Template:Today in Baseball/January 14

March 11: Today's featured birthday is that of Frank Mata, who turns 41.

• 1919 - John McGraw and Charles Stoneham are among the new owners of the New York Giants after a sale.
• 1940 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis grants free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers players and minor leaguers due to cover-ups - Roy Cullenbine and Johnny Sain are among those freed.
• 1963 - Future Hall of Famers Luis Aparicio and Hoyt Wilhelm are traded in a major deal between the Orioles and White Sox.
• 1987 - Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams (pictured) are elected to the Hall of Fame.
• 2011 - Hiromitsu Ochiai and Mutsuo Minagawa are elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

Recent days: January 13 – January 12 – January 11