Puerto Rico fails to wrap up the final spot in Pool A as they fall to Taiwan (previously 0-5). Kuan-Yu Chen and two relievers shut down Puerto Rico in a 3 - 1 win.
- Another favorite falls from World Cup contention as the Dominican Republic loses to South Korea in extra innings. Leading 4 - 0 going into the 9th on the strength of three-hit pitching, the Dominicans turn to closer Darío Veras, who allows four hits in two-thirds of an inning. Hae-min Park seals the comeback with a two-out, three-run homer. Ji-young Lee drives in the winner in the 10th.
- In the Czech Republic, Technika Brno wins the 2011 Extraliga title, ending a run of 16 straight championships by rival Draci Brno.
- The Rouen Huskies win their seventh straight Division Élite title in France. It is not easy, as they have to take three in a row from Barracudas de Montpellier after trailing two games to none in the best-of-five series.
- 2012:
- The Reds can't shake off the Giants in Game 3 of the NLDS, allowing a pair of runs on a sacrifice fly in the 3rd and a passed ball and error in the 10th inning to lose, 2 - 1. The loss negates a great effort by P Homer Bailey, who allows one hit over seven innings and strikes out ten. San Francisco gets only three hits all night. Ryan Vogelsong gives up a 1st-inning run for the Giants, but then settles down, and the bullpen is airtight as well, allowing San Francisco to hold on until they win the game in extra frames.
- The Athletics avoid elimination with a 2 - 0 win over the Tigers in Game 3 of the ALDS. Brett Anderson pitches six shutout innings in returning to the mound after a twenty-day injury layoff, setting the tone for Oakland. Coco Crisp scores a run in the 1st and DH Seth Smith homers off Anibal Sanchez in the 5th for the only runs of the game.
- 2013 - The Cardinals eliminate the resilient Pirates with a 6 - 1 win in Game 5 of the NLDS. Adam Wainwright pitches a complete game, while Matt Adams and David Freese homer for the Redbirds.
- 2014 - One day before opening the ALCS against the Royals, the Baltimore Orioles sign SS J.J. Hardy to a three-year contract extension worth $40-million.
- 2015:
- The Rangers take a two-games-to-none lead in the ALDS when they string together four consecutive two-out singles in the 14th inning to defeat Toronto, 6 - 4. Both teams score three times in the first couple of innings before things settle down.
- The Royals fall into an early 4 - 1 hole in Game 2 of the ALDS against the Astros, but Johnny Cueto settles down, and they tie the game after Scott Kazmir leaves in the 6th. A triple by Alcides Escobar and a single by Ben Zobrist account for the go-ahead run in the 7th, and Ryan Madson and Wade Davis nail down the 5 - 4 win that evens the series.
- In the NLDS, the Mets hand Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw his fifth straight postseason loss as Jacob deGrom outpitches him in a 3 - 1 win. Daniel Murphy homers for New York while Justin Turner hits a pair of doubles for Los Angeles.
- In the other NLDS, John Lackey is the star, pitching 7 1/3 innings during which he gives up no runs on two hits, making a 1-0 Cardinals lead dating back to the 1st inning hold. The Cards score three more runs in the bottom of the 8th, on a pinch-hit homer by Tommy Pham and a two-run shot by Stephen Piscotty, and end up 4 - 0 winners over the Cubs and Jon Lester.
- 2016:
- In the NLDS, Los Angeles takes an early lead on a solo homer by Corey Seager, the second batter of the game, but a three-run blast by Jose Lobaton off Rich Hill in the 4th turns the tide, allowing Washington to win the game, 5 - 2.
- Toronto sweeps its Division Series with a 7 - 6, ten-inning win over the Rangers. Toronto takes a quick lead on homers by Edwin Encarnacion and Russell Martin in the 1st, but Texas comes back with homers by Elvis Andrus and Rougned Odor, then takes a short-lived lead on a two-run double by Mitch Moreland in the 6th. The Blue Jays tie it up on a passed ball, however, and in Matt Bush's third inning on the mound, Josh Donaldson scores the winning run from second base when Odor throws wildly to first in attempting to turn a double play.
- 2017:
- In the ALDS, Houston eliminates Boston with a 5 - 4 win in Game 4. Boston takes a 3 - 2 lead in the 5th on a two-run homer by Andrew Benintendi off Justin Verlander, making the first relief appearance of his career. In the 8th, Alex Bregman ties it with a solo homer off Chris Sale, also making an unexpected relief outing, before Carlos Beltran drives in the go-ahead run with a single off closer Craig Kimbrel.
- In the other ALDS, New York forces a decisive fifth game by defeating Cleveland, 7 - 3, in Game 4. Trevor Bauer is victimized by an error by 3B Giovanny Urshela, allowing four unearned runs in the 2nd to be yanked out of the game early, then the Yankees score another gift run on another error by Urshela in the 3rd. Luis Severino pitches seven strong innings to earn the win, while Tommy Kahnle retires all six batters he faces, five of them on strikeouts, to earn the save.
- Max Scherzer pitches no-hit ball until one out in the 7th, when Ben Zobrist hits a double for the Cubs then scores the tying run on a single by pinch-hitter Albert Almora. In the 8th, Anthony Rizzo drops a hit between a trio of players in the outfield to allow Leonys Martin to score from second, and Chicago wins Game 3 of the NLDS, 2 - 1, over Washington.
- In the other NLDS, Los Angeles completes a three-game sweep of Arizona with a 3 - 1 win. Mid-season acquisition Yu Darvish allows just one run on two hits in five innings to earn the win as rookie Cody Bellinger drives in a pair with a homer and a grounder.
- 2018:
- The Red Sox win Game 4 of the ALDS, 4 - 3 over the Yankees to move on to the ALCS. They rough up CC Sabathia for three runs in three innings before Christian Vazquez homers to lead off the 4th against Zach Britton. The Yanks manage to score twice against Craig Kimbrel in the 9th to move within one run, but Gleyber Torres grounds out on a close play to end the game, stranding two baserunners.
- The Sultanes de Monterrey win the fall season of the Mexican League, beating the Guerreros de Oaxaca four games to two in the finals. Ramiro Peña drives in Chris Roberson with the winning run in the 9th, while Wirfin Obispo gets the victory. The finals MVP is Agustin Murillo, who hit a game-winning homer in the bottom of the 9th in Game 2 and homered and drove in two more in the next game.
- 2019:
- The Cardinals score a record ten runs in the 1st inning, chasing Mike Foltynewicz after just 23 pitches, as they go on to win Game 5 of the Division Series, 13 - 1, over the Braves. Jack Flaherty pitches six innings for the win.
- In the other NLDS, Washington comes back from a 3 - 1 deficit in the 8th against the Dodgers thanks to back-to-back homers by Anthony Rendon and Juan Soto off Clayton Kershaw. Then in the 10th, Howie Kendrick hits a grand slam off Joe Kelly to send the Nats to the NLCS for the first time with a 7 - 3 win.
- 2020 - In the only Division Series to go the distance this year, the Rays defeat the Yankees, 2 - 1 in Game 5. All three runs come via homers: Aaron Judge in the 4th for New York; Austin Meadows in the 5th for Tampa; and the game-winning blow by Mike Brosseau off Aroldis Chapman at the end of a ten-pitch at-bat in the bottom of the 8th. Four Rays pitchers, all pitching two-plus innings, limit the Yanks to three hits in what is a premeditated strategy by manager Kevin Cash.
- 2021:
- The Braves knot up their Division Series with the Brewers with a 3 - 0 win in Game 2, behind some outstanding pitching by Max Fried who tosses six shutout innings, allowing three hits and no walks while striking out nine. Freddie Freeman and Ozzie Albies both drive in runs against Brandon Woodruff in the 3rd, and Austin Riley adds a solo homer in the 6th.
- The Dodgers also even up their Division Series, defeating the Giants, 9 - 2, in Game 2. They score twice against Kevin Gausman in the 2nd, then blow the game open with a four-run 6th highlighted by back-to-back two-run doubles by Cody Bellinger and A.J. Pollock. Julio Urias, winner of 20 games over the regular season, picks up the win.
- Denzel Richardson becomes the fourth Amsterdam Pirates outfielder in nine years to win Hoofdklasse MVP. After leading the league in average, slugging, OBP, OPS, hits, doubles, RBI and total bases, he follows Bas de Jong (2013-2014), Danny Rombley (2017) and Gilmer Lampe (2019). It is part of a great month for Richardson, who was on the 2021 European Championship winners in September and will win the Holland Series later this month.
- 2022 - Behind a magnificent performance by Joe Musgrove, who gives up only one hit and one walk in seven innings, the Padres eliminate the 101-win New York Mets by winning Game 3 of the Wild Card Series, 6 - 0, at Citi Field. Two relievers, Robert Suarez and Josh Hader, add a perfect inning each as the Padres finish with a combined one-hitter.
- 2023:
- The Phillies lead 4 - 0 against the Braves in the middle of the 6th inning of Game 2 of the NLDS as Zack Wheeler has yet to allow a hit, but Atlanta scores a run on its first hit in the bottom of that inning. Travis d'Arnaud chases Wheeler with a two-run homer in the 7th, and Austin Riley does the same against Jeff Hoffman in the 8th. CF Michael Harris ends the game when he robs Nick Castellanos of extra-bases with a running catch, then fires back to the infield to catch Bryce Harper before he is able to return to first base. The 5 - 4 Braves win evens the series.
- In the other Division Series, the Diamondbacks score three runs off rookie Bobby Miller in the 1st and Zac Gallen cruises along until allowing a homer to J.D. Martinez with two outs in the 4th. Lourdes Gurriel replies with a homer in the 5th, and Los Angeles scores once in the 6th but leaves the bases loaded. The 4 - 2 score holds through the final three innings as Arizona leads the series, two games to none.
- 2024:
- Six pitchers combine their efforts as the Tigers pitch a second straight shutout against Cleveland in Game 3 of the ALDS. The Tigers manage to score a couple of runs off Alex Cobb in his three innings, while the Guardians strand eight baserunners. Brant Hurter, who goes 3 1/3 innings, is the winner, while Tyler Holton, who failed to retire anyone in a Game 1 start, gets the save. In the other ALDS, the Yankees defeat the Royals, 3 - 2, thanks to a homer by Giancarlo Stanton off Kris Bubic in the 8th in a game that features a lot of walks - nine issued by the Royals' pitchers alone - but few hits.
- The Mets are the first team to accede to the NLDS as they defeat the Phillies, 4 - 1, in Game 4 of the NLDS. Francisco Lindor hits a grand slam off Carlos Estévez in the 6th inning to account for all four runs. The other NLDS is tied at two wins apiece after the Dodgers' emphatic 8 - 0 win over the Padres at Petco Park. Mookie Betts homers off Dylan Cease in the 1st inning, and the Dodgers add a pair of runs in each of the next two innings to run away with the game.
- Hurricane Milton shreds the roof of Tropicana Field, the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, in St. Petersburg, FL. The facility, which had stood unscathed for over three decades, was being used as temporary shelter for emergency responders and National Guard members brought to the area to help with the response to the apprehended storm.
Births[edit]
- 1854 - Dave Rowe, outfielder, manager (d. 1930)
- 1865 - Al Maul, pitcher (d. 1958)
- 1873 - Bill Reidy, pitcher (d. 1915)
- 1880 - Charlie Faust, pitcher (d. 1915)
- 1884 - Pete Wilson, pitcher (d. 1957)
- 1886 - Rube Marquard, pitcher; Hall of Famer (d. 1980)
- 1890 - Ty Helfrich, infielder (d. 1955)
- 1890 - Ernie Manning, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1890 - Roy Massey, outfielder (d. 1954)
- 1892 - Arnie Stone, pitcher (d. 1948)
- 1894 - Jing Johnson, pitcher (d. 1950)
- 1895 - Branch Russell, outfielder; manager (d. 1959)
- 1897 - Harry Biemiller, pitcher (d. 1965)
- 1898 - Joe Sewell, infielder; Hall of Famer (d. 1990)
- 1899 - Deacon Meyers, pitcher (d. 1978)
- 1901 - Freddy Spurgeon, infielder (d. 1970)
- 1902 - Kenny Hogan, outfielder (d. 1980)
- 1902 - Jimmy Welsh, outfielder (d. 1970)
- 1903 - Jack Tising, pitcher (d. 1967)
- 1904 - Gordon Slade, infielder (d. 1974)
- 1909 - Jim Winford, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1912 - Mickey Haefner, pitcher (d. 1995)
- 1914 - Pat Colgan, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1992)
- 1919 - Sadayuki Minagawa, NPB infielder (d. 1986)
- 1919 - Harold Olt, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2000)
- 1922 - Mickey Kreitner, catcher (d. 2003)
- 1923 - William Morgan, historian (d. 2015)
- 1924 - Kenny Jones, minor league catcher (d. 2017)
- 1925 - Tommy Giordano, infielder (d. 2019)
- 1925 - Seiichi Suzuki, NPB infielder (d. ????)
- 1930 - José Baldiris, Colombian national team outfielder (d. 2020)
- 1933 - Yoshio Bizen, NPB pitcher
- 1933 - Pelayo Chacón Jr., minor league outfielder
- 1933 - Joan Knebl, AAGPBL infielder (d. 2021)
- 1936 - Joe Morlan, minor league catcher (d. 2007)
- 1939 - Mike Hershberger, outfielder (d. 2012)
- 1940 - Jerry McMorris, owner (d. 2012)
- 1940 - Joe Pepitone, infielder; All-Star (d. 2023)
- 1941 - Jeoff Long, outfielder
- 1944 - Freddie Patek, infielder; All-Star
- 1946 - Jim Qualls, outfielder
- 1947 - Bob Moose, pitcher (d. 1976)
- 1949 - Steve Palermo, umpire (d. 2017)
- 1950 - Brian Downing, designated hitter; All-Star
- 1951 - Derek Bryant, outfielder
- 1951 - Ken Germano, college coach
- 1954 - Reyes Carrion, minor league infielder
- 1954 - Randy Lerch, pitcher
- 1955 - Alex Taveras, infielder
- 1956 - Geoffrey Hunter, Australian national team outfielder
- 1956 - Ray Michell, Australian national team pitcher
- 1956 - Terry Watkins, minor league pitcher (d. 2008)
- 1957 - Gary Darling, umpire
- 1959 - Chuck Hoyack, college coach (d. 2017)
- 1959 - Ray Krawczyk, pitcher
- 1963 - Felix Fermin, infielder
- 1964 - Feng-Yu Weng, CPBL pitcher
- 1967 - Clinton Paul, South African national team pitcher
- 1967 - Jim Tatum, infielder
- 1969 - Kevin Jordan, infielder
- 1970 - Mike Robertson, infielder
- 1972 - Steve Gibralter, outfielder
- 1973 - Antoine Alran, French Division I infielder
- 1973 - Tyrone Brooks, scout
- 1973 - Rafael Mesa, minor league player
- 1973 - Bill Pulsipher, pitcher
- 1974 - Courtney Duncan, pitcher
- 1975 - Danny Mota, pitcher
- 1975 - J.J. Trujillo, pitcher
- 1976 - Matt Ceriani, minor league catcher
- 1976 - Greg Jacobs, minor league pitcher and outfielder
- 1977 - Jeong-hun Lee, KBO pitcher
- 1977 - Brian Roberts, infielder; All-Star
- 1978 - Errol Davis, South African national team outfielder
- 1978 - Tony Vitello, college coach
- 1979 - Alay Soler, pitcher
- 1980 - Mark McLemore, pitcher
- 1980 - Anthony Lunetta, minor league player
- 1982 - Bubba Bell, minor league outfielder
- 1982 - Jason Jaramillo, catcher
- 1983 - Jason Pridie, outfielder
- 1984 - Fernando Quijada, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Ivan Racic, Croatian national team outfielder
- 1984 - Marijan Tomašić, Croatian national team infielder
- 1985 - Sandy Mendez, minor league player
- 1985 - Yi-Cheng Wang, NPB pitcher
- 1986 - Derek Holland, pitcher
- 1986 - David Phelps, pitcher
- 1986 - Chaz Roe, pitcher
- 1987 - Cory Burns, pitcher
- 1987 - Yadiel Hernández, outfielder
- 1987 - Wissaroot Sihamat, Thai national team pitcher
- 1988 - Jose Diaz, Guatemalan national team outfielder
- 1988 - Chao Lu, China Baseball League pitcher
- 1988 - Starling Marte, outfielder; All-Star
- 1988 - Yuki Yanagita, NPB outfielder
- 1989 - Tim Melville, pitcher
- 1989 - Jun Yoshida, Japanese national team infielder
- 1990 - Jake Lamb, infielder; All-Star
- 1990 - Isaac Monrroy, minor league pitcher
- 1990 - Tzu-An Wang, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Ryan Brett, infielder
- 1991 - Exicardo Cayones, minor league outfielder
- 1992 - Asahi Sato, Japanese national team outfielder
- 1995 - Merandy Gonzalez, pitcher
- 1995 - Brendan McGuigan, minor league pitcher
- 1997 - Colton Welker, infielder
- 1998 - Clayton Beeter, pitcher
- 1998 - Jake Eder, pitcher
- 1998 - Huei-Sheng Lin, minor league pitcher
- 1999 - Victor Vodnik, pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1897 - Milo Lockwood, pitcher/outfielder (b. 1858)
- 1900 - Harry Wheeler, outfielder, manager (b. 1858)
- 1913 - William Medart, umpire (b. 1845)
- 1918 - Fred Gaiser, pitcher (b. 1885)
- 1920 - Carl Vandagrift, infielder (b. 1883)
- 1924 - Ed Caskin, infielder (b. 1851)
- 1924 - Jake Daubert, infielder (b. 1884)
- 1929 - Red Kleinow, catcher (b. 1877)
- 1930 - Lem Cross, pitcher (b. 1872)
- 1934 - Pat Pettee, infielder (b. 1863)
- 1937 - Hank Gastright, pitcher (b. 1865)
- 1939 - Biff Schaller, outfielder (b. 1889)
- 1940 - Bill Massey, infielder (b. 1870)
- 1944 - Joe DeBerry, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1945 - Bob Ganley, outfielder (b. 1875)
- 1955 - Howie Fox, pitcher (b. 1921)
- 1955 - Jim Jackson, outfielder (b. 1877)
- 1957 - Butch Henline, catcher, umpire (b. 1894)
- 1960 - Heavy Johnson, catcher/outfielder (b. 1895)
- 1963 - Maywood Brown, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1964 - Thomas O'Brien, minor league infielder (b. 1878)
- 1964 - Al Wingo, outfielder (b. 1898)
- 1969 - Don Hoak, infielder; All-Star (b. 1928)
- 1969 - Ray Lucas, pitcher (b. 1908)
- 1970 - Cy Fried, pitcher (b. 1897)
- 1972 - Dave Bancroft, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1891)
- 1976 - Mark Christman, infielder (b. 1913)
- 1976 - Bob Moose, pitcher (b. 1947)
- 1985 - Tom Cooper, infielder/outfielder (b. 1927)
- 1985 - Rusty Yarnall, pitcher (b. 1902)
- 1986 - Jo-Jo White, outfielder, manager (b. 1909)
- 1991 - Charlie Moss, catcher (b. 1911)
- 1992 - Mike Guerra, catcher (b. 1912)
- 1997 - Chuck Templeton, pitcher (b. 1932)
- 1999 - Dutch Dotterer, catcher (b. 1931)
- 2000 - Yasuo Kusunoki, NPB catcher (b. 1920)
- 2003 - Steve Gruwell, scout (b. 1941)
- 2003 - Shigeki Saito, Japanese national team infielder (b. 1952)
- 2007 - Willie Hooker, minor league pitcher (b. 1935)
- 2007 - Mary Lou Kolanko, AAGPBL outfielder (b. 1932)
- 2014 - Gerald Benn, college coach (b. 1934)
- 2017 - Roy Hawes, infielder (b. 1926)
- 2017 - Mike McQueen, pitcher (b. 1950)
- 2018 - Jose Santiago, pitcher (b. 1928)
- 2021 - Rich Barry, outfielder (b. 1940)
- 2022 - Mickey Micelotta, infielder (b. 1928)
- 2022 - Yasumitsu Shibata, NPB pitcher (b. 1957)
- 2022 - Mike Thompson, pitcher (b. 1949)
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