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Champions

  • World Series
    1910 World Series
    The 1910 World Series featured the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship.Jack Coombs of Philadelphia won three games and Eddie Collins supplied timely hitting...

    : Philadelphia Athletics
    Oakland Athletics
    The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....

     over Chicago Cubs
    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...

     (4-1)

Awards and honors

  • Chalmers Award
    MLB Most Valuable Player Award
    The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award is an annual Major League Baseball award, given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers Association of America...

    • Ty Cobb
      Ty Cobb
      Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb , nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in Narrows, Georgia...

      , Detroit Tigers
      Detroit Tigers
      The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

      , OF
    • Nap Lajoie
      Nap Lajoie
      Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie , also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island...

      , Cleveland Naps
      Cleveland Indians
      The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...


MLB statistical leaders

American League
American League
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

 
National League
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

AVG
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...

 
Nap Lajoie
Nap Lajoie
Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie , also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island...

 CLE
.384 Sherry Magee
Sherry Magee
Sherwood Robert "Sherry" Magee was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1904 through 1919, Magee played for the Philadelphia Phillies , Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds...

 PHI
.331
HR
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...

 
Jake Stahl
Jake Stahl
Jacob Garland "Jake" Stahl was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and New York Highlanders. A graduate of the University of Illinois, he was a member of the Kappa Kappa chapter of Sigma Chi...

 BOS
10 Fred Beck
Fred Beck
Frederick Thomas Beck was a baseball player. He played in the major leagues from 1909 to 1911 with the Boston Doves, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies. He then went down the minor leagues...

 BSB &
Frank Schulte CHC
10
RBIs Sam Crawford
Sam Crawford
Samuel Earl Crawford , nicknamed "Wahoo Sam", was a Major League Baseball player who played outfield for the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957....

 DET
120 Sherry Magee
Sherry Magee
Sherwood Robert "Sherry" Magee was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1904 through 1919, Magee played for the Philadelphia Phillies , Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds...

 PHI
123
Wins
Win (baseball)
In professional baseball, there are two types of decisions: a win and a loss . In each game, one pitcher on the winning team is awarded a win and one pitcher on the losing team is given a loss in their respective statistics. These pitchers are collectively known as the pitchers of record. Only...

 
Jack Coombs
Jack Coombs
John Wesley "Jack" Coombs , nicknamed Colby Jack after his alma mater, was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Philadelphia Athletics , Brooklyn Robins , and Detroit Tigers...

 PHA
31 Christy Mathewson
Christy Mathewson
Christopher "Christy" Mathewson , nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire career in what is known as the dead-ball era...

 NYG
27
ERA
Earned run average
In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...

 
Ed Walsh
Ed Walsh
Edward Augustine Walsh was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He holds the record for lowest career ERA, 1.82.-Baseball career:Born in Plains Township, Pennsylvania, Walsh had a brief though remarkable major league career...

 CHW
1.27 King Cole
King Cole (baseball player)
Leonard Leslie "King" Cole was a baseball player in the early twentieth century. He started his baseball career as a pitcher with the Chicago Cubs in . In , he led the National League with a record of 20-4 and helped win a National League Pennant for the Cubs...

 CHC
1.80
Ks
Strikeout
In baseball or softball, a strikeout or strike-out occurs when a batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters....

 
Walter Johnson
Walter Johnson
Walter Perry Johnson , nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Washington Senators...

 WSH
313 Earl Moore
Earl Moore
Earl Moore was born was a professional baseball player who had a 14-year career in Major League Baseball.-Biography:...

 PHI
185

American League final standings

American League
American League
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Philadelphia Athletics
Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....

102 48 .680 --
New York Highlanders
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

88 63 .583 14.5
Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

86 68 .558 18
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"...

81 72 .529 22.5
Cleveland Naps
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...

71 81 .467 32
Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...

68 85 .444 35.5
Washington Senators
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...

66 85 .437 36.5
St. Louis Browns
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...

47 107 .305 57

National League final standings

National League
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Chicago Cubs
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...

104 50 .675 --
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....

91 63 .591 13
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...

86 67 .562 17.5
Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...

78 75 .510 25.5
Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....

75 79 .487 29
Brooklyn Robins
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...

64 90 .416 40
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...

63 90 .412 40.5
Boston Doves
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....

53 100 .346 50.5

Events

  • April 14 - William Howard Taft
    William Howard Taft
    William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...

     became the first U.S. president to throw out the ceremonial "first pitch" after he opened the 1910 season at Washington's League Park
    League Park
    League Park was a baseball park located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was situated at the northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and E. 66th Street in the Hough neighborhood. It was home to the National League Cleveland Spiders, the American League Cleveland Indians, and the Cleveland...

    . Washington Senators
    1910 Washington Senators season
    The 1910 Washington Senators won 66 games, lost 85, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Jimmy McAleer and played home games at National Park.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

    ' Walter Johnson
    Walter Johnson
    Walter Perry Johnson , nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Washington Senators...

     christened the tradition by pitching a one-hitter, beating the Philadelphia Athletics
    1910 Philadelphia Athletics season
    The Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders...

    , 3-0.

  • April 20 - Addie Joss
    Addie Joss
    Adrian Joss was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched his entire nine-year baseball career for the Cleveland Bronchos/Naps .-Early life:...

     of the Cleveland Naps
    1910 Cleveland Naps season
    The Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps finishing fifth in the American League.- Regular season :...

     pitches the second 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"...

     of his career defeating the Chicago White Sox
    Chicago White Sox
    The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...

    , 1-0. Joss was the last major leaguer to throw 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"...

    , when he tossed a perfect game
    Perfect game
    A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher pitches a victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposing player reaches base. Thus, the pitcher cannot allow any hits, walks, hit batsmen, or any opposing player to reach base safely for any...

     on October 2, 1908. That games was also a 1-0 win over the White Sox.

  • May 12 - Chief Bender
    Chief Bender
    Charles Albert "Chief" Bender was a pitcher in Major League Baseball during the first two decades of the 20th century...

     throws 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"...

     for the Philadelphia Athletics
    1910 Philadelphia Athletics season
    The Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders...

    , coming within one walk of a perfect game
    Perfect game
    A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher pitches a victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposing player reaches base. Thus, the pitcher cannot allow any hits, walks, hit batsmen, or any opposing player to reach base safely for any...

    . Philadelphia beats the Cleveland Naps
    1910 Cleveland Naps season
    The Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps finishing fifth in the American League.- Regular season :...

    , 4-0.

  • June 28 - Chicago Cubs
    1910 Chicago Cubs season
    - Notable transactions :* May 13, 1910: Doc Miller was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Doves for Lew Richie.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

     shortstop Joe Tinker
    Joe Tinker
    Joseph Bert Tinker was a Major League Baseball player and manager. He is best known for his years with the Chicago Cubs dynasty which won four pennants between 1906 and 1910; and for his feud with double play partner Johnny Evers. Tinker was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in...

     steals home twice becoming the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat in Cubs' 11–1 home victory over the Cincinnati Reds
    1910 Cincinnati Reds season
    The Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League. The Reds finished 5th in the National League with a record of 75-79.- Notable transactions :...

    . Mordecai Brown
    Mordecai Brown
    Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown , nicknamed "Three Finger" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher at the turn of the 20th century. Due to a farm-machinery accident in his youth, Brown lost parts of two fingers on his right hand and eventually acquired his nickname as a result...

     is the winning pitcher.

  • July 3 - Pittsburgh Pirates
    1910 Pittsburgh Pirates 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...

     outfielder Chief Wilson
    Chief Wilson
    John Owen "Chief" Wilson was a Major League Baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals .Born in Austin, Texas, Wilson was an outfielder with a strong throwing arm...

     hits for the cycle in a 10-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds
    1910 Cincinnati Reds season
    The Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League. The Reds finished 5th in the National League with a record of 75-79.- Notable transactions :...

    .

  • July 19 - Cleveland Naps
    1910 Cleveland Naps season
    The Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps finishing fifth in the American League.- Regular season :...

     ace Cy Young
    Cy Young
    Denton True "Cy" Young was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 22-year baseball career , he pitched for five different teams. Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937...

     wins the 500th game of his career, defeating the Washington Senators
    1910 Washington Senators season
    The 1910 Washington Senators won 66 games, lost 85, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Jimmy McAleer and played home games at National Park.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

    , 5-4.

  • August 18 - Rickwood Field
    Rickwood Field
    Rickwood FieldFacility StatisticsLocation1137 2nd Avenue WestBirmingham, AlabamaBroke GroundSpring 1910Cost$75,000OpenedAugust 18, 1910SurfaceGrassOwnerCity of BirminghamTenantsBirmingham Barons 1910-1961...

     opens in Birmingham, Alabama
    Birmingham, Alabama
    Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

    , with 10,000 fans watching the Birmingham Barons
    Birmingham Barons
    The Birmingham Barons are a minor league baseball team based in Birmingham, Alabama. The team, which plays in the Southern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox major-league club....

     defeat the Montgomery Climbers in a 3-2 pitchers' duel won by Harry Coveleski
    Harry Coveleski
    Harry Frank Coveleski was a Major League Baseball pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and Detroit Tigers. Born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, he began his career with the Phillies in 1907...

    .

  • August 25 - Philadelphia Athletics
    1910 Philadelphia Athletics season
    The Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders...

     second baseman Danny Murphy hits for the cycle in a 9-6 loss to the St. Louis Browns
    1910 St. Louis Browns season
    The St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 47 wins and 107 losses.- Notable transactions :...

    .

  • September 17 - Detroit Tigers
    1910 Detroit Tigers season
    The 1910 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The Tigers finished third in the American League with a record of 86-68, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

     pitcher Ed Summers
    Ed Summers
    Oron Edgar Summers , nicknamed "Kickapoo Ed," due to his Kickapoo ancestry. was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played five seasons with the Detroit Tigers ....

    , a notoriously poor hitter, bounces two home runs into the stands in a 10–3 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics
    1910 Philadelphia Athletics season
    The Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders...

    . The two homers, both off Harry Krause
    Harry Krause
    Harry William "Hal" Krause was a Major League Baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of five seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Naps. He led the American League in earned run average in 1909 while playing for Philadelphia...

    , will comprise his career total.

  • October 6 - Boston Doves
    1910 Boston Doves season
    The Boston Doves season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Beaneaters finished eighth in the National League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.- Notable transactions :...

     outfielder Bill Collins hits for the cycle as Boston crushes the Philadelphia Phillies
    1910 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...

    , 20-7. Collins becomes the first player in baseball history to hit for the natural cycle.

  • October 9 - Detroit Tigers
    1910 Detroit Tigers season
    The 1910 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The Tigers finished third in the American League with a record of 86-68, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

     star Ty Cobb
    Ty Cobb
    Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb , nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in Narrows, Georgia...

     stayed out of the lineup to preserve his .383 batting average. Cleveland Naps
    1910 Cleveland Naps season
    The Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps finishing fifth in the American League.- Regular season :...

    ' Nap Lajoie
    Nap Lajoie
    Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie , also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island...

     went 8-for-8 in a doubleheader where six of his hits were bunt singles. He finished with a .384 batting average and rumor has it that the St. Louis Browns
    1910 St. Louis Browns season
    The St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 47 wins and 107 losses.- Notable transactions :...

     gave Lajoie the singles by playing too deep. American League president Ban Johnson
    Ban Johnson
    Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson , was an American executive in professional baseball who served as the founder and first president of the American League ....

     investigated and found no wrong doing.

  • October 23 - The Philadelphia Athletics
    1910 Philadelphia Athletics season
    The Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders...

     defeat the Chicago Cubs
    1910 Chicago Cubs season
    - Notable transactions :* May 13, 1910: Doc Miller was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Doves for Lew Richie.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

    , 7–2, in Game 5 of the World Series
    1910 World Series
    The 1910 World Series featured the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship.Jack Coombs of Philadelphia won three games and Eddie Collins supplied timely hitting...

     to win their first World Championship
    World championship
    A world championship is the top achievement for any sport or contest. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best nation, team, individual in the world in a particular field. Certain sports do not have a world championship, instead...

    , four games to one.

  • November 10 - Clark Griffith
    Clark Griffith
    Clark Calvin Griffith , nicknamed "the Old Fox", was a Major League Baseball pitcher, manager and team owner.-Biography:...

     becomes a club owner and president when he joins Philadelphia grain broker William Richardson in buying controlling interest in the Washington Senators
    1910 Washington Senators season
    The 1910 Washington Senators won 66 games, lost 85, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Jimmy McAleer and played home games at National Park.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

     for $175,000. Griffith, unable to get financial help from the American League, mortgages his ranch in Montana
    Montana
    Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

     to raise funds.

January–February

  • January 1 - Charlie Devens
    Charlie Devens
    Charles Devens , was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from -. After pitching for Harvard he was signed in 1932 to the New York Yankees...

  • January 3 - Frenchy Bordagaray
    Frenchy Bordagaray
    Stanley George "Frenchy" Bordagaray was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and third baseman. Born in Coalinga, California, he lettered in four sports at Fresno State College before making his professional baseball debut in 1931 with the Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League...

  • January 4 - Gabe Paul
    Gabe Paul
    Gabriel Howard Paul was an American executive in Major League Baseball who served as general manager of three teams and, perhaps most famously, as president of the New York Yankees under George Steinbrenner during the 1970s....

  • January 7 - Johnny McCarthy
    Johnny McCarthy (baseball player)
    John Joseph McCarthy born in Chicago, Illinois was a first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers , New York Giants and Boston Braves ....

  • January 10 - Johnny Peacock
    Johnny Peacock
    John Gaston Peacock was a part-time catcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between and . Listed at 5' 11", 165 lb., Peacock batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Fremont, North Carolina.A light-hitting catcher, Peacock was good defensively and...

  • January 11 - Schoolboy Rowe
    Schoolboy Rowe
    Lynnwood Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies...

  • January 16 - Dizzy Dean
    Dizzy Dean
    Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. Dean was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953....

  • January 19 - Hugh Poland
  • January 19 - Dib Williams
    Dib Williams
    Edwin Dibrell Williams was an American second baseman and shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from 1930-1935 with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox. Born in Greenbrier, Arkansas, he played in the 1931 World Series with the Athletics. He died at age 82 in Searcy,...

  • January 20 - Frank Makosky
    Frank Makosky
    Frank Makosky was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Makosky played for the New York Yankees in . In 26 career games, he had a 5-2 record, with a 4.97 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed....

  • January 22 - Prince Oana
    Prince Oana
    Henry Kawaihoa "Prince" Oana was a Major League Baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers....

  • January 24 - Johnny Dickshot
    Johnny Dickshot
    John Oscar Dickshot commonly known as "Ugly" Johnny Dickshot was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1936–38, the New York Giants in 1939, and the Chicago White Sox from 1944-45. He won the nickname "Ugly" because of his self-proclaimed status as the "ugliest man in...

  • January 27 - Harry Matuzak
    Harry Matuzak
    Harry George Matuzak was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics...

  • February 1- Dutch Lieber
    Dutch Lieber
    Charles Edwin "Dutch" Lieber was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics...

  • February 10 - Bob Logan
    Bob Logan (baseball)
    Robert Dean Logan was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for several teams between 1935 and 1945.-External links:...

  • February 14 - Alex Sabo
  • February 24 - Fred Sington
    Fred Sington
    Frederic William Sington was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. He would also play professional baseball as an outfielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators...


March-April

  • March 2 - Ace Adams
    Ace Adams
    Ace Townsend Adams was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Giants . Adams batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Willows, California....

  • March 3 - Bill Brenzel
    Bill Brenzel
    William Richard Brenzel was a Major League Baseball catcher who played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians where he earned a reputation for his quick wit and his slow feet. After his playing career ended, he was a long-time scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers.-External...

  • March 7 - Howie McFarland
  • March 7 - Fred Archer
    Fred Archer (baseball)
    Frederick Marvin "Fred" Archer , also known as "Lefty" Archer, was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned 10 seasons, including parts of two in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1936 and 1937...

  • March 16 - Bob Poser
    Bob Poser
    John Falk "Bob" Poser was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...

  • March 27 - Vince Sherlock
    Vince Sherlock
    Vincent Thomas Sherlock , is a former professional baseball player who played second base for the 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers....

  • March 27 - Steve Sundra
    Steve Sundra
    Stephen Richard Sundra was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played during eight seasons for the New York Yankees , Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns . He batted and threw right-handed. A native of Luxor, Pennsylvania, Steve Sundra was the son of a coal miner...

  • March 29 - Bill Dietrich
    Bill Dietrich
    William John "Bullfrog" Dietrich is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1933-1948. He would play for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics.In 16 seasons, Dietrich posted a 108-128 career record...

  • April 4 - Joe Bokina
  • April 4 - Joe Vosmik
    Joe Vosmik
    Joseph Franklin Vosmik born in Cleveland, Ohio was an Outfielder for the Cleveland Indians , St. Louis Browns , Boston Red Sox , Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators . He helped the Dodgers win the 1941 National League Pennant.He was voted to the 1935 American League All-Star Team as a Right...

  • April 8 - Charlie English
    Charlie English
    Charles Dewie English was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Giants.-External links:...

  • April 12 - Bill Miller
    Bill Miller (right-handed pitcher)
    William Francis "Wild Bill" Miller was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game on October 2, for the St. Louis Browns.-External links:*...

  • April 15 - Eddie Mayo
    Eddie Mayo
    Edward Joseph Mayo , nicknamed "Hotshot" and "Steady Eddie," was a professional baseball infielder...

  • April 22 - Lew Riggs
    Lew Riggs
    Lewis Sidney Riggs born in Mebane, North Carolina was a Third Baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals , Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers ....

  • April 24 - Sam Harshaney
  • April 25 - Jimmy Brown
  • April 27 - Frenchy Uhalt
    Frenchy Uhalt
    Bernard Bartholomew "Frenchy" Uhalt was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played in 57 games for the Chicago White Sox in ....


May-June

  • May 9 - Mike Balas
  • May 10 - Joe Chamberlain
  • May 12 - Lefty Mills
    Lefty Mills
    Howard Robinson "Lefty" Mills was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, between and , for the St. Louis Browns.-External links:...

  • May 13 - Boze Berger
    Boze Berger
    Louis William "Boze" Berger was an infielder who played for the Cleveland Indians , Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox...

  • May 17 - Lou Chiozza
    Lou Chiozza
    Louis Peo Chiozza is a former professional baseball player who played a total of six seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants of Major League Baseball.-Early life:...

  • May 19 - Tommy Thompson
    Tommy Thompson
    Thomas George "Tommy" Thompson , a United States Republican politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin, after which he served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson was a candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, but dropped out early after a poor performance in polls...

  • May 21 - Larry Rosenthal
    Larry Rosenthal
    Larry Rosenthal was a professional baseball outfielder in the 1930s and 40's. He first played with the Chicago White Sox in 1936, and hit .281 in 317 at bats. He actually started out spectacularly getting on base three or more times in 19 of his first 50 games, two more than the next four players...

  • May 23 - Earl Huckleberry
    Earl Huckleberry
    Earl Eugene Huckleberry was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1935.-External links:...

  • May 26 - Jim McCloskey
    Jim McCloskey
    James Ellwood "Irish" McCloskey is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played one season with the Atlanta Braves in 1936.-External links:...

  • May 28 - Willard Hershberger
    Willard Hershberger
    Willard McKee Hershberger was a catcher for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds from 1938 to 1940.He has the distinction of being the only major league player to date to commit suicide during the season.-Life and career:...

  • May 29 - George McQuinn
    George McQuinn
    George Hartley McQuinn was a left handed, Major League Baseball first baseman.-Early life:A native of Arlington, Virginia, and a graduate of Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia,-Baseball career:...

  • June 6 - Chet Morgan
    Chet Morgan
    Chester Collins Morgan , nicknamed "Chick," was a Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers in 1935 and 1938 . He was the starting center fielder for the Tigers in 1938. He played in 88 games for the Tigers in his career and had a batting average of .277 with a .330 on base percentage...

  • June 10 - Frank Demaree
    Frank Demaree
    Joseph Franklin Demaree born Joseph Franklin Dimaria in Winters, California was an American baseball outfielder. He played all or part of twelve seasons in the majors for the Chicago Cubs , New York Giants , Boston Braves , St. Louis Cardinals and St...

  • July 16 - Bill Norman
    Bill Norman
    Henry Willis Patrick "Bill" Norman was an American outfielder, coach, manager and scout in Major League Baseball. A longtime minor league player and manager, he is best remembered for his brief term as pilot of the Detroit Tigers in 1958-59.Norman was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and served as a...

  • June 17 - Joe Bowman
    Joe Bowman
    Joseph Emil Bowman was pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from through . Bowman batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas....

  • June 18 - Russ Hodges
    Russ Hodges
    Russell Patrick Hodges was an American broadcaster who did play-by-play for several baseball teams, most notably the New York and San Francisco Giants.-Early career:...

  • June 23 - Bill Perrin
    Bill Perrin
    William Joseph "Lefty" Perrin was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Indians for one game on September 30 during the 1934 Cleveland Indians season....

  • June 26 - Jim Henry
    Jim Henry (baseball)
    James Francis Henry was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 6' 2", 175 lb., Henry batted and threw right-handed...

  • June 28 - Lee Gamble
    Lee Gamble
    lee Jesse Gamble was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of four seasons with the Cincinnati Reds...

  • June 29 - Burgess Whitehead
    Burgess Whitehead
    Burgess Urquhart "Whitey" Whitehead was a Major League Baseball second baseman from 1933 to 1946. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and Pittsburgh Pirates.-Biography:...


July–August

  • July 7 - Ernie Sulik
    Ernie Sulik
    Ernest Richard "Ernie" Sulik , was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played in with the Philadelphia Phillies. He batted and threw right-handed.He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Oakland, California....

  • July 9 - Ray Thomas
    Ray Thomas (baseball)
    Raymond Joseph Thomas was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played in one game for the 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers. He had one hit in three at-bats in that game, on July 22, 1938 and scored one run. Prior to his big league career, he attended Western Michigan University...

  • July 23 - Paul Chervinko
    Paul Chervinko
    Paul Chervinko was a Major League Baseball catcher for parts of two seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers . He was a native of Trauger, Pennsylvania....

  • July 31 - Gordon McNaughton
    Gordon McNaughton
    Gordon Joseph McNaughton was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1932 season. Listed at 6' 1", 190 lb., Leheny batted and threw right-handed...

  • August 13 - Lou Finney
    Lou Finney
    Louis Klopsche Finney was an American outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Phillies...

  • August 14 - Billy Myers
    Billy Myers
    William Harrison Myers was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from 1935 through 1941 for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs . Listed at 5' 8", 168 lb., Myers batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Enola, Pennsylvania...

  • August 17 - Pat McLaughlin
    Pat McLaughlin (baseball)
    Patrick Elmer McLaughlin was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...

  • August 19 - Atley Donald
    Atley Donald
    Richard Atley Donald was a Major League Baseball pitcher. A native of Morton, Mississippi, the right-hander played for the New York Yankees from 1938 to 1945. "Swampy", as he was nicknamed, stood 6'1" and weighed 186 lbs.Donald was usually a fourth or fifth starter during his career, and...

  • August 23 - Lonny Frey
    Lonny Frey
    Linus Reinhard Frey [Junior] was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Brooklyn Dodgers , Chicago Cubs , Cincinnati Reds , New York Yankees and New York Giants...

  • August 25 - George Cisar
    George Cisar (baseball)
    George Cisar was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the season...

  • August 27 - Ewald Pyle
    Ewald Pyle
    Ewald "Lefty" Pyle was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Pyle played for the St. Louis Browns in and again in , and the Washington Senators, New York Giants and the Boston Braves from to .-External links:*...

  • August 28 - Jack Peerson
    Jack Peerson
    Jack Chiles Peerson was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the and seasons.-References:...

  • August 31 - Ira Hutchinson
    Ira Hutchinson
    Ira Kendall Hutchinson was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1933-1945. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was later a manager in the Chicago White Sox minor league system from 1951-1970....


September-October

  • September 3 - Jack Redmond
    Jack Redmond
    John McKittrick "Jack" Redmond was a professional baseball player. He was a catcher for one season with the Washington Senators...

  • September 6 - Johnny Lanning
    Johnny Lanning
    John Young Lanning was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1936 to 1947. He played for the Boston Bees, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Boston Braves. Lanning's main pitches were a hard curve and a slow curve....

  • September 9 - Bud Thomas
    Bud Thomas (pitcher)
    Luther Baxter "Bud" Thomas , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in and and from to with the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics, and the Detroit Tigers. He batted and threw right-handed...

  • September 10 - Buddy Blair
    Buddy Blair
    Louis Nathan Blair was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.In college, Blair was named to the All-Tournament Second Team in the very first SEC Men's Basketball Tournament in 1933. He was a forward for Louisiana State University...

  • September 10 - Eddie Sawyer
    Eddie Sawyer
    Edwin Milby Sawyer was an American manager and scout in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he led the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies — the "Whiz Kids", as the youthful club was known — to the second National League championship in team history.-A scholar-athlete:Born in Westerly, Rhode Island,...

  • September 11- Les Tietje
    Les Tietje
    Leslie William "Toots" Tietje was a right-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played from 1933 to 1938 for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns...

  • September 10 - Eddie Sawyer
    Eddie Sawyer
    Edwin Milby Sawyer was an American manager and scout in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he led the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies — the "Whiz Kids", as the youthful club was known — to the second National League championship in team history.-A scholar-athlete:Born in Westerly, Rhode Island,...

  • September 21 - Elden Auker
    Elden Auker
    Elden le Roy Auker was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball noted for his submarine pitching style....

  • September 21 - Max Butcher
    Max Butcher
    Albert Maxwell Butcher was an American major league baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates from -.-External links:...

  • September 24 - Tom Seats
    Tom Seats
    Thomas Edward Seats was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and the Brooklyn Dodgers . The 5'11", 190 lb. left-hander was a native of Farmington, North Carolina....

  • September 24 - Dixie Walker
    Dixie Walker
    Fred E. "Dixie" Walker was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates...

  • September 26 - Joe Sullivan
  • September 30 - Jennings Poindexter
    Jennings Poindexter
    Chester Jennings Poindexter [Jinx] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 5' 10", 165 lb., Poindexter batted and threw left-handed...

  • September 30 - Frank Skaff
    Frank Skaff
    Francis Michael Skaff was an infielder, coach, manager and scout in American Major League Baseball. Skaff's half-season as acting manager of the Detroit Tigers is one of the most unusual, and tragic, happenstances in baseball annals.Skaff began 1966 as a Detroit coach...

  • October 3 - Bob Bowman
    Bob Bowman (baseball pitcher)
    Robert James Bowman was a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and Chicago Cubs. For his career, he compiled a 26-17 record in 109 appearances, most as a relief pitcher, with an 3.82 earned...

  • October 4 - Frankie Crosetti
  • October 8 - Wally Moses
    Wally Moses
    Wallace Moses was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1935 through 1951, he played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox . Moses batted and threw left-handed...

  • October 12 - Walter Signer
    Walter Signer
    Walter Donald Aloysius Signer was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Chicago Cubs in 1943 and 1945. The 6'0", 185 lb. right-hander was a native of New York, New York....

  • October 18 - Skeeter Newsome
    Skeeter Newsome
    Lamar Ashby "Skeeter" Newsome was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies ....

  • October 20 - Sammy T. Hughes
    Sammy T. Hughes
    Samuel Thomas Hughes was an American second baseman in baseball's Negro Leagues. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he played primarily for the Elite Giants through their various stops in Nashville, Columbus, Washington and Baltimore, always in the Negro National League.He died at age 70 in Los...

  • October 20 - Bob Sheppard
    Bob Sheppard
    Robert Leo "Bob" Sheppard was the long-time public address announcer for numerous New York area college and professional sports teams, in particular the MLB New York Yankees , and the NFL New York Giants .Sheppard announced more than 4,500 Yankees baseball games over a period of 56 years,...

  • October 23 - Billy Sullivan
    Billy Sullivan, Jr.
    William Joseph Sullivan, Jr. born in Chicago, Illinois was a catcher, first baseman and third baseman for the Chicago White Sox , Cincinnati Reds , Cleveland Indians , St. Louis Browns , Detroit Tigers , Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates...

  • October 26 - Hugh Shelley
    Hugh Shelley
    Hubert Leneirre Shelley was a Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers in , though he was not on their World Series roster that season. He played seven games, five in the outfield, for them, going 2-for-8 with 1 RBI. Shelley also had an extensive minor league baseball career, playing...


November–December

  • November 4 - Joe Beggs
    Joe Beggs
    Joseph Stanley "Fireman" Beggs was a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of nine seasons with the New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants...

  • November 6 - Chet Covington
    Chet Covington
    Chester Rogers Covington was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944. The 33-year-old rookie, who had been The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year in 1943, was a native of Cairo, Illinois.Covington is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in...

  • November 7 - Bill Brubaker
    Bill Brubaker
    Wilbur Lee "Bill" Brubaker was a professional American baseball player from 1932 to 1943, although he did not play the 1941 or 1942 seasons. Of his ten years of play, Brubaker played nine with the Pittsburgh Pirates, playing third base...

  • November 16 - Morrie Arnovich
    Morrie Arnovich
    Morrie Arnovich, known as Snooker, was a stocky Major League Baseball outfielder. He was a line drive hitter and he played seven seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Giants between , and , and again for one game in .One of the most religious Jewish major...

  • November 18 - Joe Cicero
    Joe Cicero
    Joseph Francis Cicero was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics. Listed at 5' 8", Weight 167 lb., Cicero batted and threw right-handed...

  • November 18 - Dykes Potter
    Dykes Potter
    Maryland Dykes Potter , was a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues in two games for the 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers.-External links:...

  • November 23 - Hal Schumacher
    Hal Schumacher
    Harold Henry Schumacher was an American baseball player. He played in the majors from 1931-1946 for the New York Giants. Hal was still a student at St. Lawrence University when he first signed with the Giants, graduating in 1933.-External links:...

  • November 27 - Hank Miklos
  • November 28 - Ed Gallagher
    Ed Gallagher (baseball)
    Edward Michael Gallagher [Lefty] was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 2", 197 lb., Gallagher was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed...

  • November 28 - Bill McWilliams
    Bill McWilliams
    William Henry McWilliams was a Major League Baseball player. He had two at bats for the Boston Red Sox during the 1931 baseball season.-External links:...

  • November 29 - Ed Leip
    Ed Leip
    Edgar Ellsworth Leip was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators and Pittsburgh Pirates. He served in the military during World War II.-External links:...

  • December 9 - Steve Larkin
    Steve Larkin
    Stephen Karari Larkin is a former Major League Baseball player and the younger brother of Barry Larkin. He played in only one game during his time with the Cincinnati Reds, batting against José Silva in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates...

  • December 10 - Pretzel Pezzullo
    Pretzel Pezzullo
    John "Pretzel" Pezzullo was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...

  • December 11 - Slick Coffman
    Slick Coffman
    George David "Slick" Coffman was an American baseball pitcher. He played 18 years of professional baseball, including four years in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns . In his major league debut in May 1937, Coffman won in an 11-inning, 4-2 pitching duel with...

  • December 15 - George Stumpf
    George Stumpf
    George Frederick Stumpf was a Major League Baseball player. Listed at 5' 8", 155 lb., Stumpf batted and threw left-handed. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana....

  • December 20 - Calvin Chapman
    Calvin Chapman
    Calvin Louis Chapman was an infielder and outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...

  • December 22 - Stan Klopp
    Stan Klopp
    Stanley Harold "Betz" Klopp is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played one season with the Boston Braves in 1944.-External links:...

  • December 24 - Lloyd Johnson

January-February

  • January 12 - Harry Staley
    Harry Staley
    Henry Eli Staley , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the major leagues from 1888-1895. He would play for the Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates, Pittsburgh Burghers, and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...

    , 43, National League pitcher who had four 20-win seasons from 1889 to 1892 for Pittsburgh and Boston teams.

  • January 22 - Sam Wise
    Sam Wise
    Samuel Washington Wise , is a former professional baseball player who played short stop in the Major Leagues from 1881-1893...

    , 52, infielder, mainly for the 1880s Boston National League teams, who was shortstop of the 1883 champions and batted .334 in 1887.

  • January 29 - Marty Barrett
    Marty Barrett (catcher)
    For the 20th-century baseball second baseman, see Marty Barrett .Martin F. Barrett was a 19th century Major League Baseball catcher. He played in 1884 for the Boston Beaneaters of the National League and the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the American Association.-External links:*...

    , 49, catcher who played in 1884 for the Boston Beaneaters of the National League and the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the American Association.

  • January 31 - Pidgey Morgan
    Pidgey Morgan
    Daniel "Pidgey" Morgan was an American professional baseball player who played outfield for the 1875 St. Louis Red Stockings and the 1878 Milwaukee Grays.-External links:...

    , 56, OF/3B and pitcher for the St. Louis Red Stockings of the National Association (1875) and the Milwaukee Grays of the National League (1878).

  • February 8 - Flip Lafferty
    Flip Lafferty
    Frank Bernard "Flip" Lafferty was a Major League Baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in the majors.In , Lafferty appeared in one game as a pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics...

    , 55, who pitched one game for the 1876 Philadelphia Athletics, and played four games in center field for the 1877 Louisville Grays.

  • February 8 - Cy Vorhees
    Cy Vorhees
    Henry Bert Vorhees was a professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Cy" after Cy Young, Vorhees made his major league debut in April 1902 with the Philadelphia Phillies.He then jumped to the Washington Senators and pitched one game for them...

    , 35, pitcher for the NL Philadelphia Phillies and AL Washington Senators in the season.

  • February 15 - Bug Holliday
    Bug Holliday
    James Wear "Bug" Holliday was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball for ten seasons, from through , plus the 1885 World Series. He holds the distinction of being the first player to make his major league debut in post-season play, with the Chicago White Stockings in 1885...

    , 43, outfielder who hit .311 over parts of 10 seasons with the Cincinnati Red Stockings/Reds, who twice led all hitters in home runs (AA, 1889/NL, 1892) and also umpired for one season.

  • February 17 - Horatio Munn
    Horatio Munn
    Horatio Brinsmade Munn was an American professional baseball player who played second base for the 1875 Brooklyn Atlantics.-External links:...

    , 58, second baseman for the 1875 Brooklyn Atlantics of the National Association.

March-April

  • March 14 - Mike Hines, 47, catcher who played from 1883 to 1888 for the Boston Beaneaters, Brooklyn Grays and Providence Grays.

  • March 16 - Charlie Reipschlager
    Charlie Reipschlager
    Charles W. Reipschlager , was an American Association catcher who played from to with the New York Metropolitans and the Cleveland Blues. He batted and threw right-handed.He died in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1910....

    , 54, American Association catcher who hit .222 in 296 games for the New York Metropolitans and Cleveland Blues (1883-1887).

  • March 18 - Alan Storke
    Alan Storke
    Alan Marshall Storke , was a professional baseball player who played infielder in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates....

    , 25, National League infielder who played from 1906 through 1909 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals.

  • April 2 - Jim Nealon
    Jim Nealon
    James Joseph Nealon was a former professional baseball player. He was born in Sacramento, California and died in San Francisco, California at the age of 25....

    , 25, first baseman from 1906 to 1907 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who tied with Harry Steinfeldt
    Harry Steinfeldt
    Harry M. Steinfeldt was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds , Chicago Cubs and Boston Rustlers . Steinfeldt batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St...

     the National League RBI title during his rookie season.

  • April 9 - Bob Addy
    Bob Addy
    Robert Edward "Bob" Addy , nicknamed "The Magnet", was an American right fielder and second baseman in Major League Baseball, whose professional career spanned from in the National Association to in the National League...

    , 65, second baseman/outfielder for six different teams (1871–1877), who also managed the Philadelphia White Stockings (1875) and Cincinnati Reds (1877).

  • April 16 - Bill Kienzle
    Bill Kienzle
    William H. Kienzle was a 19th century Major League Baseball player. He played outfield for the 1882 Philadelphia Athletics in the American Association and the 1884 Philadelphia Keystones in the Union Association.-External links:...

    , 48, outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association (1882) and the Philadelphia Keystones of the Union Association (1884).

  • April 16 - Tom Loftus
    Tom Loftus
    Thomas Joseph Loftus is a former manager in the American Association, the National League, and the American League. His playing career began in 1877 with the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the National League, but he only played in nine career games in 1877 and 1883 as an outfielder...

    , 53, manager of teams in Milwaukee, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and Washington, and later chairman of rules committee.

  • April 25 - Jim Carleton
    Jim Carleton
    James Leslie Carleton was a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Forest Citys from 1871 to 1872.-External links:...

    , 61, first baseman for the Cleveland Forest Citys
    Cleveland Forest Citys
    The Forest Citys were a short lived professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio in the early 1870s. The actual name of the team, as shown in standings, was Forest City, not "Cleveland". The name "Forest Citys" was used in the same generic style of the day in which the team from Chicago,...

     1871 and 1872.

May-June

  • May 4 - Pete Gillespie
    Pete Gillespie
    Peter Patrick Gillespie , was a Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from -. He would play for the New York Giants and Troy Trojans....

    , 58, slugging left fielder who hit .276 with 10 home runs and 371 RBI in 714 games for the New York Giants and Troy Trojans of the National League (1880-1887).

  • May 25 - Bill Hassamaer
    Bill Hassamaer
    William Louis Hassamaer , is a former professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1894-1896. He would play for the Louisville Colonels and Washington Senators.-External links:...

    , 45, outfielder who played from 1894 to 1896 for the Louisville Colonels and Washington Senators of the National League.

  • June 22 - Tom Doran
    Tom Doran
    Thomas J. Doran [Long Tom] was backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1904 through 1906 for the Boston Americans and Detroit Tigers . Listed at 5' 11", 152 lb., Doran batted left-handed and threw right-handed...

    , 29, catcher for the Boston Americans and Detroit Tigers between 1904 and 1906.

July-August

  • July 14 - Jack Horner
    Jack Horner (baseball)
    William "Jack" Frank Horner was an American professional baseball player who played in two games for the Baltimore Orioles during the season....

    , pitcher for the 1894 Baltimore Orioles of the American Association.

  • july 27 - Theodore Conover
    Theodore Conover
    Theodore Conover , nickamed "Huck" was a Major League Baseball player who pitched in one game for the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association on May 26, 1889. He pitched two innings in the game, allowing four runs, three of which were earned. He continued to play in the minor leagues...

    , 42, pitcher for the 1889 Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association.

  • August 19 - Bill Lennon
    Bill Lennon
    William H. "Bill" Lennon was an American Major League Baseball player born in Brooklyn, New York. He played catcher for three seasons in the National Association from 1871 to 1873, and managed 14 games for the 1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas.During the 1870 National Association of Base Ball Players,...

    , 62, National Association catcher who, on the very first major league game ever played, scored the first run and became the first catcher to throw out a baserunner attempting to steal a base (May 4, 1871
    1871 in baseball
    -Champions:*National Association : Philadelphia Athletics*National Association of Amateur Base Ball Players: Star of Brooklyn, 30–13*National Association of Junior Base Ball Players: Fly Aways-National Association final standings:...

    ).

  • August 31 - Duke Esper
    Duke Esper
    Charles H. "Duke" Esper , is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1890–1898. He would play for the Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Browns...

    , 42, pitcher who posted a 101-110 record and a 4.39 ERA with seven different cubs between 1890 and 1898.

September-October

  • September 4 - Candy Nelson
    Candy Nelson
    John W. "Candy" Nelson was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played 13 seasons between and for nine different teams in three different leagues. In 1890, he was the oldest player in the American Association at age 41.-Sources:...

    , 61, shortstop who played 13 seasons between 1872 and 1890 for nine different teams in three different leagues. compiling a .253 career-average in 817 games.

  • September 20 - Lou Schiappacasse
    Lou Schiappacasse
    Louis Joseph Schiappacasse played two games as a Major League Baseball player with the Detroit Tigers in 1902. Schiappacasse was born and died in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In his two major league games, he did not get a hit but received a base on balls in 6 plate appearances for a .167 on base...

    , 29, American League right fielder for the 1902 Detroit Tigers.

  • September 24 - George Boone
    George Boone
    George Morris Boone , is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played in the majors for the Louisville Colonels of the American Association during the 1891 season.-External links:...

    , 39, pitcher who played with the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in 1891.

  • October 2 - Sandy McDougal
    Sandy McDougal
    John Auchanbolt McDougal was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in one game for the Brooklyn Grooms in the 1895 season and five games for the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1905 season.-External links:...

    , 36, pitcher for the Brooklyn Grooms (1895) and St. Louis Cardinals (1905).

  • October 6 - Lawrence Farley
    Lawrence Farley
    Lawrence Farley was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played in fourteen games for the 1884 Washington Nationals and recorded eleven hits in fifty two at-bats. He later managed the San Antonio club of the Texas League for part of the 1898 season.-Sources:...

    , 54, outfielder for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the American Association.

  • October 12 - George Mundinger
    George Mundinger
    George Mundinger was a Major League Baseball catcher for the 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers. He played in the minors through 1887.-External links:*...

    , 55, catcher for the 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers of the American Association.

  • October 20 - George Ewell
    George Ewell
    George W. Ewell was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in one game for the Cleveland Forest Citys in ....

    , 59, outfielder who appeared in one game for the 1871 Cleveland Forest Citys of the National Association.

November-December

  • November 1 - Bob Pettit
    Bob Pettit (baseball)
    Robert Henry Pettit , was a former professional baseball player who played pitcher and outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1887-1891. He would play for the Chicago White Stockings and Milwaukee Brewers.-External links:...

    , 49, infielder/outfielder from 1887 to 1891 for the NL Chicago White Stockings and AA Milwaukee Brewers.

  • November 20 - Jack O'Brien, 50, American Association catcher/first baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Grays/Bridegrooms and Baltimore Orioles between 1882 and 1890.

  • November 23 - Charlie Barber
    Charlie Barber
    Charles D. Barber was a 19th century baseball third baseman for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association in 1884. He appeared in 55 games for the Reds and hit .201. He continued to play professionally in the minor leagues through 1887 in the New England League.-External links:...

    , 56, third baseman for the 1884 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association.

  • December 13 - Dan McGann, 39, a three-time .300 hitter and first baseman on the New York Giants' pennant winners of 1904 and 1905, who became the first player to steal five bases in a single game (1904) –a feat not matched in the National League until Davey Lopes
    Davey Lopes
    David Earle Lopes is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. He batted and threw right-handed. He is currently the first base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.He is of Cape Verdean descent.-Playing:...

     did it for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1974) and not surpassed until Otis Nixon
    Otis Nixon
    Otis Junior Nixon, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball player. He was a center fielder and switch-hitter who played from 1983 to 1999...

     of the Atlanta Braves swiped six (1991).

  • December 25 - John Deasley
    John Deasley
    John Deasley was a professional baseball player. In 1884, he saw action in 44 games for the Washington Nationals and Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association. He hit just .207 that season and never played in a real major league....

    , 49, shortstop who hit .204 in 44 games for the Washington Nationals and Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association (1884).


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