Template:Today in Baseball/February 17

December 23: Today's featured birthday is that of Tim Harkness, who turns 87.

• 1949 - The Yomiuri Giants are fined 100,000 yen and Takehiko Bessho (pictured) is suspended for two months after Bessho left Nankai to join Yomiuri.
• 1964 - Luke Appling is elected to the Hall of Fame.
• 1976 - Pepperdine University hurler Mike Scott tosses a perfect game against California Lutheran University.
• 1995 - Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson is put on an involuntary leave of absence due to his refusal to work with replacement players until the strike is resolved.
• 2003 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler dies of multi-organ failure after collapsing following a spring training workout yesterday. The dietary supplement ephedrine is blamed for his death.

Recent days: February 16 – February 15 – February 14