National League final standings

Events

• May 15 - Willie Keeler
  Willie Keeler
  William Henry Keeler in Brooklyn, New York, nicknamed "Wee Willie", was a right fielder in professional baseball who played from 1892 to 1910, primarily for the Baltimore Orioles and Brooklyn Superbas in the National League, and the New York Highlanders in the American League.- Biography :Keeler's...
  
  , known as one of the smallest players and best bunters in baseball, drives the ball past startled left fielder Ed Delahanty
  Ed Delahanty
  Edward James Delahanty , nicknamed "Big Ed", was a Major League Baseball player from 1888 to 1903 for the Philadelphia Quakers, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Infants and Washington Senators, and was known as one of the early great power hitters in the game.He was elected to the Baseball Hall of...
  
   of the Philadelphia Phillies
  1899 Philadelphia Phillies season
  - Roster :- Starters by position :Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in- Other batters :Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg...
  
   for an inside-the-park grand slam
  Grand slam (baseball)
  In the sport of baseball, a grand slam is a home run hit with all three bases occupied by baserunners , thereby scoring four runs—the most possible in one play. According to The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, the term originated in the card game of contract bridge, in which a grand slam involves...
  
   and an 8–5 victory for the Brooklyn Superbas
  1899 Brooklyn Superbas season
  The 1899 Brooklyn Superbas season was a season in American baseball. The team won the National League pennant with a record of 101-47, 8 games ahead of the Boston Beaneaters, after finishing tenth in 1898.- Offseason :...
  
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• May 25 - Deacon Phillippe
  Deacon Phillippe
  Charles Louis "Deacon" Phillippe was a turn-of-the-century pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates....
  
   of the Louisville Colonels
  Louisville Colonels
  The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels , the latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels...
  
   pitches a 7–0 no-hitter
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
   against the New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
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• August 7 - Vic Willis
  Vic Willis
  Victor Gazaway Willis was a Major League Baseball player nicknamed "The Delaware Peach." He was a starting pitcher...
  
   leads the Boston Beaneaters
  Atlanta Braves
  The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
  
   to a 7–1 victory by piching a no-hitter
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
   against the Washington Senators
  Washington Senators (1891-1899)
  The Washington Senators were a 19th century baseball team. The team was also known as the Washington Statesmen and the Washington Nationals. The team played at Boundary Field....
  
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Buck Freeman

Buck Freeman

John Frank "Buck" Freeman was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. Freeman was one of the top sluggers of his era, his most famous feat being the 25 home runs he hit during the 1899 season.A native of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, Freeman showed talent as...

 of the Washington Senators

Washington Senators (1891-1899)

The Washington Senators were a 19th century baseball team. The team was also known as the Washington Statesmen and the Washington Nationals. The team played at Boundary Field....

 leads all batters with 25 home run

Home run

In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...

s during the regular season, more than double hit by Bobby Wallace

Bobby Wallace (baseball)

Rhoderick John "Bobby" Wallace was a Major League Baseball pitcher, infielder, manager, umpire and scout....

 of the Cleveland Spiders

Cleveland Spiders

The Cleveland Spiders were a Major League Baseball team which played between 1887 and 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio. The team played at National League Park from 1889 to 1890 and at League Park from 1891 to 1899.- 1887-1891 :...

, who finished with 12 homers. Although Freeman failed to equal the record of 27 home runs set by Ned Williamson

Ned Williamson

Edward Nagle "Ned" or "Ed" Williamson was an American Major League Baseball player for 13 seasons from 1878 until 1890...

 in the season, his total is generally regarded as the greater achievement owing to the dimensions of Williamson's home ballpark of Lakeshore Park

Union Base-Ball Grounds

Union Base-Ball Grounds was a baseball park located in Chicago, Illinois. It was also called White-Stocking Park, as it was the home field of the Chicago White Stockings of the National Association in 1871, after spending the 1870 season as an independent professional club playing home games...

 – Only two of the 27 homers batted by Williamson for the Chicago White Stockings

Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...

 were scored away from home. Freeman's tally was not surpassed until , when Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...

 belted 29 home runs for the Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...

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Following the season, the Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles (19th century)

The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th-century American Association and National League team from 1882 to 1899. The club, which featured numerous future Hall of Famers, finished in first place three consecutive years and won the Temple Cup championship in 1896 and 1897...

, Cleveland Spiders

Cleveland Spiders

The Cleveland Spiders were a Major League Baseball team which played between 1887 and 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio. The team played at National League Park from 1889 to 1890 and at League Park from 1891 to 1899.- 1887-1891 :...

, Louisville Colonels

Louisville Colonels

The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels , the latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels...

 and Washington Senators

Washington Senators (1891-1899)

The Washington Senators were a 19th century baseball team. The team was also known as the Washington Statesmen and the Washington Nationals. The team played at Boundary Field....

 were all dropped by the National League, reducing the number of teams to eight for the season. The National League would remain at eight teams until 1962

1962 Major League Baseball season

This was the first 162-game schedule for the National League, as they added the Houston Colt .45s and the New York Mets to their lineup, as the NL returned to New York City, after a four-year absence...

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January

• January 3 - Buzz Arlett
  Buzz Arlett
  Russell Loris Arlett , also known as Buzz Arlett, was an American baseball player of German descent. Sometimes called "the Babe Ruth of the minor leagues." Like Ruth, Arlett was a large man who began his career as a pitcher before becoming his league's dominant home run hitter...
  
  
• January 5 - Bill Hunnefield
• January 5 - Bob Kinsella
  Bob Kinsella
  Robert Francis "Red" Kinsella was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  
• January 9 - Bill Conroy
  Bill Conroy (infielder)
  William Frederick Conroy was a professional baseball player. He was an infielder for one season with the Washington Senators. For his career, he compiled a .133 batting average in 60 at-bats, with two runs batted in....
  
  
• January 11 - General Crowder
  Alvin Crowder
  Alvin Floyd Crowder , nicknamed "General," was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played eleven seasons in the American League with the Washington Senators, the St. Louis Browns, and the Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• January 12 - Joe Hauser
  Joe Hauser
  Joseph John "Unser Choe" Hauser is a former professional baseball player who played first baseman in the major leagues from 1922–1929, with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• January 13 - Cactus Keck
  Cactus Keck
  Frank Joseph "Cactus" Keck was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• January 14 - Ralph Miller
• January 16 - Showboat Fisher
• January 17 - Tripp Sigman
  Tripp Sigman
  Wesley Triplett Sigman , was a Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from to . He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• January 18 - Eddie Moore
  Eddie Moore (baseball)
  Graham Edward Moore , is a former professional baseball player who played second base and outfield from 1923-1934 in the Major Leagues.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• January 21 - Haddie Gill
• January 21 - Lew Fonseca
  Lew Fonseca
  Lewis Albert Fonseca was an American first and second baseman in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, and Chicago White Sox over a 12-year career. While not a power hitter, he hit for average and was a good contact hitter for most of his career...
  
  
• January 23 - Bill Regan
  Bill Regan
  William Wright Regan was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• January 24 - Bob Berman
• January 27 - Bob Barrett
  Bob Barrett (baseball)
  Robert Schley Barrett was an infielder in Major League Baseball.-Sources:...
  
  
• January 27 - Bibb Falk
  Bibb Falk
  Bibb August Falk was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians ....
  
  
• January 29 - Ollie Voigt
  Ollie Voigt
  Olen Edward "Ode" Voigt was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was born in Wheaton, Illinois, and played baseball at Wheaton High School and the University of Illinois.-Career:...
  
  
• January 31 - Don Songer
  Don Songer
  Donald C. Songer was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played four seasons in the major leagues, from until , for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants.-Sources:...
  
  

February

• February 6 - Walt Huntzinger
  Walt Huntzinger
  Walter Henry Huntzinger was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, and Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• February 7 - Earl Whitehill
  Earl Whitehill
  Earl Oliver Whitehill was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Detroit Tigers for the most significant portion of his career , and later with the Washington Senators , Cleveland Indians , and the Chicago Cubs...
  
  
• February 9 - Specs Toporcer
  Specs Toporcer
  George Toporczer [played as Toporcer] was a professional baseball player and executive. He served primarily as a utility infielder during his eight seasons in Major League Baseball, playing for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1921 through 1928. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• February 10 - Bill Whaley
  Bill Whaley
  William Carl Whaley was a Major League Baseball player. He played in the outfield and was 5 foot 11 and 178 pounds. His Major League debut was on April 16, 1923. Whaley played just 1 season in the league, as a member of the St. Louis Browns in 1923. In 23 career games, he had 12 hits with an...
  
  
• February 13 - George Stutz
  George Stutz
  George "Kid" Stutz was a Major League Baseball shortstop. Stutz played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the season. In 6 career games, he had no hits in 9 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• February 24 - Pinky Pittenger
  Pinky Pittenger
  Clarke Alonzo "Pinky" Pittenger [previously thought to be Pittinger] was a reserve infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at shortstop for three different teams between the and seasons. Listed at 5' 10", 160 lb., Pittenger batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• February 25 - Stan Rees
• February 27 - Pat McNulty
  Pat McNulty
  Patrick Howard McNulty was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for five seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians in 1922 and from 1924 to 1927, playing as the starting right fielder in 1925.-External links:...
  
  
• February 28 - Lil Stoner
  Ulysses Stoner
  Ulysses Simpson Grant "Lil" Stoner born in Bowie, Texas was a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers , Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies ....
  
  

March

• March 1 - Ernie Padgett
  Ernie Padgett
  Ernest Kitchen Padgett , nicknamed "Red", was an American infielder in Major League Baseball who played for two MLB teams, the Boston Braves and the Cleveland Indians, from to ....
  
  
• March 2 - George Stueland
  George Stueland
  George Anton Stueland was born March 2, 1899 in Algona, Iowa. He is best known for playing for the Chicago Cubs between September 15, 1921, and May 26, 1925. He pitched right-handed.He died on September 9, 1964 in Onawa, Iowa....
  
  
• March 4 - Dutch Kemner
  Dutch Kemner
  Herman John "Dutch" Kemner was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• March 13 - Otis Brannan
  Otis Brannan
  Otis Owen Brannan , sometimes misspelled Otis Brannon, was a professional baseball player whose playing career spanned 13 seasons, including two in Major League Baseball. Over his major league career, Brannan played for the St...
  
  
• March 16 - Vic Keen
  Vic Keen
  Howard Victor Keen , was a Major League Baseball player who pitched from to , for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...
  
  
• March 17 - Charlie Root
  Charlie Root
  Charles Henry Root was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs for sixteen seasons from 1926 through 1941. He holds the club record for games, innings pitched, and career wins with 201....
  
  
• March 27 - Ed Hock
  Ed Hock
  Edward Francis "Ed" Hock was an American Major League Baseball player who played parts of three seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds from 1920 to 1924....
  
  
• March 27 - Marty Walker
  Marty Walker
  Martin Van Buren "Marty" Walker was an American professional baseball pitcher. Walker played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the season. In 1 career game, he had a 0-1 record, giving up four runs, two of them earned, and also gave up two walks...
  
  
• March 28 - Al Hermann
  Al Hermann
  Albert Bartel Hermann is a former Major League Baseball player. He played two seasons with the Boston Braves from 1923 to 1924.-External links:...
  
  
• March 29 - Herb McQuaid
  Herb McQuaid
  Herbert George McQuaid was a Major League Baseball pitcher. McQuaid played for the Cincinnati Reds in and the New York Yankees in . In 29 career games, he had a 2-0 record, with a 4.33 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• March 30 - Hal Rhyne
  Hal Rhyne
  Harold J. Rhyne was an infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at shortstop from through for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• March 31 - Ed Johnson

April

• April 5 - Tony Welzer
  Tony Welzer
  Anton Frank Welzer was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 11", 160 lb., he batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• April 8 - Ted Kleinhans
  Ted Kleinhans
  Theodore Otto Kleinhans was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born in Deer Park, Wisconsin. Ted played 4 seasons in Major League Baseball, with the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds in , the New York Yankees in , and the Reds again in and...
  
  
• April 8 - Lerton Pinto
  Lerton Pinto
  William Lerton Pinto was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• April 10 - Rudy Kneisch
  Rudy Kneisch
  Rudolph "Rudy" Frank Kneisch was an American professional baseball player who played in two games for the Detroit Tigers during the season.He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died there at the age of 65....
  
  
• April 12 - Bernie Henderson
  Bernie Henderson
  Bernard Henderson was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched in two games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1921 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
  
• April 12 - Trader Horne
  Trader Horne
  Berlyn Dale Horne was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Chicago Cubs during the season. Listed at 5' 9", 155 lb., Horne was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...
  
  
• April 18 - Bill Bayne
  Bill Bayne
  William Lear Bayne was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns , Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox . Bayne batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• April 18 - Harry Hulihan
  Harry Hulihan
  Harry Joseph Hulihan is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played one season with the Boston Braves .-External links:...
  
  
• April 29 - Frank McGee

May

• May 2 - Skinny O'Neal
• May 2 - Gale Staley
  Gale Staley
  George Gaylord "Gale" Staley was a Major League Baseball Second baseman. Staley played for the Chicago Cubs in the season. In 7 career games, he had 11 hits in 26 at-bats. He batted left and threw right-handed....
  
  
• May 7 - Eddie Pick
  Eddie Pick
  Edgar Everett Pick was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• May 8 - Fritz Henrich
  Fritz Henrich
  Frank Wilde "Fritz" Henrich was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1924.-External links:...
  
  
• May 10 - Freddie Maguire
  Freddie Maguire
  Frederick Edward Maguire was an American professional baseball player and scout.He played six years as a second baseman in Major League Baseball: 1922-23 with the New York Giants, 1928 with the Chicago Cubs, and 1929-31 with the Boston Braves,- New York Giants :A Roxbury, Massachusetts native,...
  
  
• May 12 - Tod Dennehey
  Tod Dennehey
  Thomas Francis Dennehy was a Major League Baseball left fielder who played for one season. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies for nine games during the 1923 Philadelphia Phillies season....
  
  
• May 14 - Earle Combs
  Earle Combs
  Earle Bryan Combs was an American professional baseball player, who played his entire career for the New York Yankees . Combs batted leadoff and played center field on the Yankees' fabled 1927 team...
  
  
• May 23 - Frank Kelliher
• May 23 - Charlie Niebergall
  Charlie Niebergall
  Charles Arthur Niebergall was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...
  
  
• May 25- Hal Elliott
  Hal Elliott
  Harold William Elliott was a right-handed pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team from 1929-1932. Born in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Elliott played baseball at the University of Michigan before joining the major leagues...
  
  
• May 25 - Jimmie Keenan
• May 28 - Bob Rice
  Bob Rice
  Robert Turnbull Rice was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• May 29 - Art Reinhart
  Art Reinhart
  Arthur Conrad Reinhart , was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from -. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...
  
  

June

• June 1 - Al Niehaus
  Al Niehaus
  Albert Bernard Niehaus was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• June 2 - Sloppy Thurston
  Sloppy Thurston
  Hollis John "Sloppy" Thurston was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball....
  
  
• June 3 - Urbane Pickering
  Urbane Pickering
  Urbane Henry "Pick" Pickering was a baseball player for the Boston Red Sox.-Biography:Pickering was born on June 3, 1899, in Hoxie, Kansas....
  
  
• June 7 - Lafayette Henion
  Lafayette Henion
  Lafayette Marion Henion was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in one game for the Brooklyn Robins during on September 10, 1919, working three innings and giving up two hits and two runs. He also struck out two and walked two.-External links:...
  
  
• June 11 - Horace Allen
  Horace Allen (baseball)
  Horace Tanner Allen , nicknamed "Pug", was an outfielder in Major League Baseball.Allen was born on July 5, 1899 in DeLand, Florida....
  
  
• June 14 - William Pierson
  William Pierson (baseball)
  William Morris Pierson was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to , and again in with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw left-handed.-External links:...
  
  
• June 22 - Leo Moon
  Leo Moon
  Leo Moon was a Major League Baseball pitcher for one season. He pitched 5⅔ innings in one game for the Cleveland Indians during the 1932 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
  
• June 25 - June Greene
  June Greene
  Julius Foust "June" Greene was a pinch hitter and pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1928 and 1929.-External links:...
  
  

July

• July 6 - Lenny Metz
• July 9 - Fred Johnston
  Fred Johnston
  Wilfred Ivy Johnston , is a former professional baseball player who played infield for the Brooklyn Robins in four games during the 1924 season. He attended college at Davidson College, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina.-External links:...
  
  
• July 10 - Wally Kopf
  Wally Kopf
  Walter Henry "Wally" Kopf was a German American professional baseball player whose career spanned two seasons, which included one in Major League Baseball with the New York Giants . He played only two games, making his debut on October 1, 1921 and his final appearance the next day...
  
  
• July 11 - Binky Jones
  Binky Jones
  John Joseph "Binky" Jones , is a former professional baseball player who played shortstop for the Brooklyn Robins in ten games during the 1924 season.-External links:...
  
  
• July 12 - Walt French
  Walter French (baseball)
  Walter Edward French Walter Edward French Walter Edward French (born July 12, 1899 – May 13, 1984 , was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from to . He played for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1925 he batted .370 in 67 games for the Athletics and was...
  
  
• July 17 - Red Smith
• July 16 - Nellie Pott
  Nellie Pott
  Nelson Adolph Pott was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched in two games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1922 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
  
• July 19 - Joe Kiefer
  Joe Kiefer
  Joseph William Kiefer [Harlem Joe or Smoke] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 11", 190 lb., Kiefer batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• July 20 - Happy Foreman
  Happy Foreman
  August G. Foreman was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• July 23 - Ed Holley
  Ed Holley
  Edward Edgar Holley was a professional baseball pitcher. He played four seasons in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1928 and 1932-34 in the National League....
  
  
• July 23 - Chuck Rowland
  Chuck Rowland
  Charlie Leland Rowland was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• July 27 - Jim Faulkner
  Jim Faulkner
  James Leroy Faulkner was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1927-1930.-External links:...
  
  
• July 29 - Walter Beall
  Walter Beall
  Walter Esau Beall was an American major league baseball player who played for the New York Yankees on several championship teams in the 1920s....
  
  

August

• August 1 - Joe Shaute
  Joe Shaute
  Joseph Benjamin Shaute was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1922 to 1934, and during his 13-year career, he played primarily for the Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• August 2 - Tink Riviere 
• August 4 - Oscar Melillo
  Oscar Melillo
  Oscar Donald "Ski" Melillo was an American second baseman and coach in Major League Baseball. Listed at 5' 8", 150 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.-Career:...
  
  
• August 5 - Sam Gibson
  Sam Gibson
  Samuel Braxton Gibson was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played five seasons with the Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees and New York Giants ....
  
  
• August 5 - Slim McGrew
• August 7 - Guy Sturdy
  Guy Sturdy
  Guy Sturdy was a professional baseball player. He was a first baseman over parts of two seasons with the St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a .288 batting average and one home run in 66 at-bats, with 13 runs batted in.After his playing careers, Sturdy managed in the minor leagues for...
  
  
• August 7 - Ted Wingfield
  Ted Wingfield
  Frederick Davis Wingfield was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 11", 168 lb., Wingfield batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• August 11 - Frank Brazill
  Frank Brazill
  Frank Leo Brazill was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played from 1921-1922 for the Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
  
• August 12 - Bill Black
  Bill Black (baseball)
  John William Black was a professional baseball player. He was a second baseman for one season with the Chicago White Sox. For his career, he compiled a .200 batting average in 5 at-bats....
  
  
• August 14 - Skinny Graham
  Skinny Graham
  Kyle "Skinny" Graham , was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Born in Oak Grove, Alabama, Graham was 6'2", 172 pound right-hander. He played four major league seasons as a pitcher for the Boston Braves and Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• August 18 - Bernie Friberg
  Bernie Friberg
  Gustaf Bernhard Friberg born in Manchester, New Hampshire was a Utility Player for the Chicago Cubs , Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox ....
  
  
• August 22 - Dud Lee
  Dud Lee
  Ernest Holford "Dud" Lee was a backup infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a shortstop from through for the St. Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 9", 150 lb., Lee batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Denver, Colorado...
  
  
• August 25 - Pea Ridge Day
  Pea Ridge Day
  Henry Clyde Day was a champion Arkansas hog-caller and right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who committed suicide after an operation to repair his throwing arm proved unsuccessful.-The "Hog-Calling Pitcher":...
  
  

September

• September 5 - Max Bishop
  Max Bishop
  Max Frederick Bishop was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox . Bishop batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 6 - Del Bissonette
  Del Bissonette
  Adelphia Louis Bissonette was an American first baseman, manager and coach in Major League Baseball.Born in Winthrop, Maine, Bissonette attended Westbrook Seminary, the University of New Hampshire and Georgetown University before signing a professional baseball contract with Valleyfield-Cap de la...
  
  
• September 7 - Clarence Winters
  Clarence Winters
  Clarence John Winters was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. He was born in Detroit, Michigan....
  
  
• September 8 - George Gilham
  George Gilham
  George Lewis Gilham was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...
  
  
• September 9 - Waite Hoyt
  Waite Hoyt
  Waite Charles Hoyt was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, one of the dominant pitchers of the 1920s, and the winningest pitcher for the New York Yankees during that decade...
  
  
• September 10 - Augie Johns
  Augie Johns
  Augustus Francis Johns was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Detroit Tigers.-External links:...
  
  
• September 15 - Harry McCurdy
  Harry McCurdy
  Harry Henry McCurdy born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin was a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals , Chicago White Sox , Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds ....
  
  
• September 16 - Heinie Mueller
• September 17 - Sheriff Blake
  Sheriff Blake
  John Frederick "Sheriff" Blake , is a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1920–1931 and 1937. He would play for the St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• September 20- Nelson Greene
  Nelson Greene
  Nelson George Greene was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in fifteen games for the Brooklyn Robins during the 1924 & 1925 seasons. He attended college at Lehigh University and Villanova University.-External links:...
  
  
• September 20 - Karl Schnell
• September 21 - Del Lundgren
  Del Lundgren
  Ebin Delmer Lundgren was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 8", 160 lb, Lundgren batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 25 - Hoge Workman
  Hoge Workman
  Harry Hallworth "Hoge" Workman was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and a player-coach in the National Football League. Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb., Workman batted and threw right-handed...
  
  

October

• October 11 - Eddie Dyer
  Eddie Dyer
  Edwin Hawley Dyer was an American left-handed pitcher, manager and farm system official in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1922–44 and 1946–50...
  
  
• October 11 - Ernie Smith
  Ernie Smith (baseball)
  Ernest Henry "Ernie" Smith , was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played in with the Chicago White Sox. He batted and threw right-handed. Smith had a .241 batting average in 24 games, 19 hits in 79 at-bats, in his one year career.He was born in Totowa, New Jersey and died in Brooklyn, New...
  
  
• October 12 - Bub Kuhn
  Bub Kuhn
  Bernard Daniel "Bub" Kuhn was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched one game for the Cleveland Indians on September 1 during the 1924 Cleveland Indians season, pitching one inning....
  
  
• October 15 - John Chapman
  John Chapman (baseball)
  John Joseph Chapman was a professional baseball player. He was a shortstop for one season with the Philadelphia Athletics. For his career, he compiled a .282 batting average in 71 at-bats, with seven runs batted in....
  
  
• October 22 - Ike Kahdot
  Ike Kahdot
  Isaac Leonard Kahdot was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cleveland Indians in 1922.-External links:...
  
  
• October 24 - Cuckoo Christensen
  Cuckoo Christensen
  Walter Niels "Cuckoo" Christensen born in San Francisco, California was a baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds .Christensen led the National League in on-base percentage in 1926...
  
  
• October 26 - Judy Johnson
  Judy Johnson
  William Julius "Judy" Johnson was an American third baseman in Negro league baseball.Johnson was born in Snow Hill, Maryland. Although his father wanted him to be a boxer, Johnson, who was 5 ft 11 in and only 150 lb , was far better suited for a career in baseball...
  
  
• October 26 - Otto Vogel
  Otto Vogel
  Otto Henry Vogel was a Major League Baseball player. Vogel played for the Chicago Cubs in the 1923 and 1924 seasons. in 111 career games, Vogel had 63 hits in 253 at-bats, with a .249 batting average....
  
  
• October 28 - Percy Jones
  Percy Jones (baseball player)
  Percy Lee Jones born in Harwood, Texas was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs , Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates ....
  
  

November

• November 5 - Jack Wisner
  Jack Wisner
  John Henry Wisner , known as "Big" Jack Wisner, was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  
• November 6 - Joe Munson
  Joe Munson
  Joseph Martin Napoleon Munson was a reserve outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Chicago Cubs. Listed at 5' 9", 184 lb., Munson batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• November 9 - George Abrams
  George Abrams
  George Allen Abrams was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched in three games for the Cincinnati Reds during the 1923 Cincinnati Reds season.-External links:...
  
  
• November 11 - Bill Vargus
  Bill Vargus
  William Fay Vargus was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Boston Braves for 11 games during the 1925 Boston Braves season and four games during the 1926 Boston Braves season....
  
  
• November 18 - Dutch Ulrich
  Dutch Ulrich
  Frank W. "Dutch" Ulrich was an American professional baseball player who played three season for the Philadelphia Phillies from through ....
  
  
• November 18 - Ren Kelly
  Ren Kelly
  Reynolds Joseph "Ren" Kelly was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in one game for the Philadelphia Athletics on September 18, 1923...
  
  
• November 21 - Augie Swentor
  Augie Swentor
  August William Swentor was a pinch hitter in Major League Baseball. He played one game for the Chicago White Sox in 1922.-External links:...
  
  
• November 21 - Charlie Gibson
• November 27 - Lena Styles
  Lena Styles
  William Graves "Lena" Styles was an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball over parts of five seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cincinnati Reds...
  
  
• November 30 - Reuben Ewing
  Reuben Ewing
  Reuben Ewing was a Jewish Russian-American baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals.Ewing was born in Odessa, Ukraine to Jewish-Russian parents and emigrated with them to the United States in 1904. As a child he showed brilliant athletic talent, a foreshadow of his later achievement of making...
  
  

December

• December 2 - Ray Morehart
  Ray Morehart
  Raymond Anderson Morehart was an American major league baseball player.Born in Terrell, Texas, Morehart attended Austin College and played two seasons for the Chicago White Sox before being traded for infielder Aaron Ward in January 1927; Morehart was therefore a member of the 1927 New York...
  
  
• December 6 - Jocko Conlan
  Jocko Conlan
  John Bertrand "Jocko" Conlan was an American Hall of Fame umpire who worked in the National League from 1941 to 1965. He previously had a brief career as an outfielder with the Chicago White Sox....
  
  
• December 7 - Ed Morris
• December 10 - Verdo Elmore
  Verdo Elmore
  Verdo Wilson "Ellie" Elmore was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Browns in 1924.-External links:...
  
  
• December 10 - Jake Hehl
  Jake Hehl
  Herman Charles Hehl was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in one game for the Brooklyn Robins during the 1918 baseball season, working one scoreless inning on June 20, 1918.-External links:...
  
  
• December 12 - Allie Watt
  Allie Watt
  Albert Bailey "Allie" Watt was a Major League Baseball player who played in with the Washington Senators. Watt was the brother of former Major Leaguer, Frank Watt....
  
  
• December 13 - Buckshot May
  Buckshot May
  William Herbert "Buckshot" May was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1924. The 24-year-old right-hander stood 6'2" and weighed 169 lbs....
  
  
• December 14 - Bob Lawrence
  Bob Lawrence
  Robert Andrew "Bob" Lawrence was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game for the Chicago White Sox on July 19, . He pitched in inning, allowing one hit, one earned run, and one walk.-External links:...
  
  
• December 18 - Sam Barnes
  Sam Barnes
  Samuel Thomas Barnes was a Major League Baseball player. Barnes played for the Detroit Tigers in the 1921 season.Barnes was born in Suggsville, Alabama and died in Montgomery, Alabama....
  
  
• December 19 - Sam Dodge
  Sam Dodge
  Samuel Edward Dodge was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1921 and 1922 for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6' 1", 170 lb, Dodge batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Neath, Pennsylvania, United States...
  
  
• December 20 - George Pipgras
  George Pipgras
  George William Pipgras was an American right-handed starting pitcher and umpire in Major League Baseball. Known as "The Danish Viking," he spent most of his playing career with the New York Yankees, breaking in as a rookie in 1923...
  
  
• December 23 - Waddy MacPhee
  Waddy Macphee
  Walter Scott "Waddy" MacPhee is a former professional baseball player and American football player. He played in two games in Major League Baseball as a fifth baseman for the New York Giants in , and played one season as a retarded running horse for the Providence Steam Rollers in 1926...
  
  
• December 23 - Tommy Thomas
• December 25 - Tom Gulley
  Tom Gulley
  Thomas Jefferson Gulley was a professional baseball right fielder. He is 5'11 and weighs 178lbs. He went to Mississippi College. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1923-1924 and played one year for the Chicago White Sox . He was born in Garner, North Carolina and died in an accidental...
  
  
• December 26 - Logan Drake
  Logan Drake
  Logan Gaffney Drake [L.G.] was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Cleveland Indians. Listed at 5' 10.5", 165 lb., Drake batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• December 26 - Art Gardiner

Deaths

• January 6 - John Smith, 40, first baseman for the Troy Trojans and Worcester Ruby Legs of the National League in the 1882 season.

• January 13 - Fred Carl
  Fred Carl (baseball)
  Frederick "Fred" E. Carl was an American professional baseball player who played in 25 games for the Louisville Colonels during the season.He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died there at the age of 40....
  
  , 40, outfielder.

• January 17 - Billy Arnold
  Billy Arnold (baseball)
  Willis S. Arnold was an American professional baseball player who played as a outfielder in two games of the 1872 season for the Middletown Mansfields in the National Association....
  
  , 47, outfielder.

• March 6 - Edward Santry
  Edward Santry
  Edward Santry , is a professional baseball player who played shortstop in the Major Leagues for the 1884 Detroit Wolverines.-External links:...
  
  , 38, shortstop.

• March 9 - Bill McGunnigle
  Bill McGunnigle
  William Henry McGunnigle was an American baseball manager for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Pittsburgh Pirates and Louisville Colonels...
  
  , 44, manager who led Brooklyn to the American Association title in 1889, and the National League pennant the following year after the team switched leagues; as collegiate catcher, was possibly the first at that position to wear a glove.

• March 16 - Egyptian Healy, 32, pitcher.

• April 9 - Mike Moynahan
  Mike Moynahan
  Michael Moynahan , was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, between and , for the Buffalo Bisons, Detroit Wolverines, Cleveland Blues, and Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
  , 43, shortstop.

• April 24 - Pat Luby
  Pat Luby
  John Perkins "Pat" Luby , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1890-1895. He would play for the Louisville Colonels and Chicago Colts.-External links:...
  
  , 30, pitcher.

• July 14 - Frank Kreeger
  Frank Kreeger
  Frank Kreeger was a 19th-century professional baseball player. He played for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in 1884.-External links:...
  
  , [?], outfielder and pitcher.

• July 24 - Jim Korwan
  Jim Korwan
  James Korwan was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher. He played in one game for the Brooklyn Grooms during the 1894 season and in five games for the Chicago Colts during the 1897 season.-External links:*...
  
  , 25, pitcher.

• August 10 - Henry Buker
  Henry Buker
  Henry L. Buker was an American professional baseball shortstop and right fielder with the 1884 Detroit Wolverines. He was born in Portland, Maine and died in Chicago, Illinois. He is buried in Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.-External links:...
  
  , 40, shortstop.

• September 17 - John Haldeman
  John Haldeman
  John Avery Haldeman was a journalist who played one game for Major League Baseball's Louisville Grays in the 1877 season.-Early life:...
  
  , 43, journalist and business manager for the Louisville Courier-Journal
  The Courier-Journal
  The Courier-Journal, locally called "The C-J", is the main newspaper for the city of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the paper is the 48th largest daily paper in the United States and the single largest in Kentucky.- Origins :The...
  
  , who played second base in one game for the 1877 Louisville Grays
  1877 Louisville Grays season
  The Louisville Grays were the victim of Major League Baseball's first gambling scandal. Pitcher Jim Devlin, outfielder George Hall, utility player Al Nichols and shortstop Bill Craver were accused of throwing games at the end of the season. All four were banned from baseball for life...
  
  .

• November 2 - Tim McGinley
  Tim McGinley
  Timothy S. McGinley , was a Major League Baseball player who played catcher from -. He would play for the Philadelphia Centennials, New Haven Elm Citys, and Boston Red Caps....
  
  , 45, catcher.

• December 1 - Ed Gastfield
  Ed Gastfield
  Edward Gastfield , is a professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1884-1885. He played for the Chicago White Stockings and Detroit Wolverines....
  
  , 34, catcher.

• December 14 - Harry Dooms
  Harry Dooms
  -Sources:...
  
  , 32, outfielder.

• December 16 - Fred Waterman, 54, third baseman, member of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings
  Cincinnati Red Stockings
  The Cincinnati Red Stockings of were baseball's first fully professional team, with ten salaried players. The Cincinnati Base Ball Club formed in 1866 and fielded competitive teams in the National Association of Base Ball Players 1867–1870, a time of a transition that ambitious Cincinnati,...
  
   team that went undefeated.

• December 18 - Fred Truax
  Fred Truax
  Frederick W. Truax was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Pittsburg Alleghenys of the National League during the 1890 season.-Sources:...
  
  , 31, outfielder.