September 20
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on September 20.
Events[edit]
- 1902 - Nixey Callahan of the Chicago White Sox pitches the first no-hitter in franchise history as he defeats the Detroit Tigers 2 - 0.
- 1905 - Chicago White Sox president Charles Comiskey orders a houseboat built for the express purpose of transporting and housing the team during spring training.
- 1907 - Nick Maddox of the Pittsburgh Pirates no-hits the Brooklyn Superbas, 2 - 1. At the age of 20 years and ten months, Maddox becomes (and still is) the youngest pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the major leagues.
- 1908 - Frank Smith of the Chicago White Sox throws his second career no-hitter for a 1 - 0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics.
- 1919 - On Babe Ruth Day at Fenway Park, the Bambino ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 home runs in a season with a game-winner off Lefty Williams of the Chicago White Sox. Ruth also scores the winning run in both ends of the doubleheader. Ironically, it will be the last game he plays for the Boston Red Sox in Fenway. Four days later he will hit number 28 over the roof of the Polo Grounds.
- 1922 - Rogers Hornsby is stopped by Burleigh Grimes of Brooklyn after hitting in 33 straight games.
- 1924 - At age 37, Grover Cleveland Alexander wins his 300th game as the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Giants, 7 - 3 in 12 innings. He will finish with 373 victories during his 20-year career.
- 1931 - Lou Gehrig drives in four runs to break his old American League RBI mark of 175, set in 1927. By the season's end he will have a total of 184.
- 1951 - The owners elect National League President Ford Frick as the third baseball commissioner for a seven-year term at $65,000 per annum.
- 1953 - Second baseman Gene Baker, the other half of the Kansas City Monarchs double play duo along with shortstop Ernie Banks, joins his former Negro League teammate making his major league debut with the Chicago Cubs three days after Ernie. Banks hits his first major league home run against Gerry Staley, but the St. Louis Cardinals win, 11 - 6.
- 1955 - New York Giants slugger Willie Mays hits two home runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates, giving him 50 for the year and making him the seventh player in major league history to accomplish this.
- 1958 - Recently-acquired Orioles knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm pitches a 1 - 0 no-hitter against the New York Yankees at Memorial Stadium, with the only run coming on a home run by battery-mate Gus Triandos. It will be the last time in the 20th century the Yankees will fail to get a hit in a game.
- 1960 - Boston Red Sox outfielder Carroll Hardy pinch-hits for Ted Williams, who is forced to leave the game after fouling a ball off his ankle, and grounds into a double play. On May 31, 1961, Hardy will pinch hit for rookie Carl Yastrzemski, making him the only player to go in for both future Hall of Famers. Hardy also hit his first major league home run pinch-hitting for Roger Maris when both were at Cleveland, on May 18, 1958).
- 1961 - The 155th Yankees game of the season (including a tie) is Roger Maris' last chance to beat the 60 home run mark set by Babe Ruth in compliance with Commissioner Ford Frick's statement that for the record to be broken, Maris must do it in the same number of games as Ruth. Maris' 59th home run of the year, off Jack Fisher, is short of the record, but helps the Yankees beat Baltimore, 4 - 2 to clinch their 26th American League pennant.
- 1968 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hits the 536th and final home run of his major league career, a solo shot against Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox in a 4 - 3 loss at Yankee Stadium.
- 1969 - Bob Moose of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches a 4 - 0 no-hitter against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.
- 1973 - Dave Augustine of the Pirates hits an apparent go-ahead home run in the 13th inning. Instead, the ball hits the top of the fence to bounce back to Mets outfielder Cleon Jones. The relay of Jones to Wayne Garrett to Ron Hodges nails runner Richie Zisk at the plate. The Mets win the game in the bottom of the 13th and Augustine will never homer in the majors.
- 1980:
- George Brett of the Kansas City Royals goes 0 for 4 in a 9 - 0 loss to the Oakland Athletics, to drop his average below .400. He is now hitting .396 and will finish the season at .390.
- In memory of Thurman Munson, a bronze plaque in Monument Park is dedicated to the deceased New York Yankees catcher.
- 1984 - The San Diego Padres clinch their first NL West title since entering the league in 1969 with a 5 - 4 win over the San Francisco Giants. The key blow is winning pitcher Tim Lollar's three-run home run, his third of the season.
- 1986 - Tying the National League record for stolen bases in one game, San Diego Padres outfielder Tony Gwynn swipes five bases as the Houston Astros beat San Diego 10 - 6. During his 20-year career, the .338 lifetime hitter will only average 16 stolen bases per season.
- 1988 - Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox becomes the first major leaguer in the 20th century to get 200 hits in six consecutive seasons as Boston pounds the Toronto Blue Jays 13 - 2. Boggs also joins Lou Gehrig as the only players to get 200 hits and 100 walks in three consecutive years.
- 1992 - Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Mickey Morandini makes the first unassisted triple play in the National League in 65 years, just the ninth in major league history, in the Phillies' 3 - 2, 13-inning loss to Pittsburgh at Three Rivers Stadium. Morandini catches Jeff King's line drive, steps on second doubling up Andy Van Slyke and tags Barry Bonds to complete his feat.
- 1994 - Ichiro Suzuki raps his 200th hit of the season. The Orix BlueWave rookie outfielder is the first player in Nippon Pro Baseball history with 200 hits in a year.
- 1998 - Cal Ripken, Jr. takes himself out of the starting lineup and does not play in the Baltimore Orioles' loss to the New York Yankees, ending his consecutive games played streak at 2,632. After nearly 16 years, Ripken says he decided the time was right to end the streak, which began on May 30, 1982.
- 2002:
- Mike Bordick of the Baltimore Orioles sets a major league record playing his 102nd successive game at shortstop without committing an error. Rey Ordóñez, playing SS for the New York Mets, had established mark from 1999 through 2000.
- With a 9 - 3 victory over the Houston Astros at Busch Stadium, the St. Louis Cardinals clinch the NL Central Division title. An emotional on-field celebration includes Albert Pujols carrying Darryl Kile's No. 57 jersey onto the field in tribute of the pitcher who died unexpectedly on June 22nd.
- 2003:
- Unlike this season when the Montreal Expos played twenty-five percent of their home games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the players vote to play their entire 2004 home schedule in Montreal. The major league owners, who collectively own the franchise, have been considering moving the Expos permanently to Washington D.C., Portland, Oregon or Monterrey, Mexico, or continuing the present format by having the team split home games between different locations. The players' vote will have no effect, as the team will once again play a number of home games in Puerto Rico in 2004, before moving permanently to Washington in 2005.
- Second baseman Marcus Giles hits a home run off Brad Penny's 3-2 pitch, as the Atlanta Braves tie the National League record by having six players hit at least 20 home runs in a season. Along with Giles, Javy Lopez, Gary Sheffield, Andruw Jones, Chipper Jones and Vinny Castilla equal the mark established by Eddie Mathews (32), Hank Aaron (32), Joe Torre (27), Felipe Alou (23), Mack Jones (31) and Gene Oliver (21) of the 1965 Milwaukee Braves.
- 2005 - Alex Rodriguez hits his 42nd home run and Robinson Cano erases a four-run deficit with a grand slam, helping Aaron Small and the seven-time defending division winners rally to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 9 - 5. Small goes to 8-0, becoming the first pitcher to win his first eight decisions with the New York Yankees since Doug Bird in 1980 and 1981.
- 2007:
- In his sixth game in the major leagues, catcher J.R. Towles drives in eight runs to set the Houston Astros single-game franchise record. Towles had begun the year by hitting .200 in A ball before an unexpected promotion to AA, after which he caught fire. Towles goes 4 for 4 and reaches base six times in the game. The Astros clobber the Cardinals, 18 - 1.
- Nyjer Morgan leads off the game with a triple against Brett Tomko. Morgan had led off the previous day's game with a triple as well; it marks the first time in the past five years that a National League player has done that.
- Danny Rios of the Doosan Bears beats the Hyundai Unicorns, 4 - 2, for his 20th win of the season. He becomes the first foreigner to win 20 games in the Korea Baseball Organization and the first 20-game winner since Min-tae Chung in 1999.
- 2008:
- The Tampa Bay Rays defeat the Twins, 7 - 2, to clinch a postseason berth for the first time in team history before a rare sell-out crowd at Tropicana Field. Scott Kazmir picks up the win while Fernando Perez and Cliff Floyd homer for the home team.
- The Cubs also clinch, taking the NL Central with a 5 - 4 win over the Cardinals. It is their first time to repeat in the postseason since 1908. Ted Lilly gets his 16th win and Kerry Wood his 32nd save.
- In what is believed to be the first 18-inning game in Dutch baseball history, ADO beats the Euro Stars, 2 - 1, in the first game of the promotion and relegation tournament. Erik de Rijcke fans 19 for the losers; 25 ADO hitters whiff, yet they have a 19-4 edge in base hits. Alex Smith throws 17 innings and 244 pitches for ADO for the win.
- 2009 - The Cubs suspend OF Milton Bradley for the remainder of the season one day after he criticized the team in an interview with a suburban newspaper. GM Jim Hendry explains that the penalty is for conduct detrimental to the team and lack of respect for its fans. It is only the latest in a long series of brushes with authority for the fiery outfielder. The Cubs then go on to beat St. Louis, 6 - 3, in 11 innings at Busch Stadium, thanks to a two-run homer by Jake Fox.
- 2010 - After starting his career 0 for 33, Chris Carter hits a single off Chicago's Scott Linebrink to spark a three-run rally in a 3 - 0 Oakland win. Carter is just two at-bats shy of matching the worst start to a career by a position player in 100 years. Vic Harris went 0 for 35 for the Texas Rangers in 1972, while Lou Camilli took three years to get his first hit after 34 unsuccessful at-bats for the Cleveland Indians between 1969 and 1971. However, pitcher Joey Hamilton's performance leaves them all in his dust: over two seasons, he went 0 for 57 before getting his first hit in 1995.
- 2011 - The Columbus Clippers beat the Omaha Storm Chasers, 8 - 3, in the Triple-A National Championship. Joe Martinez goes seven innings for the win and takes home the MVP award, while Luke Carlin hits a three-run homer and Tim Fedroff gets three hits. Sean O'Sullivan allows six runs in just three innings to take the loss. It is Columbus's second straight national title.
- 2012:
- Canada opens the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers in Regensburg, Germany with an 11 - 1 drubbing of Great Britain. Canada scores eight runs in the 7th inning to end the game as a result of the mercy rule; former major leaguer Shawn Hill is the winner. In another qualifying group in Jupiter, FL, Spain defeats France, 8 - 0, as French starter Patrice Briones is pounded for five runs over the first two innings, and Mathieu Brelle-Andrade gives up two more in the 3rd. Paco Figueroa goes 3 for 4 with two runs and two RBI to lead the Spanish attack.
- With Manager Dusty Baker still hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat, Cincinnati becomes the first major league team to clinch a postseason spot this year, thanks to a 5 - 3 victory over the Cubs. Johnny Cueto improves to 18-9. The Nationals then join them a few hours later, when they defeat the Dodgers, 4 - 1. It will be the first postseason appearance for the franchise since the then-Montreal Expos lost the 1981 NLCS, and the first postseason appearance by a team from Washington since the old Washington Senators played in the 1933 World Series.
- Ichiro Suzuki continues his hot hitting as he homers off Aaron Laffey in the 3rd to open the Yankees' account, then hits a two-run double in a seven-run 4th inning, leading the Yankees to a 10 - 7 win over the Blue Jays. Nick Swisher adds a grand slam during the big outburst, as the Bronx Bombers move to one full game ahead of the idle Orioles in the AL East.
- 2013:
- Breaking a 1 - 1 tie in the 7th inning, the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez hits a grand slam off George Kontos of the Giants for a 5 - 1 win. It is the 24th slam of A-Rod's career, breaking a tie with Lou Gehrig for most ever in the major leagues.
- The Rays need 18 innings to defeat the Orioles, 5 - 4, on David DeJesus's RBI single after a major league record 21 pitchers are used in the game. The win puts the Rays in sole possession of the first wild card spot in the American League. Cleveland beats Houston, 2 - 1, in a game ended by rain after 6 1/2 innings to move into the second spot, a half-game behind Tampa. Four other teams are still in the hunt: Texas, now one game back of Tampa after a 2 - 1 loss to the Royals, who themselves are tied with Baltimore, three back of the Rays, and the Yankees, who trail those two by a half-game.
- 2014:
- The Royals lose a key home game to the Tigers, 3 - 2, as Max Scherzer defeats James Shields. With the score tied 1 - 1 in the 6th, the Royals have a run taken back when the Tigers make a successful appeal play against Salvador Perez, who fails to retouch third base before going home following a line-out and an error. The Tigers then score twice in the 7th, with a two-out pinch single by Tyler Collins the key blow. The Royals manage to cut the lead by one in the 8th and place two men on with one out in the 9th, but Joe Nathan induces two ground outs to get the save, dealing a serious blow to Kansas City's postseason hopes.
- Jerome Williams does something no pitcher has ever done before: he beats the Athletics for the third time this season - for his third different team. He had recorded a win against the A's wearing the uniforms of the Astros and Rangers, before earning a 3 - 0 victory for the Phillies today.
- Spain wins the Bronze Medal at the 2014 European Championship, outpowering France, 10 - 5, for their second straight third-place finish at the European Championship. Oscar Angulo remains their sparkplug, going 4 for 5 with two runs and two RBI, while Nicolas Dubaut and Owen Ozanich give up all ten runs in two innings of work to open the game.
- 2015:
- Kendrys Morales sets a Royals franchise record with 15 total bases in a 10 - 3 win over Detroit. Morales has the first three-homer game by a Royals player since 1991 and adds a triple as well. Kris Medlen pitches the first five innings for the win, while Danny Duffy goes the last four for his first career save.
- Curaçao Neptunus wins the 2015 Holland Series for their 16th Hoofdklasse title and third straight Holland Series. They beat Corendon Kinheim, four games to one. Game 5 is a 6 - 2 victory, with Orlando Yntema getting the win over Glenn Wassink. The Series MVP is Benjamin Dille, his third time winning that honor; the Belgian infielder has eight runs and six RBI while hitting .458/.480/.667 in the series.
- In Czechia, Kotlářka Praha wins the Extraliga title, three games to one, over perennial power Draci Brno. They become the first Prague-based champion since 1992, with Draci Brno or Technika Brno, both Brno-based, winning every title from 1993-2014. Mitch Nilsson's two-run homer off Petr Minařík is the big blow in the 3 - 1 victory today, while Jan Novak fans eight in a five-hit complete game.
- South Korea wins the 2015 Asian Championship, its first capture of the tournament since 1999. They beat Indonesia, 15 - 0, today behind the pitching of Myeong-sin Kim, Yong-joo Kim and Dong-hyun Choi as they finish 5-0 for the tournament. The MVP is third baseman Joo-suk Ha, whose two-run bottom-of-the-9th homer yesterday gave Korea a 2 - 1 win over five-time defending champion Japan. To further Japan's woes, they lose, 3 - 1, to Taiwan today to finish third.
- 2017 - Mike Moustakas sets a new Royals franchise record with his 37th homer of the season when he connects off Carlos Ramirez in the 6th inning of a 15 - 5 win over the Blue Jays. The record had been held by Steve Balboni since 1985 and the Royals are the only major league team never to have had a player with a 40-homer season. Moustakas also hits a single and a double in the game, while teammates Salvador Perez and Whit Merrifield homer in support of Jakob Junis's pitching. For Ramirez, these are the first earned runs he has allowed all season after maintaining a virgin ERA through 37 2/3 innings in the minors and ten in the majors before giving up four in this game.
- 2018 - With an 11 - 6 win over the Yankees, the Red Sox clinch their third straight division title. But the Yankees still set a couple of records on Luke Voit's homer in the 2nd inning. It is his tenth since joining the Yanks, giving them a major league record twelve players with ten or more homers this season, and it is also the team's 246th, breaking their team record set in 2012.
- 2019 - The Israeli national team is in the driver's seat in the 2019 Europe/Africa Olympic Qualifier, scoring six runs in the 8th thanks to two Italian errors for an 8 - 2 win. That makes Israel 3-0 with their only games left against the two weaker teams to that point. Italy had won earlier in that day, concluding a rain-suspended contest in a ten-inning win over South Africa with Federico Celli hitting a three-run homer. South Africa also loses, 11 - 1, to Czechia with Martin Mužík driving in six. The Netherlands tops Spain, 6 - 2, with 44-year-old Rob Cordemans allowing one run in five innings.
- 2020 - In Sweden, the Sölvesborg Firehawks repeat as Elitserien champs, topping the Sundbyberg Heat three games to two. In the finale today, brothers Benjamin Johnson and Joel Johnson combine to fan ten in an 11 - 1 win while Kestas Vilimas drives in three. Nicklas Melin takes the loss.
- 2021 - Jon Lester records the 200th win of his career as the Cardinals beat the Brewers, 5 - 2, for their ninth straight win, consolidating their spot as the second wild card in the National League.
- 2022:
- Aaron Judge becomes just the sixth player in major league history to have a 60-homer season as he belts one in the 9th inning of a 9 - 8 Yankees win over Pittsburgh, the win coming on a walk-off grand slam by Giancarlo Stanton later that inning. Judge's next homer will put him in a tie for the American League and Yankees single-season record, both set by Roger Maris when he hit 61 long balls in 1961. He is also a candidate to record the first Triple Crown since Miguel Cabrera in 2012, as he leads the AL comfortably in both homers and RBIs, and his night's work also puts him on top for batting average in a close three-person race with Luis Arraez and Xander Bogaerts.
- Underdog Great Britain wins, 10 - 9, over Spain in the 2023 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers, held in Regensburg, Germany. Spain takes an 8 - 3 lead on a three-run homer by Noelvi Marte in the top of the 4th inning, but Great Britain never gives up, clawing back runs until Jaden Rudd ties the game with a homer off Rhiner Cruz in the 9th inning and Alex Crosby drives in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th. The win qualifies the Brits for the 2023 World Baseball Classic, the first time they will take part in the main tournament.
- 2023 - Four Rays pitchers combine to strike out a team record 19 opponents, but it doesn't really help as they lose to the Angels, 8 - 3. Brandon Drury homers twice and drives in five runs for L.A.
- 2024 - One day after creating the 50-50 club with a monstrous game, Shohei Ohtani is back at it, this time in front of hometown fans at Dodger Stadium. He homers in the 5th inning and reaches on an infield single then steals second base in the 7th, to lead the Dodgers to a 6 - 4 win over the Rockies. It is the 14th time this season he has had both a homer and a steal in the same game, breaking the previous record of 13 such games set by Rickey Henderson in 1986.
Births[edit]
- 1847 - Jim Price, manager (d. 1925)
- 1857 - Jim Skerrett, umpire (d. 1931)
- 1860 - Henry Boyle, pitcher (d. 1932)
- 1861 - George Pechiney, pitcher (d. 1943)
- 1871 - Bill Coyle, pitcher (d. 1941)
- 1878 - Larry Schlafly, infielder, manager (d. 1919)
- 1881 - Red Bowser, outfielder (d. 1943)
- 1886 - Eustaquio Pedroso, pitcher/infielder (d. ????)
- 1893 - Jack Bradley, catcher (d. 1969)
- 1893 - Doc Wallace, infielder (d. 1964)
- 1894 - Chuck Dressen, infielder, manager (d. 1966)
- 1899 - Karl Schnell, pitcher (d. 1992)
- 1900 - Nelson Greene, pitcher (d. 1983)
- 1900 - Jimsey Roussell, outfielder (d. ????)
- 1908 - Zeke Bonura, infielder (d. 1987)
- 1909 - Cornelius Cook, pitcher (d. 1987)
- 1909 - Rogelio Linares, outfielder (d. ????)
- 1910 - Eddie Hurley, umpire (d. 1969)
- 1912 - Tony DePhillips, catcher (d. 1994)
- 1912 - Coley Logan, pinch-hitter (d. 1999)
- 1912 - Al McLean, pitcher (d. 1990)
- 1916 - Red Juelich, infielder (d. 1970)
- 1918 - Rufus Baker, infielder (d. 1992)
- 1919 - Giichiro Shiraki, NPB pitcher (d. 2004)
- 1922 - Vic Lombardi, pitcher (d. 1997)
- 1928 - Donald Hall, author (d. 2018)
- 1928 - Ruth Richard, AAGPBL catcher (d. 2018)
- 1937 - Tom Tresh, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2008)
- 1939 - Bill Aker, college coach (d. 2011)
- 1941 - Dennis Ribant, pitcher (d. 2023)
- 1943 - Rich Morales, infielder
- 1944 - Ed Phillips, pitcher (d. 2017)
- 1945 - Mike Jurewicz, pitcher
- 1946 - Roric Harrison, pitcher (d. 2023)
- 1947 - Pete Hamm, pitcher
- 1952 - Jim Wilhelm, outfielder
- 1954 - Bob Detherage, outfielder
- 1954 - Mickey Klutts, infielder
- 1956 - Mike Gates, infielder
- 1956 - Il-kwon Kim, KBO outfielder
- 1958 - Philippe Denis, French Division I player
- 1958 - Jim Siwy, pitcher
- 1959 - John Martin, minor league pitcher
- 1960 - Dave Gallagher, outfielder
- 1960 - Randy Kramer, pitcher
- 1961 - Ed Delzer, minor league pitcher
- 1963 - Chiung-Lung Huang, CPBL outfielder and manager
- 1963 - Doug Sisson, coach
- 1964 - Pat Bangtson, college coach
- 1965 - Hsien-Chang Chen, CPBL pitcher
- 1965 - Cipriano Ventura, Serie A1 pitcher
- 1967 - Derek Dehdashtion, minor league catcher
- 1967 - Ed Ponte, minor league pitcher
- 1968 - Donnie Elliott, pitcher
- 1969 - Mark Hampton, minor league pitcher
- 1969 - Yu-Chieh Lin, CPBL infielder
- 1970 - Dave Bigham, minor league pitcher (d. 2012)
- 1970 - Chris Snopek, infielder
- 1971 - Brian Rupp, minor league infielder and manager
- 1975 - Yovanny Lara, pitcher
- 1976 - Glenn Romney, Hoofdklasse outfielder and manager
- 1976 - Kevin Walker, pitcher
- 1977 - Lubomír Janda, Extraliga pitcher-infielder
- 1978 - Jason Bay, outfielder; All-Star
- 1979 - Erick Acosta, Guatemalan national team pitcher
- 1979 - Larry Galeano, Nicaraguan national team catcher
- 1981 - Bo Ivy, minor league outfielder
- 1981 - Jordan Tata, pitcher
- 1982 - Pedro Andujar, minor league catcher
- 1982 - Jamar Hill, minor league outfielder
- 1983 - Ming-Tsung Hsieh, CPBL infielder
- 1983 - Angel Sanchez, infielder
- 1984 - Luis Fonseca, minor league outfielder
- 1985 - Ian Desmond, infielder; All-Star
- 1985 - Kevin Mattison, outfielder
- 1986 - Jesus Hernandez, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - A.J. Ramos, pitcher; All-Star
- 1987 - Edgar García, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Denis Kresnik, Croatian national team pitcher
- 1988 - Steve Lombardozzi, infielder
- 1988 - Goran Matijasec, Croatian national team catcher
- 1988 - Audie Núñez, Division Honor pitcher
- 1988 - Joseph Paciorek, minor league infielder
- 1988 - Matt Scioscia, minor league catcher
- 1989 - Leon Landry, minor league outfielder
- 1989 - Scott Snodgress, pitcher
- 1990 - Ken Giles, pitcher
- 1990 - Luis Natera Jr., minor league infielder
- 1990 - Nate Tomlinson, umpire
- 1991 - Jimmy Jensen, minor league pitcher
- 1992 - Nash Knight, minor league infielder
- 1992 - Jeffrey Springs, pitcher
- 1993 - Mitch Nay, minor league infielder
- 1994 - Cristian Alvarado, minor league pitcher
- 1994 - Rafael Eigenmann, Swiss national team catcher
- 1994 - Kramer Robertson, infielder
- 1995 - Cory Abbott, pitcher
- 1995 - Trevor Brigden, minor league pitcher
- 1995 - Joe Dunand, infielder
- 1995 - Jon Kennedy, minor league pitcher
- 1996 - Ronnie Krsolovic, Croatian national team infielder
- 1996 - Carlos Machorro, minor league pitcher
- 1996 - Zach Pop, pitcher
- 1997 - Gustavo Campero, outfielder
- 1997 - Shih-Peng Chen, CPBL pitcher
- 1998 - Emma Carr, Canadian women's national team outfielder
- 1999 - Tomoya Noguchi, NPB infielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1896 - Ed Crane, pitcher (b. 1862)
- 1906 - Jack Neagle, pitcher (b. 1858)
- 1909 - Joe Wright, outfielder (b. 1869)
- 1910 - Lou Schiappacasse, outfielder (b. 1881)
- 1914 - Levin Jones, outfielder (b. 1857)
- 1919 - Cy Seymour, outfielder (b. 1872)
- 1927 - Frank Brannon, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1888)
- 1937 - Harry Stovey, outfielder, manager (b. 1856)
- 1944 - Kenichi Ohta, NPB outfielder (b. 1918)
- 1946 - Wiley Piatt, pitcher (b. 1874)
- 1955 - Art Herman, pitcher (b. 1871)
- 1956 - Tom Gastall, catcher (b. 1932)
- 1959 - Tilly Walker, outfielder (b. 1887)
- 1961 - Jim McGinley, pitcher (b. 1878)
- 1970 - Oliver Hill, pinch hitter (b. 1909)
- 1970 - Fred Lamline, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1971 - Tony Venzon, umpire (b. 1915)
- 1973 - Jim Bishop, pitcher (b. 1898)
- 1974 - Al Huenke, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1975 - Chuck Tompkins, pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1976 - Luther Gilyard, infielder (b. 1910)
- 1976 - John Quinn, General Manager (b. 1908)
- 1981 - Harry Fisher, pitcher (b. 1926)
- 1990 - Dick Gyselman, infielder (b. 1908)
- 1991 - Chet Morgan, outfielder (b. 1910)
- 1991 - Steve Peek, pitcher (b. 1914)
- 1992 - Joe Fillmore, pitcher (b. 1914)
- 1997 - Jim Hickey, pitcher (b. 1920)
- 2000 - Earnest Long, pitcher (b. 1927)
- 2001 - George Archie, infielder (b. 1914)
- 2001 - Joe Stephenson, catcher (b. 1921)
- 2007 - John Sullivan, infielder (b. 1920)
- 2008 - Nate Quarles, minor league infielder (b. 1955)
- 2010 - Jack Cassini, pinch runner (b. 1919)
- 2010 - Al Pilarcik, outfielder (b. 1930)
- 2013 - Walt Linden, catcher (b. 1924)
- 2017 - Mickey Harrington, pinch runner (b. 1934)
- 2017 - Garry Hill, pitcher (b. 1946)
- 2017 - Mike Ibarguen, minor league pitcher (b. 1952)
- 2017 - Ed Phillips, pitcher (b. 1944)
- 2019 - Howard Cassady, minor league coach; scout (b. 1934)
- 2021 - Cloyd Boyer, pitcher (b. 1927)
- 2021 - Fred Kuhaulua, pitcher (b. 1953)
- 2023 - Bobby Durnbaugh, infielder (b. 1933)
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