September 22
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on September 22.
Events[edit]
- 1904 - In the Giants' 100th victory of the season, which clinches the National League pennant, the Reds have trouble with their lineup. Pitcher Win Kellum bats in place of Tommy Corcoran and strikes out. When the Giants protest that he was batting out of order, Corcoran is called out and Kellum bats again.
- 1911 - Cy Young, at age 44, beats the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1 - 0, for his 511th and final major league victory.
- 1912 - At Sportsman's Park against the Browns, Eddie Collins becomes the only player in major league history to steal six bases in one game for a second time. The Philadelphia Athletics' second baseman's feat of thievery has yet to be surpassed. It will be 79 years until another major leaguer, Otis Nixon, even ties Collins' mark.
- 1924 - Future Hall of Fame member Charlie Gehringer makes his debut with the Detroit Tigers; he is inserted as a defensive replacement at second base in the 8th inning of an 8 - 1 win over Boston.
- 1925:
- Burleigh Grimes of the Brooklyn Robins accounts for seven outs in just three plate appearances. The Dodgers pitcher hits into two double plays, then into a triple play.
- Ben Paschal of the Yankees hits two inside-the-park homers in an 11 - 6 win over the White Sox in the first game of a doubleheader.
- 1926 - Rookie Tommy Thevenow hits his second homer in six days. He will homer again in Game 2 of the World Series, but will play another 12 years - and a record 3,347 regular season at-bats - and never hit another homer.
- 1936 - The Detroit Tigers sweep the St. Louis Browns, 12 - 0 and 14 - 0, to record the biggest double shutout in major league history.
- 1948 - For the fourth time this season, Stan Musial has five hits in five at-bats to set a National League record and tie the major league mark established by Ty Cobb. Stan the Man's hits, which include a double and home run, come off five different pitchers on five consecutive pitches in the Cardinals' 8 - 2 victory at Braves Field in Boston.
- 1954 - Karl Spooner of the Brooklyn Dodgers becomes the first pitcher to strike out 15 in his major league debut as the Dodgers beat the New York Giants, 3 - 0.
- 1957 - Duke Snider's 7th-inning homer off future Hall of Famer Robin Roberts will prove to be the last one ever hit at Ebbets Field.
- 1959 - The Go Go Sox clinch their first American League pennant in 40 years with a 4 - 2 win over the Indians.
- 1961 - Jim Gentile hits his fifth grand slam of the year to tie the major league record established in 1955 by Cubs shortstop Ernie Banks. Each of the Orioles first baseman’s four-run homers has come with Chuck Estrada pitching for Baltimore.
- 1962 - Al Jackson suffers his 20th loss of the season when Chicago beats the Mets at the Polo Grounds, 8 - 2. The New York southpaw joins Roger Craig in reaching the dubious number of defeats, making the pair the first teammates since Bucky Walters and Joe Bowman of the 1936 Phillies to become 20-game losers on the same National League team.
- 1963 - Joe Morgan delivers the winning hit in his second major league game, a pinch single with two outs in the 9th to allow Houston to nip the Phillies, 2 - 1. This prompts a tirade from Philadelphia skipper Gene Mauch who trashes the post-game meal after his squad let "a little leaguer" beat them.
- 1964 - Larry Dierker becomes the last rookie to make his major league debut as a Colt .45, doing so on his 18th birthday. The team will be renamed the Houston Astros next season.
- 1966:
- The Baltimore Orioles clinch their first American League pennant in 22 years with a 6 - 1 victory over the Kansas City Athletics. Jim Palmer goes the distance, beating Lew Krausse at Municipal Stadium, 6 - 1. Their last pennant came in 1944, when they were the St. Louis Browns.
- With only 413 patrons in attendance to see New York's 4 - 1 loss to the White Sox, the team's head of media relations denies Red Barber's request for a camera to scan the empty stands. The veteran broadcaster will reportedly lose his job when he continues to tell his audience, "I don’t know what the paid attendance is today, but whatever it is, it is the smallest crowd in the history of Yankee Stadium, and this crowd is the story, not the game."
- 1968 - Cesar Tovar plays one inning at each position for the Minnesota Twins, becoming only the second major leaguer in history to do it. Bert Campaneris of the Oakland Athletics was the first, earlier this season.
- 1969:
- Willie Mays hits the 600th home run of his career. The historic homer off Mike Corkins of the Padres proves to be the game-winner in a 4 - 2 Giants victory at San Diego Stadium.
- Third base coach Salty Parker sends Norm Miller home from third base when he sees a white object fly away from Atlanta catcher Bob Didier after a pitch. The object turns out not to be the ball, but a finger cast the catcher was wearing on his glove hand. Miller is easily tagged out. The Astros' 5 - 3 loss creates an unhappy 23rd birthday for sore-armed Larry Dierker who broke in with the Colt .45s on his brithday five years earlier.
- 1973 - Al Bumbry ties the Major League record with three triples as the Orioles clinch the division title.
- 1974 - Pitcher Tom Griffin delivers a pinch-hit single in the 14th to edge the Braves, 3 - 2. The Astros score only when necessary – plating runs in the bottom of the 9th and the bottom of the 10th before winning it later. Ken Forsch picks up the victory.
- 1976 - Right-hander Don Sutton goes the distance to become a 20-game winner for the first and last time when the Dodgers beat the Giants at Candlestick Park, 3 - 1. The future Hall of Famer will compile a 324-256 (.559) record during his 23-year career in the bigs.
- 1977 - Bert Blyleven tosses a 6 - 0 no-hitter for the Texas Rangers against the Angels at Anaheim Stadium.
- 1982 - Expo shortstop Chris Speier goes 3 for 5 with a club-record 8 RBI in an 11 - 4 win over the Phillies.
- 1986:
- Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the first Mexican pitcher to win 20 games in the majors, beating the Houston Astros, 9 - 2, while allowing just two hits. Teddy Higuera will become the second only three days later.
- The New York Mets defeat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5 - 2, at Shea Stadium. The Mets' Wally Backman, on his 27th birthday, hits his only home run of the season.
- 1987:
- Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox reaches the 200 hit mark for the fifth straight season in an 8 - 5 loss to the Detroit Tigers.
- Chicago sends P Dickie Noles to the Tigers for a player to be named later. Next month, the right-handed pitcher will be returned to the Cubs as that player to be named later.
- Teddy Higuera wins his seventh straight as the Brewers down the Yankees‚ 7 - 2.
- 1988 - The Mets clinch their fourth NL East title when Ron Darling goes the distance, defeating Philadelphia at Shea Stadium, 3 - 1. The Amazins also copped the division flag in 1969, 1973 and 1986.
- 1990 - Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs steals his 300th base in an 11 - 5 loss to the New York Mets, becoming only the second player in major league history with 300 home runs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits. Willie Mays is the other.
- 1993:
- Pitcher Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers faces just three Seattle batters before hurting his right elbow in what turns out to be the last appearance of his career. Ryan finishes with 324 wins, 5,714 strikeouts and seven no-hitters.
- The Colorado Rockies play their final home game of their inaugural season and finish with a major league home attendance record. The Rockies played before 4,483,350 fans at Mile High Stadium this year.
- 1996 - Barry Larkin becomes the first shortstop to become a member of the 30-30 club when he goes deep off Donovan Osborne in the 5th inning in the Reds' 6 - 3 victory over St. Louis. The future Hall of Fame infielder joins teammate Eric Davis as only the second Cincinnati player to accomplish the feat.
- 1997:
- Thanks to the Mets beating the Marlins, the Braves, prior to their 3 - 2 win over the Expos, capture the National League East title. The title is the sixth straight division flag for Atlanta, which breaks the major league record, as long as one does not count the 1994 season, in whch they were in second place when the strike ended things prematurely.
- Jeff Bagwell steals third base against Mike Remlinger of Cincinnati to become the first 30-30 player in franchise history. Houston tops the Reds, 6 - 3. A four-run 8th is the difference, keyed by a two-run pinch single by Bill Spiers.
- 1998:
- Jose Canseco, in the Blue Jays' 7 - 3 victory over Baltimore at the SkyDome, hits his 45th and 46th home runs, setting a new career high. The Toronto DH will finish his 17-year major league career with 462 round-trippers, but his admitted use of steroids will taint his accomplishment.
- Mariner Ken Griffey Jr., with his American League-leading 54th and 55th home runs of the season, joins Yankees Babe Ruth (1930-1932) and Lou Gehrig (1926-1934) as the only players to drive in 140 or more runs in at least three consecutive seasons. During his 22-year tenure in the major leagues, Junior will average 111 runs batted in per 162 games.
- Braves backup backstop Eddie Perez's solo home run in Atlanta's 4 - 1 win over Florida is the team's 208th round-tripper this season, breaking a 32-year-old franchise record. Atlanta will finish the season with 215 homers, with Andres Galarraga being the club leader with 44.
- John Olerud ties Barry Bonds' National League record of reaching base 15 consecutive times when he walks in the 1st inning. The Mets first baseman will ground out in the 3rd, falling one short of the 1957 major league mark set by Ted Williams.
- Tony Clark becomes the first Detroit player since Rudy York (1940-1941) to drive in 100 runs in each of his first two full seasons in the Motor City. The Tiger first baseman, who will finish the season with 103 RBIs, drove in 117 runs last season.
- 2000:
- Jose Lima of the Houston Astros sets a National League single-season record by allowing his 47th home run in the Astros' 12 - 5 loss to Cincinnati. The major league record for home runs allowed in a season is 50, set by Minnesota's Bert Blyleven in 1986. At the same time, Richard Hidalgo homers twice for Houston, allowing them to set the league record for most homers by a team (they will finish with 249).
- Mets closer Armando Benitez blanks the Phillies in the 9th for his 39th save, breaking southpaw John Franco's club record. The left-handed bullpen veteran also appears in the Mets' 9 - 6 win.
- 2002:
- In the last game ever played at Cinergy Field, the Phillies complete a three-game sweep, defeating the Reds, 4 - 3, in front of many of the team's former superstars except for the banished Pete Rose. The all-time hit leader, however, is not forgotten as Tom Browning paints Rose's uniform number, 14, on the pitcher's mound after the game with red spray paint and, as home plate is dug up and to be delivered next door to Great American Ball Park, the crowd begins to chant, "Pete, Pete".
- Greg Maddux pitches seven innings of four-hit ball as the Braves beat the Marlins, 4 - 1. "Mad Dog" joins Cy Young as one of only two pitchers in baseball history to win at least 15 games in 15 consecutive seasons.
- Chicago first baseman Fred McGriff becomes the first player to hit 30 home runs in a season for five different teams (Blue Jays, Padres, Braves, Devil Rays and Cubs). The "Crime Dog's" 1st-inning PNC Park poke also sets a record for being the 42nd major league park in which he's gone yard, one more than Ellis Burks.
- 2003:
- Detroit sets an American League record with its 118th loss, falling 12 - 6 to Kansas City. The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics (36-117) had held the record. The Tigers will finish with 119 losses.
- Second baseman Alfonso Soriano breaks a major league season record by hitting his 13th leadoff home run of the year in the New York Yankees' ten-inning loss to the Chicago White Sox.
- For only the third time in major league history, a Korean pitcher and a Japanese pitcher oppose one another as Expos hurler Tomo Ohka faces the Mets Jae Weong Seo at Shea Stadium. Both Pacific Rim right-handers throw well, but neither gets the decision as Montreal beats the Mets on a misplayed fly ball in the 9th, 4 - 2.
- 2004:
- Raúl Ibañez of the Seattle Mariners ties an American League record with six hits in Seattle's 16 - 6 victory over the Anaheim Angels.
- When he whiffs Albert Pujols in the 3 - 2 loss to the Cardinals, Ben Sheets breaks the Brewers' single-season strikeout record. The 26-year-old Louisiana native surpasses Teddy Higuera's mark of 240 established in 1987.
- 2005 - On the day he is scheduled to return to the team after rehabilitating his right knee and left ankle at home, the Orioles inform Rafael Palmeiro not to report to the team. The 1B/DH, who tested positive for steroids earlier in the season, continues to stir up more controversy as he states the reason for failing the drug test is due to a vitamin B-12 shot given by his teammate, Miguel Tejada.
- 2007 - Moises Alou hits safely in his 26th straight game, setting a new franchise mark for the New York Mets.
- 2008 - The Mets fall to one game up in the wild card race, losing 9 - 5 to the Cubs. Chicago clinches home field advantage for the postseason. Pitcher Jason Marquis hits a grand slam and drives in five in the win. It is the second grand slam by a pitcher off New York hurlers this year, the first team since the 1977 Cubs to allow two such slams. Jon Niese takes his first major league loss.
- 2009:
- The Yankees are the first team to clinch a postseason spot this year after a 6 - 5 win over the Angels. Alex Rodriguez drives in Brett Gardner on a sacrifice fly in the 9th; he has a homer and three RBI in the game. Mariano Rivera pitches a scoreless 9th inning for the save.
- Mark Reynolds of the Diamondbacks strikes out three times against the Giants to reach 206 for the year, breaking his own record of 204 set last season. Arizona still wins, 10 - 8, thanks to nine runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings.
- 2011:
- Matt Moore strikes out 11 in five innings in his first major league start as the Rays beat the Yankees, 15 - 8. The wins prevents a four-game sweep and moves the Rays back within two games of Boston in the wild card race. Having clinched the AL East title the previous day, the Yankees use a line-up full of youngsters and trail 13 - 0 after five innings as Moore earns his first major league win.
- The Cardinals blow a 6 - 2 9th-inning lead in losing to the Mets, 8 - 6. SS Rafael Furcal misplays a potential double play grounder to start New York's six-run outburst. Jason Motte walks three batters - who all score - and Marc Rzepczynski is charged with the loss. The loss is only St. Louis's third over their last 16 games and they are two games back of Atlanta in the National League wild card race.
- T&A San Marino wins the 2011 European Cup, less than two weeks after taking the Italian Series. In the European Cup finale, they rout Parma, 7 - 1, behind a complete game from Brazilian Tiago Da Silva, two homers from veteran Jairo Ramos Gizzi and a grand slam by catcher and MVP Mattia Reginato. In the game to determine third place, Unipol Bologna rallies from a 9 - 4 deficit to beat the Amsterdam Pirates, 10 - 9. Juan Carlos Infante drives in the winner in the bottom of the 9th.
- 2012:
- With their sixth straight win, 8 - 4 over the Padres, the Giants clinch the NL West title. They have won 18 of their last 24 games to turn what was a close race with the Dodgers into a blowout. Madison Bumgarner picks up his 16th win.
- The Yankees and Orioles both win in extra innings as they remain separated by one game in their epic race for the AL East crown. New York trails Oakland, 9 - 5, going into the bottom of the 13th after three A's homers, but the Yankees manage to tie the game and win, 10 - 9, on a 14th-inning run. For its part, Baltimore scores three times in the 13th to beat Boston, 9 - 6, for the team's 16th consecutive extra-innings win.
- Canada uses its bats to pound home team Germany, 16 - 7, and reach the finals of its pool in the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers in Regensburg. Germany will now play Great Britain, after the Brits' 12 - 5 win over the Czech Republic eliminates the Bohemians. In the other pool in Jupiter, FL, South Africa scores three runs in the 11th inning to eliminate France, 5 - 2, in the completion of a game suspended by rain after nine innings yesterday. The South Africans then face Spain, but lose, 13 - 3, also bowing out of the tournament.
- 2013:
- Two teams clinch division titles today. The Athletics secure their second straight AL West crown with an 11 - 7 win over the Twins as Coco Crisp hits a three-run homer and Jed Lowrie and Daric Barton add solo shots, negating a homer and six RBIs by Twins rookie Oswaldo Arcia. In the NL East, Atlanta wins its first title since 2005 as its closest pursuers, the Nationals, lose, 4 - 2, to the Marlins. The Braves then defeat the Cubs, 5 - 2, as they now set their eyes on finishing the year with the best record in the National League.
- With most of the interest now focused on the wild card races, the Indians compete a four-game sweep of the Astros with a 9 - 2 win to hold on to one of the two spots available in the American League. The Indians become the first team since the 1961 Yankees to record six four-game sweeps in one season.
- T&A San Marino becomes the third team to win three straight Italian Baseball League titles. Down two games to none on the road, they sweep Rimini in the final three to win it. Today, Jim Magrane allows two hits and no runs in seven innings to lead San Marino to a 4 - 1 win over Rimini in the finale of the 2013 Italian Series. Simone Albanese scores one and drives in two for San Marino, while Joe Mazzuca scores two and drives in one. Magrane (2 R in 21 IP for the Series), working on just one day off, is named Series MVP, becoming the first player to be MVP of both the Taiwan Series and Italian Series.
- 2014:
- One day after being mathematically eliminated at the end of a disappointing season, the Braves fire General Manager Frank Wren, who had been in place since 2007. John Hart takes over on an interim basis.
- The Royals split a sort-of doubleheader with the Indians to move within one game of the Tigers in the AL Central. The evening starts with Kansas City taking a 4 - 3 loss in the completion of a game suspended on August 31st with Cleveland having just taken a 4 - 2 lead in the 10th; the Royals score a run in the bottom of the inning but fail to extend the contest. In the regularly scheduled game, Danny Duffy pitches six scoreless innings for a 2 - 0 win. Cleveland is now three and a half games behind K.C. and is virtually eliminated from contention.
- The Pirates play their third consecutive 1 - 0 game as they defeat the Braves by that score, reducing their magic number to clinch a postseason slot to two. Francisco Liriano is the winner, thanks to a 6th-inning solo homer by Andrew McCutchen. The Bucs won two of the three contests, whereas the last team to play three such games before them, the 1960 Phillies, had lost all three.
- 2015:
- Jake Arrieta of the Cubs becomes the first 20-game winner in the major leagues this year when he defeats the Brewers, 4 - 0, becoming the first Cubs pitcher to reach the mark since Jon Lieber in 2001. 3B Kris Bryant sets a club record for a rookie by belting his 26th homer.
- Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra, winner of three MVP Awards who also holds the all-time record by playing in 14 World Series, passes away at age 90. He is just as famous for his aphorisms, and one of them is appropriate for the occasion: "You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours."
- The Fresno Grizzlies beat the Columbus Clippers, 7 - 0, in the Triple-A National Championship Game. Chris Devenski throws a perfect game for five innings before Audy Ciriaco singles; Devenski fans nine in seven innings of one-hit ball. Alex Presley has three hits, two runs and a RBI.
- 2016 - The Pakistani national team makes its debut in a global event, having previously finished as high as fifth in the Asian Games and Asian Championship. As anticipated, they lose to Brazil in the opener of the 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers Pool D, but they are not completely overmatched, losing 10 - 0 and getting four hits while making one error. Faqir Hussain goes 2 for 2 as their top performer. Brazil's Jean Tomé, Eric Pardinho and Edilson Batista combine on the shutout, while Juan Carlos Muniz hits an inside-the-park two-run homer.
- 2017 - The Dodgers clinch a fifth consecutive NL West title with a 4 - 2 win over the Giants. In the game, Cody Bellinger hits his 39th homer of the year, setting a new National League record for rookies, erasing the mark of 38 that was shared by Wally Berger and Frank Robinson.
- 2018:
- The young Atlanta Braves clinch the NL East title with a 5 - 3 win over the Phillies. This caps a remarkable season in which the Braves inserted themselves among the league's best teams ahead of schedule after completing a thorough rebuilding.
- In Sweden, the Leksand Lumberjacks win their record 22nd Elitserien title, topping the defending champion Sölvesborg Firehawks three games to one in the finals.
- 2019:
- The Israeli national team wins the 2019 Europe/Africa Olympic Qualifier to become the second country to get a spot in the 2020 Olympics. Needing a win today, they rout South Africa, 11 - 1, behind the pitching of Joey Wagman and three RBI apiece from Danny Valencia and Blake Gailen. Kalian Sams drives in three in the Netherlands' 8 - 3 romp of host Italy to move on to the 2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament. Czechia finishes a surprising third with a 7 - 3 win over Spain, Martin Schneider driving in four runs.
- George Springer hits three home runs and Justin Verlander records his 20th win of the season as Houston defeats the Angels, 13 - 5, to clinch the AL West title.
- 2022 - The Brewers, in the chase for a wild card spot, defeat the Reds, 5 - 1, thanks to three homers and five RBIs from an unlikely source, 2B Kolten Wong; it is the first time Wong has that many homers or RBIs in a major league game.
- 2023:
- By hitting his 40th homer of the season, Ronald Acuña Jr. becomes just the fifth member of the exclusive 40-40 club consisting of players who have hit 40 homers and stolen 40 bases in the same season. He already has over 60 steals, the first player to ever combine the two totals, and will finish the season with 73. The Braves defeat the Nationals, 9 - 6.
- For the second time in a month, Aaron Judge hits three homers in a game to lead the Yankees to a 7 - 1 lead over the Diamondbacks. Judge had never had such a game before this year, and becomes the first player in Yankees history to have two in one season.
- 2024:
- The White Sox have a 2 - 1 lead heading into the bottom of the 8th inning, but the Padres rally for three runs off relievers Prelander Berroa and Fraser Ellard for a 4 - 2 win. It is Chicago's 120th loss of the season, setting a new American League record and tying the major league mark set by the 1962 New York Mets.
- The Twins see their hopes for a postseason berth dealt a serious blow when they lose both ends of a doubleheader against the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 8 - 1 and 9 - 3. Triston Casas hits three homers for Boston in the opener. The Twins are passed by the Tigers, who beat Baltimore, 4 - 3, as they continue to be the hottest team in the majors since the beginning of August. Meanwhile the Royals lose their seventh straight, 2 - 0 to San Francisco, and are now tied with Detroit.
- The Reds, well out of contention, fire manager David Bell after six seasons and replace him on an interim basis by veteran coach Freddie Benavides.
Births[edit]
- 1856 - Jake Evans, outfielder/pitcher (d. 1907)
- 1856 - Joe Quinn, catcher (d. ????)
- 1862 - Bob Keating, pitcher (d. 1922)
- 1867 - Charlie Dewald, pitcher (d. 1904)
- 1867 - Bill Joyce, infielder, manager (d. 1941)
- 1869 - Harry Stein, minor league catcher (d. 1927)
- 1869 - Reuben Stephenson, outfielder (d. 1924)
- 1870 - Doc Powers, catcher (d. 1909)
- 1875 - Doc Marshall, catcher (d. 1959)
- 1878 - Jack Himes, outfielder (d. 1949)
- 1879 - Bert Conn, pitcher/infielder (d. 1944)
- 1880 - Jack Flater, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1880 - Ed Pinnance, pitcher (d. 1944)
- 1881 - Carl Sitton, pitcher (d. 1931)
- 1884 - Jack Cameron, outfielder (d. 1963)
- 1884 - Grover Land, catcher (d. 1958)
- 1885 - Walter Lonergan, infielder (d. 1958)
- 1885 - Fred Stem, infielder (d. 1964)
- 1888 - Pelayo Chacón, infielder; manager (d. 1971)
- 1889 - Hooks Dauss, pitcher (d. 1963)
- 1890 - Denney Wilie, outfielder (d. 1966)
- 1893 - Ira Flagstead, outfielder (d. 1940)
- 1893 - Pat French, outfielder (d. 1969)
- 1894 - Frank Walker, outfielder (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Austin McHenry, outfielder (d. 1922)
- 1900 - Bud Heine, infielder (d. 1976)
- 1902 - Ollie Marquardt, infielder (d. 1968)
- 1903 - Chuck Hostetler, outfielder (d. 1971)
- 1903 - Charles Moore, minor league catcher (d. 1953)
- 1905 - Larry Bettencourt, outfielder (d. 1978)
- 1907 - Pie Vann, college coach (d. 1982)
- 1908 - Jim Holloway, pitcher (d. 1997)
- 1910 - Frank Blake, pitcher (d. ????)
- 1911 - John Tapley, infielder (d. 1956)
- 1915 - Reese Diggs, pitcher (d. 1978)
- 1917 - Anse Moore, outfielder (d. 1993)
- 1918 - Harry Walker, outfielder, manager; All-Star (d. 1999)
- 1920 - Larry Eschen, infielder (d. 2015)
- 1920 - Bob Lemon, pitcher, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2000)
- 1922 - Johnnie Scroggins, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1923 - Tom Wright, outfielder (d. 2017)
- 1925 - Daniel Beck, minor league outfielder (d. 2012)
- 1925 - Elmer Schoendienst, minor league infielder (d. 2001)
- 1927 - Tommy Lasorda, pitcher, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 2021)
- 1928 - Alex Cosmidis, scout (d. 2019)
- 1928 - Burdette Thurlby, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 2000)
- 1929 - Harry Bright, infielder (d. 2000)
- 1930 - Bob Harrison, pitcher (d. 2023)
- 1930 - Robert Hartig, minor league pitcher (d. 1992)
- 1930 - Yukichi Maeda, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1930 - George Zuraw, scout (d. 2020)
- 1931 - Ken Aspromonte, infielder, manager
- 1933 - Takashi Suzuki, NPB pitcher
- 1934 - Lou Johnson, outfielder (d. 2020)
- 1934 - Jim Raugh, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1936 - Doug Camilli, catcher
- 1936 - Tadao Wako, NPB pitcher (d. 1998)
- 1939 - Stover McIlwain, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1944 - Jim Fairey, outfielder
- 1946 - Larry Dierker, pitcher, manager; All-Star
- 1947 - Kenichi Yazawa, NPB outfielder
- 1951 - Alvin McGrew, minor league outfielder
- 1952 - Dell Alston, outfielder
- 1952 - Fortunato López, Mexican national team infielder
- 1953 - Juan Navarrete, minor league infielder; Salón de la Fama
- 1954 - Hal Dues, pitcher (d. 2020)
- 1955 - Jeffrey Leonard, outfielder; All-Star
- 1956 - Hung-Mao Huang, Chinese Taipei national team catcher
- 1956 - Hiromichi Ishige, NPB infielder and manager
- 1957 - Wen-Sheng Hsiao, college coach
- 1958 - Dave Sax, catcher
- 1959 - Wally Backman, infielder
- 1959 - Lee Graham, outfielder
- 1959 - John Stefero, catcher
- 1960 - Mark Hirschbeck, umpire
- 1961 - Vince Coleman, outfielder; All-Star
- 1961 - Bob Geren, catcher
- 1962 - Mark Berry, coach
- 1962 - Jeff Peterek, pitcher (d. 2023)
- 1962 - Ray Stephens, catcher
- 1963 - Jaime Moreno, minor league catcher and manager
- 1965 - Mark Guthrie, pitcher
- 1965 - John Schofield, minor league pitcher
- 1967 - John Briscoe, pitcher
- 1967 - P.J. Forbes, infielder
- 1967 - Matt Howard, infielder
- 1967 - Doug Lindsey, catcher
- 1967 - Mike Malley, minor league pitcher
- 1967 - Wen-Chien Shu, Taiwanese national team infielder
- 1969 - Jeff Barry, outfielder
- 1969 - Cesar Devarez, catcher
- 1969 - Julian Heredia, minor league pitcher
- 1969 - Paul Romanoli, minor league pitcher
- 1970 - Jeff Clarke, minor league infielder
- 1970 - Mike Matheny, catcher and manager
- 1971 - Vince Moore, minor league outfielder
- 1971 - Darrell Richardson, minor league pitcher
- 1971 - Hiroki Sakai, NPB pitcher
- 1972 - Jeff Isom, minor league pitcher and manager
- 1972 - Joe Tuquero, Guam national team infielder
- 1973 - Myong-ju Cha, KBO pitcher
- 1973 - Kittiphon Mekmahasachan, Thai national team pitcher
- 1974 - Satoshi Kashibuchi, Japanese national team outfielder
- 1975 - Luis Garcia, outfielder
- 1975 - Danny Klassen, infielder
- 1976 - Qinghua Li, China Baseball League outfielder
- 1976 - Yi-Min Yang, TML outfielder
- 1977 - Chien-Feng Ko, CPBL outfielder
- 1979 - Charlton Jimerson, outfielder
- 1980 - Josephang Bernhardt, minor league infielder
- 1980 - Ming-Chuan Lu, CPBL pitcher
- 1980 - Joseph Orillana, Philippines national team infielder
- 1981 - Munkhsaikhan Chultem, Mongolian national team catcher
- 1981 - Derell McCall, minor league pitcher
- 1981 - Alexei Ramírez, infielder; All-Star
- 1981 - Justin Ramsey, minor league pitcher
- 1981 - Tetsuto Tomabechi, NPB pitcher
- 1982 - Mario Matulich, minor league player
- 1982 - Nick Pereira, minor league pitcher
- 1983 - Che-Yi Su, CPBL pitcher
- 1984 - Jim Casey, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Brian Juhl, minor league player
- 1985 - Roy Merritt, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Mattia Campanini, Italian Baseball League infielder
- 1986 - Jose Jimenez, minor league player
- 1986 - Arcenio León, pitcher
- 1986 - Hyun-joon Park, KBO pitcher
- 1986 - Chris Schwinden, pitcher
- 1988 - Doug Anglin, Irish national team infielder
- 1988 - Jae-hwan Kim, KBO outfielder
- 1989 - Yuichi Adachi, NPB catcher
- 1991 - Tyler Alexander, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Patricia Segovia, Venezuelan women's national team pitcher
- 1992 - Andrew Chin, minor league pitcher
- 1992 - Sam Coonrod, pitcher
- 1992 - Chris Ellis, pitcher
- 1993 - Mauricio Cabrera, pitcher
- 1993 - Lars Huijer, minor league pitcher
- 1993 - Hunter Owen, outfielder
- 1994 - Carlos Bustamante, minor league pitcher
- 1994 - Carlos Correa, infielder; All-Star
- 1994 - Hunter Hubbard, college coach
- 1994 - Spencer Jones, minor league pitcher
- 1994 - Corey Ray, outfielder
- 1994 - Jake Thompson, minor league pitcher
- 1995 - Justin Dunn, pitcher
- 1995 - Calvin Faucher, pitcher
- 1995 - James Karinchak, pitcher
- 1995 - Luis Ortiz, pitcher
- 1995 - Taisuke Yamaoka, NPB pitcher
- 1996 - Erick Julio, minor league pitcher
- 1997 - Juan De Paula, minor league pitcher
- 1997 - Franklin German, pitcher
- 1997 - Jeremy Peña, infielder
- 1999 - Eric Torres, minor league pitcher
- 2000 - Keith Arevalo, Venezuelan national team pitcher
- 2000 - Javier Vaz, minor league infielder
- 2001 - Cheng-Hua Lin, CPBL outfielder
- 2002 - Adrian Pinto, minor league infielder
- 2003 - Rayne Doncon, minor league infielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1886 - Tom Oran, outfielder (b. 1847)
- 1906 - George Davies, pitcher (b. 1868)
- 1919 - Harry Sullivan, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1925 - Dave Beatle, catcher/outfielder (b. 1864)
- 1926 - Tom Johnson, pitcher; umpire (b. 1889)
- 1929 - Elton Chamberlain, pitcher (b. 1867)
- 1932 - Hughie Hearne, catcher (b. 1873)
- 1933 - George Fields, infielder (b. 1852)
- 1934 - Tom Messitt, catcher (b. 1874)
- 1942 - Wiley Davis, pitcher (b. 1875)
- 1943 - Larry Hesterfer, pitcher (b. 1878)
- 1944 - Steve O'Rourke, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1887)
- 1949 - Matty Fitzgerald, catcher (b. 1880)
- 1955 - Louis Drucke, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1956 - Jesse Tannehill, pitcher (b. 1874)
- 1959 - Buck Beltzer, minor league player and manager (b. 1888)
- 1960 - Joe Bernard, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1963 - Amado Maestri, minor league umpire; Salon de la Fama (b. 1889)
- 1964 - Red Torkelson, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1965 - Biz Mackey, catcher, manager; All-Star, Hall of Fame (b. 1897)
- 1976 - Tadashi Kameda, NPB pitcher (b. 1912)
- 1980 - Tommy Neill, outfielder (b. 1919)
- 1983 - John Fallings, pitcher (b. 1926)
- 1989 - Chuffy Alexander, outfielder (b. 1902)
- 1989 - Bob Calihan, college coach (b. 1918)
- 1992 - Tony Hinkle, college coach (b. 1899)
- 1992 - Aurelio Lopez, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1948)
- 1996 - Joanne Winter, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1924)
- 1997 - Eddie Sawyer, manager (b. 1910)
- 1998 - Xiu-Xiong Chen, CPBL manager; Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1943)
- 1998 - Bill Williams, umpire (b. 1930)
- 2000 - Bill Sommers, infielder (b. 1923)
- 2002 - Don Carlsen, pitcher (b. 1926)
- 2004 - Cy Block, infielder (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Monty Basgall, infielder (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Mike Ulisney, catcher (b. 1917)
- 2007 - Bill Harman, pitcher/catcher (b. 1919)
- 2008 - Ed Oliger, umpire (b. 1942)
- 2009 - Jim Sieval, Hoofdklasse infielder (b. 1952)
- 2010 - Bob Shaw, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1933)
- 2012 - Yu-Lung Pang, TML outfielder (b. 1975)
- 2014 - V. Jerry Blue, National Baseball Congress executive (b. 1933)
- 2015 - Yogi Berra, catcher, manager; All-Star, Hall of Fame (b. 1925)
- 2019 - Don Schulte, scout (b. 1936)
- 2021 - Tom Carroll, infielder (b. 1936)
- 2021 - Mike Overy, pitcher (b. 1951)
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