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Events

• 1889 - Boston (National League) beats Cleveland 6 - 3 in seven innings, while New York ties Pittsburgh, 3 - 3, in six innings. This leaves Boston trailing by .002 with a record of 80-43 compared to New York's 79-42. Each club has five games left.
• 1901 - The visiting New York Giants drop a pair to the Cards, as John McGraw uses position players on the mound. Heinie Smith, primarily a second baseman, makes his only career start in the first game and completes a 12 - 4 loss to the Redbirds. He bats seventh and hits a homer. Jim Jones also makes his only career start in the second match and loses, 6 - 5, in a game called in the 6th inning because of darkness. Jones bats second in the opener and plays RF, and bats leadoff in the nitecap, going 0 for 4 in each.
• 1903 - The seasonal contracts for Boston players expire and owner Henry Killilea offers a two-week extension to cover the upcoming World Series. This offer is later increased to head off a players' strike.
• 1904 - White Sox pitcher Doc White pitches his fifth shutout in eighteen days. The southpaw pitches six of his season total of seven shutouts in September.
• 1905 - The Athletics take two of three from Chicago at home to all but end the White Sox's pennant hopes. The final margin is two games. The series draws 64,620, a major league record, with thousands more turned away each day.
• 1906 - Boston American pitcher Rube Kroh shuts out the Browns, 2 - 0, in his first big league start.
• 1907:
  • An overflow crowd lines the outfield at Philadelphia's Columbia Park for the showdown doubleheader between the A's and Tigers. In the first game, the home team gets off to a 7 - 1 lead against 25-game winner Bill Donovan. But Rube Waddell, who relieves in the 2nd, fails to hold the lead. A two-run home run by Ty Cobb ties it 8 - 8 in the 9th. Both teams score once in the 11th; an umpire's ruling costs Philadelphia the game in the 14th: Harry Davis hits a long fly into the crowd in left-centerfield, ordinarily a ground-rule double. As Tiger CF Sam Crawford goes to the crowd's edge, a policeman stands up and moves, either to interfere or to get out of the way. Home plate umpire Silk O'Loughlin says there is no interference, then reverses his ruling when base umpire Tom Connolly offers a different opinion. When play resumes, the Athletics' Danny Murphy hits a long single that would have scored Davis. The game is called because of darkness in the 17th, a 9 - 9 tie. The second game is never played. The Tigers, in first place, leave for Washington where they will win four and finish one and a half games in front.
  • Cardinals' first baseman Ed Konetchy steals home twice in the same game. St. Louis swipes home plate a record three times during the contest.
• 1908 - The Pirates top the Cards at home, 7 - 5, as Sam Leever wins in relief of Vic Willis. The win puts the Pirates all alone in second place, .004 points behind the Giants.
• 1910:
  • Browns 3B Ray Jansen gets four hits in five at-bats in his debut, the only game he will play in the majors. Speeding his exit are his three errors at the hot corner.
  • In a shootout at the Polo Grounds, Beals Becker hits a pinch inside-the-park grand slam as the Giants outslug Brooklyn, 17 - 8. It is the second such pinch slam in major league history; Mike O'Neill hit the first.
• 1911:
  • At the West Side Grounds, Red Ames gives the Giants a needed 3 - 1 victory over the second-place Cubs.
  • In a field day at Chicago, Ed Walsh hits a fungo 419' ½", beating a 413' 8½" drive by Cincinnati's Mike Mitchell on September 11, 1907.
• 1912 - The Giants foil Grover Cleveland Alexander's bid for a 20th victory, beating the Phils, 4 - 2. King Bader, making his first start, is the winner.
• 1913:
  • Washington shuts out the A's again, winning 3 - 0, as 17-year-old outfielder Merito Acosta collects two hits and swipes third base in the 4th inning. Yesterday, the Cuban teenager was caught trying in his steal attempt.
  • The Phillies are two and one for the day, finishing the game of August 30th with the Giants, and splitting two more. The Phils win, 8 - 6, with the loss going to Christy Mathewson, in the disputed game. Mathewson and Rube Marquard then combine to beat the Phils, 8 - 3, before the Quakers return the favor, 4 - 3.
• 1914:
  • The Robins stop Grover Cleveland Alexander's win streak at nine games, defeating the Phils, 2 - 1, behind Jeff Pfeffer. Alex is done in by three Phillie errors.
  • In front of a handful of fans, the pennant-winning Braves top the Giants, 7 - 1 in the first of two. Boston then beats up Christy Mathewson for six runs in three innings, but the game ends in a 7 - 7 tie. For the second year in a row Matty (24-13) will finish with more victories than walks (23).
• 1915 - The Red Sox clinch the American League pennant as St. Louis beats Detroit, giving Boston a two-and-a-half--game margin. The World Series is now set for another Boston-Philadelphia matchup, but with the leagues reversed.
• 1916:
  • Red Sox CF Tilly Walker, imitating Tris Speaker, his predecessor, dashes in for a low line drive and beats the runner back to second base for an unassisted double play. It is an important play, as Dutch Leonard defeats Nick Cullop of the Yankees, 1 - 0, in the 10th on Harry Hooper's sacrifice fly. The win clinches a tie for the pennant for Boston.
  • Behind Eppa Rixey, the Phils take the morning game with Brooklyn, and now lead the NL by a half game. Brooklyn takes the nitecap, 6 - 1, behind Rube Marquard and they hammer Grover Cleveland Alexander for 11 hits including a homer by Casey Stengel. The Phils also lose SS Dave Bancroft when he breaks his ankle running to first base; Bancroft had injured the leg earlier in the game while fielding a ball.
  • In the opener of a doubleheader, Giants pitcher Rube Benton takes a no-hitter into the 8th inning before Braves 1B Ed Konetchy repeats his performance of two days ago by lacing a hit, the only Boston safety. Benton wins the one-hitter, 4 - 0, for New York's record 26th win in a row. Boston then wins the second game, 8 - 3, behind Lefty Tyler to snap the historic streak. Jeff Tesreau, in relief of Slim Sallee, is ineffective. Despite the winning streak, and an earlier skein of 17 victories on the road, New York finishes in fourth place.
  • In his 153rd game, Tiger 3B Ossie Vitt raises his season total chances to 615, a mark that will stand for 21 years.
• 1917:
  • Detroit's future Hall of Fame OF Sam Crawford retires from major league baseball at 37. In addition to his career-record 312 three-base hits, he has hit 50 inside-the-park home runs. He will play in the Pacific Coast League for several more years.
  • The Cubs finish the season with a 9 - 2 loss to the visiting Braves. Vic Saier, out with a broken leg he suffered on April 15th, starts at 1B and goes 3 for 4 in his last game as a Cub. He'll play in 1919 with the Pirates.
  • Jim Bagby scatters 11 hits to give the Indians a 2 - 1 win over the Senators as Cleveland completes its schedule. Cleveland's leadoff man, OF Jack Graney, walks once to lead the American League with 94 walks despite a .241 batting average. No other player will lead a league in walks with such a low a batting average until Gene Tenace with Oakland in 1974 draws 110 walks with a .211 BA. In 1919 Graney will walk 105 times and bat .234.
• 1921:
  • It is Rogers Hornsby Day at Sportsman's Park, and the Cardinal star celebrates by pounding out a home run and two doubles against Pittsburgh to lead the third-place Cardinals to a 12 - 4 win. Hornsby will go hitless in his last two games, dropping his final average to .397 for the year, still the best in the National League. Teammates Austin McHenry and Jack Fournier will be second and third in hitting in the circuit.
  • Prior to the Braves-Giants game, the Giants Old Timers take on the Giants regulars in a five-inning contest. 20,000 fans cheer as former stars Christy Mathewson, Roger Bresnahan, Hooks Wiltse, Art Devlin, Larry Doyle and Fred Tenney whip the current Giants, 2 - 0. The regular game is called because of rain after one inning, but only 4,000 fans ask for a refund.
• 1922:
  • In the second of two at Cubs Park, the Cards whip the Cubs, 5 - 3, in a game stopped after five innings. The big blow for the Birds is a three-run homer in the 1st inning by journeyman infielder Del Gainer off Cubs lefty Percy Jones. When Jones is lifted, so is Gainer, who closes out his career with the home run. The Cards also take the opener, 9 - 8.
  • The Yankees clinch their second pennant by beating Boston, 3 - 1, behind Waite Hoyt and Joe Bush.
• 1923 - On Zack Wheat day in Brooklyn, the Phils' Cy Williams ties the score in the 7th with his 39th homer and seals the win in the 12th with his 40th. The Phils win 6 - 4. Wheat has two hits and receives an automobile.
• 1924 - In the only game scheduled, the Series-bound Senators lose a laugher, 13 - 1, to the Red Sox. Coach Nick Altrock, 48, pitches the last two innings for the Nats and gives up a run, while driving in the lone tally with a triple. With the Red Sox outfielders making little attempt to run the ball down, Altrock is the oldest player in major league history to hit a triple. Howard Ehmke is the winning pitcher but still leads the American League in losses with 17, the same number of losses he's had the previous two years.
• 1927 - With the score tied 2 - 2 in the 8th, Mark Koenig triples and Babe Ruth hits home run number 60 off Tom Zachary for a 4 - 2 win. In the 9th, Walter Johnson makes his final appearance as a player. He pinch-hits for Zachary and flies out to Ruth. Ruth hits 17 homers in September, the highest month's home run output till Rudy York's 18 in August 1937.
• 1928:
  • White Sox rookie Bob Weiland makes his first major league start, beating the second-place A's, 1 - 0. The A's leave 12 men on base.
  • In Washington's 9 - 1 win over the Browns, Washington OF Goose Goslin, for the third day in a row, gets two hits, one a 9th-inning looping single, to edge Browns OF Heinie Manush .379 to .378 for the batting title. It is Goose's only title in his 18-year career. Nats ace Sam Jones volunteers to pitch to stop Manush, while George Blaeholder tries the same for St. Louis. Blaeholder gets Goslin in his first two at bats, but Goose then hits a 5th-inning home run.
• 1933:
  • With the visiting Phillies leading 1 - 0 in the 4th, Boston's Wally Berger clouts a grand slam and the Braves hold on to win, clinching fourth place. It is Boston's highest finish in 14 years.
  • In a 12 - 2 romp over the Cardinals, Babe Herman of the Chicago Cubs hits for the cycle, the third time he has performed the feat. Guy Bush wins his 20th game, beating Dizzy Dean who finishes the season at 20-18.
• 1934:
  • Babe Ruth is hitless in his last game in a Yankee uniform.
  • Coach Charley O'Leary scores a run as a pinch hitter for the Browns at age 52 - the oldest major league player ever to do so.
  • Dizzy Dean clinches the pennant for the Cardinals with his 30th win, 9 - 0 over the Reds, as the Dodgers again beat the Giants, 8 - 5.
• 1936 - In the World Series opener, Carl Hubbell scatters seven hits and limits the Yankees to a solo home run by George Selkirk. The Giants take a decisive 6 - 1 win.
• 1938 - Jimmie Wilson resigns as manager of the Phillies. He will be replaced by Doc Prothro.
• 1939 - White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets a major league record with his 61st relief appearance.
• 1942 - Down 7 - 0 to Red Ruffing in the World Series opener, the Cardinals storm back for four 9th-inning runs, not enough to win but enough to portend the result of the Series.
• 1944 - Hal Newhouser wins his 29th as Detroit whips Washington, 7 - 3. The Browns remain tied with Detroit as Denny Galehouse goes all the way, winning, 2 - 0, for his ninth victory of the year.
• 1945:
  • Eddie Stanky draws a walk his first time at bat, his 148th walk of the year, from Hugh Mulcahy, to break Jimmy Sheckard's mark. The Dodgers beat the Phils, 4 - 1.
  • Hank Greenberg hits a pennant-winning grand slam on the final day of the season. The Tiger left fielder's 9th-inning bases-full homer beats the Browns, 6 - 3, clinching the American League flag for Detroit over the second-place Senators.
  • George Stirnweiss of the Yankees gets three hits on the final day to raise his batting average to .309. The White Sox's games are washed out, depriving the veteran Tony Cuccinello of a shot at the batting title. The only other .300 hitter playing full-time is Johnny Dickshot. Neither Cuccinello nor Dickshot will ever play another game in the majors. Only Elmer Flick in 1905 and Carl Yastrzemski in 1968 will ever lead the American League with a lower average than Stirnweiss, but the latter also leads the league with 195 hits, 107 runs, 22 triples, 301 total bases, 33 stolen bases, and a .476 slugging percentage.
• 1947 - Ralph Branca becomes the youngest player to start a World Series opener. At Yankee Stadium, the 21-year, 9-month-old righthander and the Dodgers lose to the Bronx Bombers, 5 - 1.
• 1949:
  • Boston outlasts Washington, 11 - 9, to move into New York for the showdown for the American League pennant.
  • Ralph Kiner hits his 54th homer and 16th in September, as the Pirates beat Herm Wehmeier and the Reds, 3 - 2. The monthly total eclipses Cy Williams's National League mark set in 1923.
• 1950:
  • Before 23,879 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn pulls within one game of the lead, as Erv Palica wins, 7 - 3, over the Phillies. The Brooks rout rookie Bob Miller and then Duke Snider and Roy Campanella pound homers off Jim Konstanty. It is the Phillies' fifth loss in a row, their eighth in ten games. The red-hot Dodgers have now won 13 of their last 16 games. For the second year in a row, the pennant race will come down to the last game. If the Dodgers win tomorrow, the race will end in a three-way tie.
  • P Gerry Staley and Red Munger combine for a doubleheader sweep of the Cubs when the Cards win, 2 - 0 and 4 - 0.
• 1951:
  • The triumphant Yankees beat the Red Sox, 3 - 0, behind Spec Shea's nine-hitter. It is the third shutout in a row for the Yankees staff as they sweep the visiting Red Sox in five games, outscoring them 29 - 4.
  • Preceding the Browns' season closer, the Harlem Globetrotters defeat a team led by baseball clown Max Patkin. The basketball game is played on a wooden court set up behind third base. Then St. Louis ace Ned Garver cops his 20th game of the season, defeating the White Sox, 9 - 5. Garver becomes the only player to win 20 for a last-place team that loses 100 games, as the Browns win just 32 other times.
  • Larry Jansen of the Giants holds on to defeat the Braves, 3 - 2, in Boston as Bobby Thomson hits his 30th home run of the year, and Don Mueller and Monte Irvin each drive home a run.
  • Jackie Robinson hits an upper-deck home run in the 14th inning off Robin Roberts, who came on in the 8th, to give the Dodgers a critical 9 - 8 win over the Phils. Robbie saves the game in the 13th by making a great catch of an Eddie Waitkus line drive and throwing to second base for a double play. In the process, he injures his elbow. Reliever Bud Podbielan is the winner, the victory keeping Brooklyn in a first-place tie with the Giants. Catcher Andy Seminick of the Phils walks five times, the first Phillie to do so in a game. The Dodgers overcome a 6 - 1 deficit to win and set the stage for a playoff with the Giants.
  • The Tigers drive over the slumping Tribe, 2 - 1, behind Virgil Trucks' 13th win of the year.
• 1953 - The Yanks defeat Brooklyn, 9 - 5, in the first game of the World Series. Carl Erskine is ineffective, walking the first three batters who score on a Hank Bauer triple. The Dodgers tie it up 5 - 5, and Clem Labine gets the loss in relief.
• 1954 - With lefty Johnny Antonelli going the distance, the Giants defeat Early Wynn and the Indians, 3 - 1, in Game 2 of the World Series. Dusty Rhodes drives in all the Giants runs with a pinch-hit single and a solo homer. The Indians' only score is a first-pitch home run by leadoff hitter Al Smith.
• 1955 - In Game 3 of the World Series, the Dodgers' Johnny Podres defeats Bob Turley who fails to last two innings against the Bums. C Roy Campanella leads the attack with three hits and three RBI, as Brooklyn wins, 8 - 3.
• 1956:
  • Al Lopez, manager of the Indians since 1951, resigns and is replaced by Kerby Farrell. Lopez, who won 470 while losing 354 for a .570 percentage, had one pennant and five second-place finishes in his six years at the helm.
  • At the age of 16 years and 10 months, Jim Derrington of the White Sox becomes the youngest pitcher to start a major league game this century. The teenager loses to the A's, 7 - 6, but singles, becoming the youngest player to get a hit in the American League.
  • Sandy Amoros and Duke Snider each hit two home runs, as the Brooklyn Dodgers win, 8 - 6, to cop the pennant on the last day of the season.
  • Red Schoendienst of the Giants gets the 2,000th hit of his career, but the Giants lose, 4 - 2, to the Braves.
• 1958 - In the Phillies' 6 - 4, ten-inning win at Pittsburgh, Richie Ashburn clinches the batting title, going 3 for 4 to finish at .3495. Willie Mays, leading off in San Francisco's win over St. Louis, is 3 for 5 to finish at .3466. Dave Philley sets a major-league record for consecutive pinch hits when he doubles in the 7th for his eighth straight pinch hit. Peanuts Lowrey had seven straight pinch hits in 1952.
• 1960 - The Yankees beat the Red Sox, 6 - 5, and set a new American League record for homers with 192. Tony Kubek and Jesse Gonder hit the homers today as the Bombers win their 13th straight.
• 1962:
  • The Mets end their inaugural season with their 120th loss (a 20th century record) as Joe Pignatano hits into an 8th-inning triple play in his last career at-bat.
  • Camilo Pascual draws a tough assignment in rookie John Miller, but beats the Orioles, 1 - 0, on three hits to earn his 20th win. Miller allows two hits to the Twins.
  • In the second of two games, Red Sox 1B Don Gile, hitting 1 for 40 on the year (his one hit came in the first game) breaks a 1 - 1 tie with a two-run homer in the bottom of the 9th off Washington's Jack Jenkins. The homer comes in his last major league at bat and gives Bill Monbouquette the win, 3 - 1. The Yawkeymen lose the opener by the same score as Don Lock drives in all three runs.
  • P Bill Fischer of the Athletics concludes a major-league record string of 84 1/3 consecutive innings without allowing a base on balls, a record that tops Christy Mathewson's mark. Fischer walks Bubba Morton on four straight pitches and loses a 6 - 1 decision to Detroit.
  • Willie Mays' 47th home run, an 8th-inning blast off Dick Farrell (10-20), leads the Giants to a critical 2 - 1 win. They then stay in the clubhouse to hear results of the Dodger game.
  • Gene Oliver's dramatic 9th-inning home run off Johnny Podres gives Curt Simmons and St. Louis a 1 - 0 win against the Dodgers and a three-game sweep at Chavez Ravine. The heartbreaking loss for LA forces the fourth playoff in National League history. The Giants won five of their last seven games, but only seven of their last 17, while the Dodgers managed just three wins in their last 13 games.
  • At Yankee Stadium, Chicago's Ray Herbert tops New York, 8 - 4. Mickey Mantle, batting leadoff to give him needed at bats, is 2 for 3 and qualifies for second place in hitting (.321) with 502 plate appearances. He also hits a home run, giving him eight straight seasons of 30+ homers.
  • With manager Mel McGaha fired for next season, Indians pitching coach Mel Harder guides the Tribe to a sweep of a twinbill of the Angels, winning 4 - 3 and 6 - 1. Harder, 1-0 last year, completes his managerial career at 3-0. McGaha, a guard with the 1948-49 NY Knickerbockers of the BAA, did not play major league baseball, but will come back to manage the A's in 1964 and 1965.
• 1964:
  • In a rarity at Fenway Park, the Indians shut out the Red Sox in a doubleheader winning 5 - 0 and 3 - 0. Rookie Luis Tiant and Sam McDowell go the distance in applying the whitewashes.
  • The Phillies lose their tenth straight game as Curt Simmons of the Cards beats Jim Bunning, 8 - 5. The Phils now trail by two and a half games with just two to play, but have a glimmer of hope since the Cardinals have three games left against the tenth-place Mets.
  • In his first major league at bat, pinch hitter Bill Roman debuts with a homer, the only one of his brief career. Even so, the Tigers lose to New York, 7 - 6, as a Mickey Mantle leadoff home run in the 2nd off Mickey Lolich ignites a five-run rally. New York takes the nightcap, 11 - 8, for a sweep.
  • A total of 36 strikeouts, 19 by Pittsburgh batters, ties the National League record for whiffs in the Pirates' 1 - 0 squeaker against the Reds in 16 innings. Jerry May's squeeze bunt scores the lone run. The loss drops the Reds out of first place with three games left.
• 1965 - Don Drysdale (23-12) pitches a three-hitter and blanks the Braves, 4 - 0. Los Angeles has now won 13 straight games, seven by shutouts.
• 1966 - The White Sox tip the Yankees, 6 - 5, at Comiskey Park. The Yanks will win their next two but finish in tenth place, one-half game behind the Red Sox.
• 1967:
  • Boston beats the Twins, 6 - 4, to tie Minnesota for first place. Carl Yastrzemski's three-run home run gives him the American League-lead with 44, but Harmon Killebrew answers with his 44th for the losers. Meanwhile, Detroit, which had games rained out on the 28th and 29th, plays two with the Angels. Mickey Lolich wins the opener, 5 - 0, his third straight shutout, and Detroit takes a seemingly safe 6 - 2 lead into the 8th inning of the nitecap. The Angels then bat around, scoring six runs, to hand Detroit a devastating 8 - 6 loss. Detroit now trails Minnesota and Boston by a half-game.
  • Manager Billy Hitchcock (77-82) is fired by the Braves.
  • Jim Davenport sets a National League record with his 64th straight errorless game - 137 chances - at 3B for the Giants.
• 1968:
  • American League and National League umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires. They threaten to strike in the spring of 1969 unless Al Salerno and Bill Valentine are reinstated by the AL.
  • Cal Ermer is dismissed as manager of the Twins.
• 1969 - With a 3 - 2 win over the Reds, the Braves clinch the first ever National League West division title.
• 1970 - The Yankees' Fritz Peterson wins his 20th, defeating the Red Sox, 4 - 3. Billy Conigliaro and Luis Alvarado, with his first major league homer, go deep for Boston.
• 1971:
  • The Senators draw 14,000 for their final game in Washington, with another 4,000 crashing. Dick Bosman gives up homers to Bobby Murcer, Roy White, and Rusty Torres and the Nats are down, 5 - 1, in the 6th. Mike Kekich then grooves a fastball for Frank Howard, who parks his 26th homer, and thanks Thurman Munson as he crosses the plate. The Senators take a 7 - 5 lead, and after Murcer makes the second out in the 9th, fans swarm onto the field, causing the game to be forfeited to the Yanks, 9 - 0. All records stand but reliever Paul Lindblad loses the win when Joe Grzenda cannot record the final out, batter Horace Clarke. Of the Senators, Jeff Burroughs will be the last to retire, finishing up in 1985.
  • The Giants win the Western division title by one game over the Dodgers, beating the Pirates, 5 - 1. Juan Marichal allow five hits in the win. The Dodgers' 2 - 1 win over the Padres leaves them short.
  • Chicago finishes the season by edging the last-place Brewers, 2 - 1, on Bill Melton's 33rd home run of the year. Melton is the first American League home run leader in Sox history.
• 1972:
  • The Tigers take their third in a row from Milwaukee as John Hiller throws a five-hitter. Aurelio Rodriguez's three-run home run is the margin in the 5 - 1 win. The Tigers now return home to face the Red Sox in a three-game series that will determine which team wins the AL East.
  • Roberto Clemente doubles off the Mets' Jon Matlack to become the eleventh major leaguer to collect 3000 hits. The hit, sadly, will be the Pirate right fielder's last, as he will die in a plane crash on New Year's Eve attempting to bring relief aid to earthquake-stricken Managua, Nicaragua.
• 1973 - Angel Ron Perranoski announces his retirement after 13 years as one of the premier relief pitchers in the major leagues.
• 1976 - The Chicago White Sox try a different approach against California, using a lineup in numerical order by field position. The batting order is: Brian Downing - 2: Lamar Johnson - 3: Bill Stein - 4: Kevin Bell - 5: Bucky Dent - 6: Alan Bannister - 7: Chet Lemon - 8: Jerry Hairston - 9. Finishing off the lineup is 53-year-old DH Minnie Minoso. The Angels are unimpressed, winning, 7 - 3.
• 1978:
  • The Yankees top the Indians, 7 - 0, behind Ed Figueroa's 20th win of the year. The Yanks clinch a tie for the pennant.
  • At Three Rivers Stadium, the Phillies clinch their third consecutive NL East title, defeating the Pirates, 10 - 8. The victory, which features winning pitcher Randy Lerch hitting two home runs, snaps Pittsburgh's 24-game home winning streak.
  • At Fenway Park, Dennis Eckersley notches his 20th win of the year as the Red Sox defeat the Blue Jays, 5 - 1. Eck allows just four hits, including Roy Howell's eighth homer, in completing his 16th start.
  • Baltimore 2B Rich Dauer makes his only error of the season in the final game, a 5 - 4 loss to Detroit. Dauer's 86 games and 425 chances without a miscue are American League records.
• 1979:
  • With his 5th-inning solo homer, Willie Stargell passes Honus Wagner as the Pittsburgh Pirates' all-time RBI leader, bringing his career total thus far to 1,476. His milestone shot makes it 3 - 0, Bucs, and they hang on to beat Chicago, 5 - 3, clinching the National League Eastern Division title in the process.
  • Minnesota's Jerry Koosman defeats Milwaukee, 5 - 0, on the final day of the season for his 20th win of the year. It is the only time the Brewers are shut out the entire year, as they fail to tie a record set by the 1932 New York Yankees. The Brew Crew had scored in 213 straight games.
  • Two major league managers bite the dust. The Padres fire Roger Craig and the Blue Jays do the same to Roy Hartsfield. San Diego will hire broadcaster Jerry Coleman tomorrow, while Toronto will hire scout Bobby Mattick on October 18th.
  • The Niekro brothers each win their 21st game and tie for the National League lead in wins. Phil Niekro wins for the Braves, 7 - 2, over the Reds, while Houston's Joe Niekro tops the Dodgers, 3 - 2.
• 1980:
  • A's OF Rickey Henderson sets the American League single-season stolen base record with his 97th in a 5 - 1 win over the White Sox, breaking Ty Cobb's record of 96 set in 1915. Henderson will finish the season with 100 stolen bases.
  • Dodger rookie Fernando Valenzuela wins his first major league game, beating the Giants, 4 - 1. Pedro Guerrero has a home run.
  • The smallest crowd in Shea Stadium history (1,754) watches the Mets beat the Pirates, 3 - 2.
  • In a 12 - 9 Cleveland win over the Yankees, the Tribe's Ron Hassey has a double and a home run in the eight-run 2nd inning. There are four homers in the game, including Reggie Jackson's 38th.
• 1981 - In the last major league game at Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium, Kansas City clinches at least a tie for the American League West second-half title with a 5 - 2 win over the Twins. Next season, the Twins will play in the brand-new Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis, MN.
• 1983:
  • In a 9 - 4 win over the Mariners, Chicago's LaMarr Hoyt records his 13th win in a row to raise his record to 24-10, and Greg Luzinski hits his 32nd home run to set a new single-season record for designated hitters.
  • The Dodgers beat the Giants, 4 - 3, and the Padres beat the Braves, 3 - 2, giving Los Angeles the National League West title. Orel Hershiser pitches the final two innings in relief of Fernando Valenzuela to record his first major league save.
• 1984:
  • The seventh-place Brewers end their season with a 4 - 0 win over the Blue Jays, and manager Rene Lachemann bows out. Lachemann had been fired earlier in the week but stayed on till the finish. George Bamberger will return as manager of the Brewers in 1985.
  • On the final day of the season, Mike Witt uses only 97 pitches to retire 27 consecutive hitters. The Angels' hurler throws the perfect game against the Rangers and beats Charlie Hough on an unearned run, 1 - 0.
  • Major League umpires announce that they will go on strike in the two League Championship Series scheduled to begin October 2nd in an effort to improve their pay and job security and to change the method by which postseason assignments are determined. MLB officials say the games will go on as scheduled using amateur umpires if necessary.
  • Padre Eddie Miller and Dodger Tony Brewer hit homers in their last major league at bats. Miller's 9th-inning four-bagger, his only career homer, comes in a 4 - 3 loss to Atlanta's Pascual Perez, while Brewer, the PCL batting champion, homers in LA's 7 - 2 win over the Giants.
  • In the dramatic race for the American League batting title, Don Mattingly goes 4 for 5 in the Yankees' season-ending 4 - 2 win over the Tigers to edge teammate Dave Winfield .343 to .340. Winfield goes 1 for 4.
  • Phillies manager Paul Owens resigns following a season-ending doubleheader loss to the Pirates and will move back into the club's front office. Coach John Felske will succeed Owens as manager in 1985.
• 1985 - Bret Saberhagen pitches a complete game win over the Angels to win his 20th game of the year. The win gives the Royals a tie for first place in the AL West. George Brett and Jim Sundberg homer for KC.
• 1987 - Oakland's Dave Stewart becomes the major leagues' first 20-game winner this season as the A's beat the Indians, 4 - 3.
• 1988:
  • Ronald Reagan, nearing the end of his presidency, throws out the ceremonial first pitch at Wrigley Field. The former Cub announcer then spends an inning and a half doing play-by-play with Harry Caray in the WGN television booth.
  • Dave Stieb is one out away from a no-hitter for the second consecutive game, but falls short again when Jim Traber bloops a single over the head of 1B Fred McGriff. Stieb finishes with his second straight one-hitter, 4 - 0 over the Orioles.
  • New York's David Cone beats St. Louis, 4 - 2, to improve his record to 20-3.
  • The Red Sox lose to Cleveland, 3 - 2, but clinch the American League East title anyway when second-place Milwaukee loses to Oakland, 7 - 1.
• 1989:
  • Nolan Ryan strikes out 13 Angels in a 2 - 0 three-hitter to raise his season total to 301. It is his sixth 300-strikeout season, but first since 1977.
  • The Blue Jays earn the final spot in the postseason by scoring three runs in the bottom of the 8th to beat Baltimore, 4 - 3 and clinch the American League East title. The surprising Orioles led the division most of the season and will finish second just one season after losing 107 games.
• 1990:
  • Pittsburgh beats St. Louis, 2 - 0, behind Doug Drabek's three-hitter to clinch its first National League East title since 1979. The loss assures the Cards of finishing last for the first time since 1918.
  • The White Sox beat Seattle, 2 - 1, in the last game played at historic Comiskey Park, which is to be torn down after 80 seasons of major league ball. Chicago will play next season at the New Comiskey Park located across the street. The final regular-season won-loss record at old ballpark is 3,024-2,926 (.508).
• 1992:
  • George Brett of the Royals gets the 3,000th hit of his career, stroking four safeties in Kansas City's 4 - 0 win over California. Moments later, Brett is picked off base by Tim Fortugno. Rick Reed is the winner, firing the second successive shutout for the Royals.
  • Greg Maddux blanks the Pirates, 6 - 0, to become the Cubs' first 20-game winner in 15 years. He will tie Tom Glavine for the National League lead in wins.
• 1993 - The Phillies lose to the Pirates, 5 - 0, suffering their first shutout in 174 games to set a new modern National League record.
• 1995 - Cleveland OF Albert Belle socks his 50th home run of the season in the Indians' 3 - 2 win over the Royals. The home run is Belle's 17th of September, tying Babe Ruth's record for the month. Beginning September 13th, Belle has hit 13 homers in 16 games (he did not play on September 24th), tying Frank Howard's mark set in May, 1968. With today's homer, Belle becomes the first player ever to have 50 homers and 50 doubles in a season.
• 1996 - Boston fires manager Kevin Kennedy and Philadelphia fires manager Jim Fregosi.
• 1997:
  • Atlanta scores single runs in the 1st and 2nd innings and Greg Maddux makes them stand up as the Braves hold off the Astros, 2 - 1, to take the lead in their Division Series.
  • SS Edgar Renteria's two-out single in the bottom of the 9th scores Charles Johnson with the winning run as the Marlins defeat the Giants, 2 - 1, in the opener of the other Division Series in the National League.
  • Cleveland scores five runs in the 1st inning, but the Yankees come back with five of their own in the 6th to defeat the Indians in Game 1 of their Division Series, 8 - 6. Tim Raines, Derek Jeter, and Paul O'Neill hit consecutive home runs in the decisive inning, giving Ramiro Mendoza the victory.
• 1998:
  • Cleveland erupts for five runs in the 2nd inning on their way to a 9 - 5 win over the Red Sox to even the Division Series at one game apiece. David Justice has a homer and four ribbies for the Tribe.
  • Andy Pettitte's strong pitching gives New York a 2 - 0 lead in their Division Series with a 3 - 1 victory over the Rangers. Shane Spencer and Scott Brosius hit round-trippers.
  • In the first game of their NLDS, the Braves defeat the Cubs, 7 - 1, as Michael Tucker and Ryan Klesko homer to back John Smoltz's pitching.
  • Former Kansas City Royals P Dan Quisenberry dies of brain cancer at the age of 45.
• 1999:
  • The largest regular season crowd in Candlestick Park history, 61,389 fans, watch the Dodgers beat the home team, 9 - 4 in the last baseball game to ever be played at the 'Point'. Giant greats help mark the occasion with Juan Marichal tossing out the ceremonial first pitch before the game and Willie Mays throwing out the ballpark's final pitch after the game.
  • Mets shortstop Rey Ordonez plays in his 96th consecutive game without committing an error, breaking Cal Ripken's major league record for errorless games at that position. The flashy infielder will finish the season extending the record to 100 games.
  • For the 23rd time this season, Diamondback fireballer Randy Johnson strikes out at least ten batters to tie Nolan Ryan's 1973 major league record for the most double-digit strikeout games in a season. The tall left-hander whiffs 11 Padres in seven innings in a 5 - 3 victory to bring his season-ending total to 364, which ranks fourth all-time.
• 2000:
  • The Mariners outslug the Angels, 21 - 9. It is the most runs ever scored against the Angels and the two teams combine to have 18 players scoring runs in the game, one short of the American League record. Alex Rodriguez drives home seven runs for Seattle, with four hits, including two home runs.
  • The Athletics defeat the Rangers, 23 - 2, in the highest scoring game in Athletics history. Oakland scores nine runs in the 1st inning and eight in the 7th. Fourteen players score runs to set a new major league record.
  • The White Sox whip the Royals, 9 - 1, as Jose Valentin hits home runs from both sides of the plate.
• 2001 - Todd Helton's double is his 100th extra base hit of the season. He is the first player in history to have 100 extra base hits in back-to-back seasons. Lou Gehrig and Chuck Klein were the only others to do it twice in their careers. Colorado scores eight runs in the 3rd inning and goes on to beat Milwaukee, 10 - 0.
• 2002 - The Devil Rays and Tigers both fire their managers, with Hal McRae leaving Tampa Bay and Luis Pujols exiting from Detroit.
• 2005 - The Devil Rays announce the team will buy out the last year of manager Lou Piniella's $13 million, four-year deal signed in 2002. The agreement, which pays "Sweet Lou" $2.2 million of the $4.4 million he is owed, allows the 62-year-old skipper to seek employment with another team.
• 2007:
  • Alfonso Soriano hits his 14th home run of the month, this one against Homer Bailey. This sets the Chicago Cubs record for most homers by one player in a month, and contributes to a new team record of 45.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies clinch the National League East division title with a 6 - 1 win over the Washington Nationals. The Phils' Jimmy Rollins hits his 20th triple of the season, giving him 20 or more doubles, triples, home runs and stolen bases. The only other players to do that in major league history are Wildfire Schulte, Willie Mays and most recently Curtis Granderson, who reached the marks earlier this season with the Detroit Tigers.
• 2008 - The White Sox complete their unlikely run to the postseason by blanking the Minnesota Twins, 1 - 0, in a one-game playoff to determine the winner of the AL Central division. The White Sox tied the Twins in the standings by winning a make-up game one day earlier, forcing today's contest. John Danks pitches eight scoreless innings for the win, while Jim Thome homers off loser Nick Blackburn to lead off the 7th inning for the game's only run.
• 2009:
  • The Phillies win the National League East division title for the third year in a row with a 10 - 3 win over the Houston Astros at Citizens Bank Park. Kyle Kendrick, who spent most of the season at AAA Lehigh Valley, is the winning pitcher.
  • Ricky Nolasco of the Marlins records nine consecutive strikeouts on his way to a team-record 16 in 7 2/3 innings in a game against the Braves. He is only the fourth pitcher in the major leagues to strike out nine consecutive opponents, after Mickey Welch, Tom Seaver - who set the record with ten in 1970 - and Jake Peavy. The Marlins hold on for a 5 - 4 win.
  • Kazuyoshi Tatsunami of the Chunichi Dragons, the all-time doubles leader in Nippon Pro Baseball, announces he will retire at year's end.
• 2011:
  • The Red Sox announce that they have parted ways with manager Terry Francona. Francona managed the Sox for eight seasons, including two World Series championships in 2004 and 2007, but his tenure ended with the team's dramatic collapse this September, which cost it what appeared to be a certain spot in the postseason.
  • The opening game of the ALDS between the Yankees and Tigers at New Yankee Stadium is suspended by rain in the middle of the 2nd inning with the score tied at 1 - 1 and aces Justin Verlander and CC Sabathia on the mound. The game will resume tomorrow from the point at which it was stopped.
  • The Rays decide to start rookie Matt Moore, with a single major league start to his name, in the opener of their ALDS against the Rangers. The move pays big dividends as the rookie holds Texas scoreless through seven innings while his teammates pounce on C.J. Wilson for eight runs. Kelly Shoppach hits two homers and Johnny Damon has one as the Rays roll to a 9 -0 win.
• 2012:
  • Kris Medlen sets a new major league record as, for the 23rd consecutive time, the Braves are winners in a game he has started. The Braves defeat the Mets, 6 - 2, as Medlen improves to 10-1 on the season, his only defeat having come in relief. The previous record of 22 was shared by Hall of Famers Carl Hubbell and Whitey Ford.
  • Three American League teams clinch postseason spots with wins today. The Yankees defeat the Blue Jays, 9 - 6, and the Orioles beat the Red Sox, 6 - 3, to remain tied atop the AL East. When the Rangers defeat the Angels, 8 - 7, in the second game of a doubleheader, all three teams are assured of claiming at least a wild card spot.
  • The Pirates are guaranteed to finish below .500 for the 20th consecutive season, extending their own record, as they lose to Cincinnati, 4 - 3. The Bucs were 16 games over .500 on August 6th, but for the second consecutive year, a late-season tumble costs them a chance at breaking the hoodoo. They are now 77-82 with three games remaining.
  • Prince Fielder's two-run homer off Jared Burton in the 8th gives the Tigers a win. It's his 30th homer of the year, making him and his father Cecil Fielder the second father-son duo to both go deep 30 times in a season for the same franchise; previously, only Bobby Bonds and Barry Bonds of the Giants had done it.
• 2013:
  • The Rays win their one-game playoff with Texas, 5 - 2, to secure the last postseason spot in the American League. David Price pitches a complete game and Evan Longoria has three hits as rookie Martin Perez is tagged with the loss.
  • The Cubs fire manager Dale Sveum one day after the end of a second straight disappointing season in which they lost 96 games after losing 101 in 2012.
• 2014 - In their first postseason appearance in 29 years, the Royals come out on top of a wild and crazy Wild Card Game, 9 - 8, in 12 innings over the Athletics. Oakland takes early leads of 2 - 0 and 7 - 3, thanks to a pair of homers and 5 RBIs by DH Brandon Moss, but the Royals come back twice, tying the game at 7 with three runs in the 8th and one in the bottom of the 9th. In the 12th, Oakland takes another lead when Alberto Callaspo drives in Josh Reddick from third base with a single, but the Royals come back one final time. Eric Hosmer triples off CF Sam Fuld's glove with one out, then scores the tying run when Christian Colon singles to third base. After a second out, Colon steals second - the Royals' seventh stolen base of the game, a postseason record - and Salvador Perez singles down the third-base line to drive him in and end the game, sending Kauffman Stadium into a frenzy.
• 2015:
  • The Cardinals clinch the NL Central title and a 100-win season when they win the nitecap of a doubleheader with Pittsburgh, 11 - 1. Tyler Lyons is the winner in a spot start, while Jason Heyward keys the offense with a grand slam. The Pirates had pulled to within three games by winning the opener, 8 - 2, behind Gerrit Cole's 19th win and a grand slam by Francisco Cervelli. The Pirates will now host the Wild Card Game for the third straight season. The Cards get even more good news when ace Adam Wainwright pitches an inning in relief in the opener, returning to action from a torn Achilles tendon a good four months ahead of schedule.
  • Toronto clinches its first division title since 1993 by routing the Orioles, 15 - 2, in the first game of a doubleheader. Marcus Stroman pitches eight innings for the win, continuing his remarkable comeback from a spring training injury, Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and Justin Smoak hit homers and Ryan Goins has five hits in an offensive display typical of the Jays' season. The Orioles do come back to win the now meaningless second game, 8 - 1.
  • Shogo Akiyama of the Seibu Lions goes 5 for 5 to give him 216 hits, breaking Matt Murton's five-year-old Nippon Pro Baseball record of 214. Akiyama's record-breaking hit comes off Bryan Bullington in the 6th and he adds his tenth triple of the year later.
• 2016 - Carlos Rodon of the White Sox ties an American League record by striking out the first seven Twins batters he faces in a 7 - 3 win. Joe Cowley, another White Sox pitcher, had set the record back on May 28, 1986. For Minnesota, it is a team-record 103rd loss as they limp towards the end of a wretched season.
• 2017 - Andrew Romine of the Tigers becomes the fifth player to play all nine positions in a game, doing so on the road against the Twins. He only spends a third of an inning as the catcher - the only position he had never played before - but still manages to allow a passed ball. As a pitcher, however, he retires the only batter he faces, Miguel Sano, with the Tigers hanging on to a 3 - 2 lead in the bottom of the 8th. That will be the final score, as the Tigers get a rare win to close an awful month of September that saw them go 6-23.
• 2018:
  • All 15 Major League Baseball games are played simultaneously today as the season is scheduled to conclude, but the day begins with two division races still to be decided as the top two teams are tied in both the NL Central and the NL West. All four teams involved are winners, however, forcing an unprecedented two one-game playoffs tomorrow. Charlie Blackmon hits for the cycle as the Rockies pound the Nationals, 12 - 0, and the Dodgers crush the Giants, 15 - 0, setting up a meeting between the two teams at Dodger Stadium. In the NL Central, the Brewers also win big, 11 - 0 over the Tigers, and the Cubs complete the quartet with a 10 - 5 win over the Cardinals after coming back from an early deficit; those two teams will meet at Wrigley Field to decide who will post the best record in the NL, and who will be left to host the Wild Card Game against the loser of the other playoff.
  • Following the Angels' last game of the season, manager Mike Scioscia announces he is stepping down after 19 years at the helm, joining Toronto's John Gibbons, who made a similar announcement a few days earlier. Iconic Twins player Joe Mauer, who makes a token appearance at catcher today for the first time since 2013 before being pulled from the game, also appears to have played his last game.
• 2020:
  • A record eight postseason games are played today as the second day of the American League Wild Card Series takes place, while the four National League Wild Card Series get under way. Three series end in the AL. The Rays eliminate the Blue Jays with an 8 - 2 win punctuated by Hunter Renfroe's grand slam off Hyun-Jin Ryu in the 2nd in the First Series. In the Third Series, the Astros complete an upset of the Twins with a 3 - 1 win as Carlos Correa's homer off Cody Stashak in the 7th breaks a 1 - 1 tie. In the Second Series, the Yankees' bats once again put up runs in double figures thanks to three homers, including a grand slam by Giovanny Urshela off James Karinchak, but it's a sacrifice fly by Gary Sanchez followed by a single by D.J. LeMahieu off Brad Hand in the 9th that gives them their wild, 10 - 9 win in a game that takes four hours and 50 minutes, not including rain delays totaling another 76 minutes. Only the Fourth Series will go to the limit, as the Athletics defeat the White Sox, 5 - 3, behind the pitching of Chris Bassitt, to even things at one win apiece.
  • In the National League, for the first time a postseason game remains scoreless for 11 or more innings as the only run in the opening game of the Fourth Series between the Reds and the Braves comes in the bottom of the 13th inning, with Freddie Freeman driving in Cristian Pache with a single off Amir Garrett, long after a thrilling early duel between starting pitchers Max Fried and Trevor Bauer. In the Third Series, Miami scores five runs in the 7th, the first three on a homer by Corey Dickerson off Kyle Hendricks, to defeat the Cubs, 5 - 1. In the Second Series, the Cardinals jump to an early lead against Padres starter Chris Paddack and never relinquish it, ending up 7 - 4 winners, while in the First Series, the Dodgers defeat the Brewers, 4 - 2, after a pair of early doubles by Mookie Betts and the Brewers' Brent Suter forcing in a couple of runs with consecutive bases-loaded walks.
  • Fortitudo Bologna wins its fourth Italian Series in five years, topping ASD San Marino in seven games. In the 2020 Italian Series finale, they win, 6 - 5, with Alex Bassani picking up the win (and Series MVP honors) after Murilo Gouvêa is injured; Filippo Crepaldi saves it. Eugene Helder drives in Julian Dreni with the winner.
• 2022:
  • Pinch-hitting for Luis Torrens with two outs in the 9th, Cal Raleigh blasts a 406-foot homer against Domingo Acevedo to give Seattle a 2 - 1 win over Oakland and clinch a postseason spot for the first time since 2001 - the longest active drought in the majors.
  • The Argentinian national team plays in their first World Baseball Classic Qualifier. They beat Pakistan, 7 - 4, at the Panama pool in the 2022 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers, Exequiel Talevi reaches in four of five plate appearances, scoring two and driving in a pair while Lucas Ramón gets the victory.
• 2023:
  • With a 6 - 1 win over the Mariners, the Rangers simultaneously clinch a spot in the Postseason, eliminate Seattle from further contention, and also clinch a spot for Toronto, extra-innings losers to Tampa Bay earlier today. Texas can still finish first in the AL West ahead of Houston and claim a bye into the Division Series depending on the outcome of tomorrow's games, the final ones of the season.
  • The postseason picture is also set in the National League after the Marlins defeat the Pirates, 7 - 3, to claim one wild card spot while the Diamondbacks take advantage of losses by the Reds and Cubs to nail down the other remaining one. With one day left in the season, all playoff teams are now identified, but final results will determine the teams' seedings.
  • The Norfolk Tides win the Triple-A National Championship, beating the Oklahoma City Dodgers, 7 - 6. Colton Cowser hits a 7th-inning 455-foot grand slam with his team down, 2 - 1, to win MVP. Connor Norby reaches all five times and Joey Krehbiel saves T.J. McFarland's win.
• 2024:
  • With three teams vying for two available postseason spots, the season is extended by one day to allow the Mets and the Braves to play a make-up doubleheader at Truist Park. The Mets are the first to punch their ticket with an 8 - 7 win in a wild first game that features ten runs in the 8th inning, as both teams use their closers early - and both fail to hold a lead - before a two-run homer by Francisco Lindor in the 9th provides the winning margin. Then, minutes before the start of the second game, the Braves need to scratch their ace, Chris Sale, because of back spasms, but rookie Grant Holmes steps in ably with four perfect innings. The Braves go on to qualify with a 3 - 0 win, leaving the D-Backs as the odd team out.
  • The Giants fire President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi after missing the postseason for the third straight year. He is replaced by former team icon Buster Posey.
  • Pete Rose, the major leagues' all-time hits leader, but also one of its most controversial personalities due to his lifetime ban for betting on baseball, passes away at 83.

Births

• 1851 - John Shoupe, infielder (d. 1920)
• 1861 - William Wrigley Jr., owner (d. 1932)
• 1866 - Tom Cotter, catcher (d. 1906)
• 1866 - Bill Gardner, pitcher/infielder (d. 1948)
• 1869 - Hal O'Hagan, infielder (d. 1913)
• 1873 - Jack Holland, minor league player and manager (d. 1936)
• 1874 - Cy Vorhees, pitcher (d. 1910)
• 1876 - Alex Hardy, pitcher (d. 1940)
• 1878 - John Kalahan, catcher (d. 1952)
• 1882 - Art Hoelskoetter, infielder (d. 1954)
• 1882 - Gabby Street, catcher, manager (d. 1951)
• 1884 - Teiyu Amano, amateur executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1980)
• 1884 - Nap Rucker, pitcher (d. 1970)
• 1885 - Zinn Beck, infielder (d. 1981)
• 1890 - Harry Fritz, infielder (d. 1974)
• 1891 - Pat Bohen, pitcher (d. 1942)
• 1893 - Duke Kelleher, catcher (d. 1947)
• 1895 - Bobby Williams, infielder; manager (d. 1978)
• 1896 - Owen Smaulding, pitcher (d. 1962)
• 1897 - Dick Cox, outfielder (d. 1966)
• 1897 - Eddie Kenna, catcher (d. 1972)
• 1897 - Mike Kircher, pitcher (d. 1972)
• 1902 - Otis Carter, outfielder (d. 1976)
• 1904 - John Mungin, pitcher (d. 1976)
• 1905 - Johnny Allen, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1959)
• 1905 - Luther Harvel, outfielder (d. 1986)
• 1906 - Frank Lamanske, pitcher (d. 1971)
• 1910 - Jennings Poindexter, pitcher (d. 1983)
• 1910 - Frank Skaff, infielder, manager (d. 1988)
• 1913 - Nate Andrews, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1991)
• 1918 - Jim Castiglia, catcher (d. 2007)
• 1918 - Manuel Hidalgo, minor league infielder (d. 2010)
• 1920 - Lyman Linde, pitcher (d. 1995)
• 1921 - Eddie McGah, catcher (d. 2002)
• 1922 - William Rautzhan, minor league infielder (d. 2005)
• 1924 - John Mullen, general manager (d. 1991)
• 1924 - Ben Taylor, infielder (d. 1999)
• 1925 - Victor Fucci, minor league outfielder (d. 2013)
• 1926 - Robin Roberts, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2010)
• 1928 - Robert Roberts, minor league pitcher (d. 2015)
• 1928 - Lai-Chang Wei, college coach; Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2020)
• 1929 - Marv Blaylock, infielder (d. 1993)
• 1929 - Natalio Irizarry, minor league pitcher (d. 2016)
• 1930 - Raúl Foyaín, Ecuadorian national team infielder
• 1930 - Hank Rountree, umpire (d. 2006)
• 1932 - Johnny Podres, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2008)
• 1933 - Gertrude Dunn, AAGPBL infielder (d. 2004)
• 1933 - Masayuki Furuta, Japanese national team manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1999)
• 1933 - Shoichi Ono, NPB pitcher (d. 2003)
• 1938 - Bragg Stockton, college coach (d. 2003)
• 1941 - Willie Dawson, minor league pitcher
• 1941 - Jim Procopio, minor league catcher
• 1945 - Dong-hwa Han, KBO manager
• 1948 - Craig Kusick, infielder (d. 2006)
• 1948 - Rusty Torres, outfielder
• 1949 - Ike Blessitt, outfielder
• 1953 - Dan Gonzales, outfielder
• 1955 - Carlos Lezcano, outfielder
• 1956 - Chuck Lamson, minor league pitcher
• 1957 - Ed Rapuano, umpire
• 1958 - Yong-sung Park, KBO outfielder
• 1960 - Mikio Kudo, NPB pitcher (d. 2016)
• 1961 - Barrie Bahnert, Australian national team outfielder
• 1961 or 1962 - Tom Newberg, trainer
• 1962 - Dave Magadan, infielder
• 1963 - Tito Stewart, minor league pitcher
• 1964 - Akio Ishii, Japanese national team catcher and manager
• 1964 - Doug Jennings, outfielder
• 1964 - Scott Lusader, outfielder
• 1966 - Robert Askew, TML outfielder
• 1967 - John DeSilva, pitcher
• 1967 - Yorkis Perez, pitcher
• 1968 - J.P. Postiff, minor league utility man
• 1968 - Chun-Chung Shen, CPBL outfielder
• 1969 - Ryan Henderson, minor league pitcher; scout
• 1971 - Scott Gardner, minor league pitcher
• 1971 - Chad Rupp, minor league infielder
• 1972 - Kurt Bogott, minor league pitcher
• 1972 - Curtis Goodwin, outfielder
• 1972 - Jose Lima, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2010)
• 1972 - Mariano Marchini, Serie A1 pitcher
• 1974 - Jeremy Giambi, outfielder (d. 2022)
• 1975 - Carlos Guillen, infielder; All-Star
• 1976 - Mike Hill, minor league outfielder
• 1976 - Yosuke Sunazuka, Japanese national team infielder
• 1977 - Brett Kondro, Canadian national team pitcher
• 1977 - Chad Mauritz, South African national team pitcher
• 1977 - Jan Naterop, Hoofdklasse pitcher
• 1978 - Rich Dorman, minor league pitcher
• 1979 - Moon-soo Kim, KBO pitcher
• 1979 - Greg Miller, minor league pitcher
• 1979 - Andy Priola, college coach
• 1980 - Bryan Bullington, pitcher
• 1981 - Brandon Watson, outfielder
• 1982 - Yanaël Delpech, French Division I pitcher
• 1982 - P.J. Finigan, minor league pitcher
• 1982 - Seth Smith, outfielder
• 1985 - Iván Granados, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - Dan Robertson, outfielder
• 1985 - Jamie Romak, infielder
• 1985 - Danny Worth, infielder
• 1986 - Ramon Abad, minor league outfielder
• 1986 - James Hoyt, pitcher
• 1986 - Edward Paredes, pitcher
• 1987 - Kenley Jansen, pitcher; All-Star
• 1988 - Sugar Ray Marimon, pitcher
• 1988 - Brian Moran, pitcher
• 1988 - Alejandro Torres, minor league catcher
• 1989 - Michael Aldrete, minor league pitcher
• 1989 - Zac Livingston, minor league catcher and manager
• 1989 - Kyle Parker, outfielder
• 1989 - Carlos Quevedo, minor league pitcher
• 1989 - Thomas Sarmiento, Guam national team infielder
• 1990 - Chris Jensen, minor league pitcher
• 1990 - Ziliang Li, China Baseball League pitcher
• 1990 - Jack Mayfield, infielder
• 1992 - Danny Arribas, minor league catcher
• 1993 - Feliberto Sanchez, minor league pitcher
• 1993 - Trent Thornton, pitcher
• 1994 - Travis Demeritte, outfielder
• 1994 - Damon Jones, pitcher
• 1995 - Dylan Mayeux, French Division I infielder
• 1996 - Jerome Yenson, Philippines national team outfielder (d. 2021)
• 1997 - Jesus Luzardo, pitcher
• 1997 - Bryan Miranda, Puerto Rican national team outfielder
• 1998 - Hagen Danner, pitcher
• 1998 - Connor Gleeson, New Zealand national team pitcher
• 1999 - Sam Bachman, pitcher
• 1999 - Laura Hirai, Great Britain women's national team infielder
• 2000 - Agustín Borrino, Argentinian national team pitcher
• 2000 - GJ Hill, minor league infielder/outfielder
• 2003 - Kendry Berrier, Ecuadorian national team pitcher
• 2003 - David Jiménez, Salvadoran national team pitcher
• 2003 - José Márquez, Salvadoran national team outfielder
• 2005 - Jack Bushell, minor league pitcher
• 2005 - Sarah Pengelly, Canadian women's national team pitcher

Deaths

• 1916 - Eddie Nehr, minor league outfielder (b. 1879)
• 1922 - Frank Genins, infielder (b. 1866)
• 1927 - Hank Morrison, pitcher (b. 1866)
• 1928 - Billy Geer, infielder (b. 1849)
• 1937 - George Shoch, infielder (b. 1859)
• 1941 - John McPherson, pitcher (b. 1869)
• 1947 - John Halla, pitcher (b. 1884)
• 1950 - Ned Crompton, outfielder (b. 1889)
• 1950 - Jack Harper, pitcher (b. 1878)
• 1952 - Jerry Freeman, infielder (b. 1879)
• 1962 - Cap Crowell, pitcher (b. 1892)
• 1962 - Squiz Pillion, pitcher (b. 1894)
• 1963 - Jack White, outfielder (b. 1878)
• 1965 - Jim Battle, infielder (b. 1901)
• 1969 - Jim Galvin, pinch hitter (b. 1907)
• 1969 - Hank Thompson, infielder (b. 1925)
• 1970 - Lou Novikoff, outfielder (b. 1915)
• 1970 - Hank Patterson, catcher (b. 1907)
• 1971 - Bill Mack, pitcher (b. 1885)
• 1973 - Reb Russell, pitcher (b. 1889)
• 1977 - Del Pratt, infielder (b. 1888)
• 1929 - Jack Stivers, minor league pitcher (b. 1929)
• 1989 - Roy Weir, pitcher (b. 1911)
• 1990 - Nels Potter, pitcher (b. 1911)
• 1998 - Dan Quisenberry, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1953)
• 1998 - Joel Stephens, minor league outfielder (b. 1976)
• 2002 - Eddie McGah, catcher (b. 1921)
• 2008 - Ed Brinkman, infielder; All-Star (b. 1941)
• 2013 - Pro Boim, minor league pitcher (b. 1921)
• 2013 - James Street, drafted pitcher (b. 1948)
• 2017 - Wayne Boyer, minor league pitcher (b. 1929)
• 2019 - Tommy Thompson, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1947)
• 2020 - Chia-Rui Mai, CPBL pitcher (b. 1987)
• 2020 - Jim Robinson, college coach (b. 1930)
• 2021 - Yoanny Delgado, Cuban league catcher (b. 1982)
• 2022 - Marv Staehle, infielder (b. 1942)
• 2024 - Pete Rose, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1941)