Champions

• World Series
  1916 World Series
  In the 1916 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins four games to one.Casey Stengel shone on offense for the Robins in the 1916 Series but the Red Sox pitching core ultimately proved too much for the denizens of Flatbush...
  
  : 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"...
  
   over 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...
  
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MLB statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

Events

• January 5 - Charles H. Weeghman
  Charles Weeghman
  Charles H. Weeghman was one of the founders of the short-lived major league baseball organization called the Federal League . He had made a fortune in an early type of fast-food franchises in the Chicago area.Weeghman worked for Charlie King as a waiter for $10 a week...
  
  , former president of the Federal League
  Federal League
  The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that operated as a "third major league", in competition with the established National and American Leagues, from to...
  
   Chicago Whales
  Chicago Whales
  The Chicago Whales were a professional baseball team based in Chicago. They played in the Federal League, a short-lived "third Major League", in 1914 and 1915. They originally lacked a formal nickname, and were known simply as the "Chicago Federals" to distinguish them from the Chicago Cubs and...
  
    club, agreed to pay $500,000 in cash to Charles P. Taft
  Charles Phelps Taft
  Charles Phelps Taft I was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:He was born on December 21, 1843 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Alphonso Taft, and his brother was President William Howard Taft....
  
   for the stock the 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...
  
   of the 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...
  
  . Weegman, owner of a popular restaurant chain, headed a syndicate including the chewing gum manufacturer William Wrigley Jr.
  William Wrigley Jr.
  William Wrigley Jr. was a U.S. chewing gum industrialist. He was founder and eponym of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in 1891. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
  
  , who became a minority stock holder by putting up $50,000. Whales manager 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...
  
   succeeds Roger Bresnahan
  Roger Bresnahan
  Roger Philip Bresnahan , nicknamed "The Duke of Tralee" for his Irish roots, was an American player in Major League Baseball who starred primarily as a catcher and a player-manager...
  
  , and the Cubs will play in the Federal League's newly built ballpark on the North Side, soon to become known as Wrigley Field
  Wrigley Field
  Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales...
  
  . Weeghman would become the first to officially allow fans to keep any and all balls hit into the stands.

• February 7 - The Federal League
  Federal League
  The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that operated as a "third major league", in competition with the established National and American Leagues, from to...
  
  's year-old suit charging antitrust violations by organized baseball is dismissed by mutual consent in U.S. District Court in Chicago
  Chicago
  Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
  
   by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  Kenesaw Mountain Landis was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first Commissioner of Baseball from 1920 until his death...
  
  . No appellate decision is written and it will not be until 1922 when the courts rule on antitrust law
  Competition law
  Competition law, known in the United States as antitrust law, is law that promotes or maintains market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies....
  
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• April 12 - Taking the ball on Opening Day, 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...
  
   won the Philadelphia Athletics
  1916 Philadelphia Athletics season
  The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 36 wins and 117 losses. The 1916 team is often considered by baseball historians the worst team in American League history, and its .235 winning percentage is still the lowest ever for a...
  
  , 2–1, to start the Boston Red Sox
  1916 Boston Red Sox season
  The 1916 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 1st in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses. They defeated the Brooklyn Robins in 5 games in the World Series.-Regular season:-Opening Day lineup:-Notable transactions:...
  
   off to a streak of six victories in their first eight games.

• May 9 - The 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....
  
   and the 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...
  
   combined to set a Major League record with thirty walks
  Base on balls
  A base on balls is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls. It is better known as a walk. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, and further detail is given in 6.08...
  
   during a 16_2, Tigers win. Eighteen walks were issued by the Athletics, who went on to finish the season with 715. Detroit added eleven more the following day for a two-game Major League record of twenty-nine.
• June 16 - Tom Hughes tosses 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 Boston Braves
  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....
  
   in a 2–0 victory over the 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...
  
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• June 21 - Rube Foster
  Rube Foster (AL pitcher)
  George "Rube" Foster was a former Major League Baseball player. Foster was a right-handed pitcher with the Boston Red Sox from to and won two World Series championships with the team in and again in .Foster was picked up by the Boston Red Sox and made his major league debut for the team on...
  
   pitches 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"...
  
   as 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"...
  
   defeat the New York Yankees
  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...
  
  , 2–0.

• June 22 - The Boston Braves
  1916 Boston Braves season
  The Boston Braves season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 89-63, four games behind the Brooklyn Robins....
  
   pulled off a triple steal
  Stolen base
  In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the pitcher is delivering the ball to home plate...
  
   in the eleventh inning, to defeat the New York Giants
  1916 New York Giants season
  The 1916 New York Giants season was a season in Major League Baseball. New York finished fourth in the National League.- Regular season :The Giants set a major league record with the longest winning streak by one team. The Giants won 26 consecutive games from September 7 to 30. Earlier in the...
  
  , 3–1. It is the only extra-inning triple steal in National League history. In 1941, the American League would match the feat with their only recorded extra inning triple swipe.

• June 28 - William Fischer
  William Fischer (baseball)
  William Charles Fischer was a catcher in Major League Baseball.-Biography:Fischer was born in New York, New York. He started his professional baseball career in 1909. After the 1912 season, he was picked up by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the rule 5 draft and was their backup catcher in 1913 and 1914...
  
   of the 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...
  
   set a Major League record by catching all twenty-seven innings during a loss to the 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...
  
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• August 26 - Despite suffering through perhaps the worst season in baseball history, 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....
  
   hurler Bullet Joe Bush
  Bullet Joe Bush
  Leslie Ambrose "Bullet Joe" Bush born in Brainerd, Minnesota was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , St. Louis Browns , Washington Senators , Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants...
  
   tosses 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 Cleveland Indians
  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...
  
  . Philadelphia wins, 5–0.

• August 29 - 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"...
  
   pitcher Dutch Leonard
  Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher)
  Hubert Benjamin "Dutch" Leonard, was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1913–1921, 1924-1925. He played for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers, and holds the major league modern-era record for the lowest single-season ERA of all time — 0.96...
  
   allowed two runs on two hits, one walk, one hit-by-pitch and a wild pitch, before being relieved during the first inning of a game against the 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...
  
  . One day later, Leonard pitched a 4–0 no-hitter versus the Browns.

• September 8 - 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....
  
   switch-hitter Wally Schang
  Wally Schang
  Walter Henry Schang was a catcher in Major League Baseball. From 1913 through 1931, he played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers . Schang was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...
  
   belted two home runs against the New York Yankees
  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...
  
  , to become the first player in Major League history to hit home runs from both sides of the plate during a single game.

• September 17 - 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...
  
   pitcher George Sisler
  George Sisler
  George Harold Sisler , nicknamed "Gentleman George" and "Gorgeous George," was an American professional baseball player for 15 seasons, primarily as first baseman with the St. Louis Browns...
  
   out-duels the 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...
  
  ' legend 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...
  
  , 1–0. It will be the last Major League pitching victory for Sisler, who will become a member of the Hall of Fame as a first baseman in 1939.

• October 12 - 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"...
  
   defeat the 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...
  
  , 4–1, in Game 5 of the World Series
  1916 World Series
  In the 1916 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins four games to one.Casey Stengel shone on offense for the Robins in the 1916 Series but the Red Sox pitching core ultimately proved too much for the denizens of Flatbush...
  
   to win their second consecutive World Championship and fourth overall. Boston's 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...
  
   pitched 13 shutout innings in Game 2, starting a consecutive scoreless innings streak that would reach 29 in the 1918
  1918 World Series
  The 1918 World Series featured the Boston Red Sox, who defeated the Chicago Cubs four games to two. The Series victory for the Red Sox was their fifth in five tries, going back to . The Red Sox scored only nine runs in the entire Series; the fewest runs by the winning team in World Series history...
  
   Series.

• November 29 - In Kansas City, Missouri, pitchers 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...
  
   and Grover Cleveland Alexander
  Grover Cleveland Alexander
  Grover Cleveland Alexander , nicknamed "Old Pete", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals and was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.-Career:Alexander was born in Elba, Nebraska, one of thirteen...
  
   face each other for the first time. The exhibition game between the two stars features Zach Wheat, Casey Stengel
  Casey Stengel
  Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel , nicknamed "The Old Perfessor", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in ....
  
  , Max Carey
  Max Carey
  Max George Carey was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who starred for the Pittsburgh Pirates and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1961...
  
   and Hal Chase
  Hal Chase
  Harold Homer Chase , nicknamed "Prince Hal", was a first baseman in Major League Baseball, widely viewed as the best fielder at his position...
  
  , between others. Johnson's team prevail over Alexander's, 3–2.

• December 2 - 1916 - Under pressure from the Players League
  Players League
  The Players' National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, popularly known as the Players' League , was a short-lived but star-studded professional American baseball league of the 19th century...
  
  , the National Commission orders that injured players shall get full pay for the duration of their contracts. The injury clause previously let clubs suspend players after 15 days pay.

• Unknown date - Pat Pieper
  Pat Pieper
  Frank "Pat" Pieper served as the Chicago Cubs field announcer from to , a span of 59 years. Coincidentally, his first year as announcer was also the first season in which Wrigley Field was used as the home park of the Cubs...
  
   begins 59-year career as public address announcer for the 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...
  
  

January-February

• January 3 - Chico Hernández
  Chico Hernández
  Salvador José "Chico" Hernández Ramos was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played two seasons in the majors, and , for the Chicago Cubs....
  
  
• January 6 - Phil Masi
  Phil Masi
  Philip Samuel Masi was an American professional baseball player. From though , he played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Boston Braves , Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• January 7 - Ed Butka
• January 8 - Joe Just
  Joe Just
  Joseph Erwin Just was a Major League Baseball player. He played for the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. Just only played in 25 games over two years with the Reds. Just was 28 years old when he broke into the Major Leagues on May 13, 1944, with the Cincinnati Reds...
  
  
• January 9 - Charley Stanceu
  Charley Stanceu
  Charles Stanceu , was a Major League Baseball pitcher of Romanian descent, who played in and with the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. He batted and threw right-handed.-Career:...
  
  
• January 13 - Bama Rowell
  Bama Rowell
  Carvel William "Bama" Rowell born in Citronelle, Alabama was a second baseman and outfielder for the Boston Bees/Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies ....
  
  
• January 23 - Johnny Sturm
  Johnny Sturm
  John Peter Joseph "Johnny" Sturm was a Major League Baseball player. He played with the New York Yankees during the 1941 season as their starting first baseman.-Biography:...
  
  
• January 24 - Jack Brickhouse
  Jack Brickhouse
  John Beasley "Jack" Brickhouse was an American sportscaster. Known primarily for his play-by-play coverage of Chicago Cubs games on WGN-TV from 1948 to 1981, he received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983...
  
  
• January 24 - Clem Dreisewerd
  Clem Dreisewerd
  Clemens Johann Dreisewerd [Steamboat] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1944 and 1948. Listed at 6' 1.5", 195 lb., Dreisewerd batted and threw left handed...
  
  
• January 24 - Wally Judnich
  Wally Judnich
  Walter Franklin Judnich was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between and . Listed at 6' 1", 205 lb., Judnich batted and threw left-handed. In baseball books, he is known indistinctly as Wally or Walt Judnich...
  
  
• January 25 - Glenn Gardner
  Glenn Gardner
  Miles Glenn Gardner was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1945. The 29-year-old rookie right-hander was a native of Burnsville, North Carolina....
  
  
• January 28 - Bob Muncrief
  Bob Muncrief
  Robert Cleveland Muncrief was a Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns , Cleveland Indians , Pittsburgh Pirates , Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees ....
  
  
• January 28 - Pat Tobin
  Pat Tobin
  Pat Tobin is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Murroe-Boher and was a member of the Limerick senior inter-county team from 2004 until 2008.-Club:...
  
  
• February 2 - Mike Garbark
  Mike Garbark
  Nathaniel Michael Garbark was a Major League Baseball player. Garbark played for the New York Yankees in and . He batted and threw right-handed.He was born in Houston, Texas and died in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  
  
• February 5 - Dewey Williams
  Dewey Williams
  Dewey Edgar Williams , was a professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1944-1948.-External links:...
  
  
• February 6 - Don Fisher
  Don Fisher
  Donald Raymond Fisher was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in two games for the New York Giants in 1945. The 29-year-old rookie was a native of Cleveland, Ohio....
  
  
• February 9 - Tex Hughson
  Tex Hughson
  Cecil Carlton Hughson, , was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played his entire career in the American League with the Boston Red Sox . He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• February 9 - Freddy Schmidt
  Freddy Schmidt
  Frederick Albert Schmidt is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between and . He was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Listed at 6' 1", 185 lb., he batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• February 11 - George Hausmann
  George Hausmann
  George John Hausmann was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  
• February 11 - Sam Page
  Sam Page (baseball)
  Samuel Walter "Sam" Page was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted left and threw right-handed.-External links:...
  
  
• February 14 - Grover Froese
  Grover Froese
  Grover Alexander "Moose" Froese was a professional baseball umpire.Froese umpired in the American League in and . He also umpired in the Eastern League, International League, and the American Association.-References:...
  
  
• February 27 - Don Hanski
• February 28 - Howie Krist
  Howie Krist
  Howard Wilbur Krist was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1937-1946. "Spud" played his entire career for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League, and was a member of the 1942 and 1946 World Series Championship teams.Krist's 10-0 record in 1941, his first full season, is the third-best...
  
  

March-April

• March 1 - Bing Devine
  Bing Devine
  Vaughan Pallmore "Bing" Devine was an American front office executive in Major League Baseball. In the prime of his career, as a general manager, the executive who is responsible for all baseball operations, Devine was a major architect of four National League champions and three World Series...
  
  
• March 2 - Mickey Rocco
  Mickey Rocco
  Michael Dominick Rocco was a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Indians from 1943 to 1946. He was the Tribe's regular first baseman for the majority of the World War II years....
  
  
• March 3 - Bill Kalfass
  Bill Kalfass
  William Philip Kalfass was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted right and threw left-handed.-External links:...
  
  
• March 9 - Woody Rich
  Woody Rich
  Woodrow Earl Rich was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves . Listed at 6' 2", 185 lb., Rich batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• March 12 - René Monteagudo
  René Monteagudo
  René Monteagudo Miranda was a Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder who played with the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies . Monteagudo threw and batted left-handed....
  
  
• March 18 - Hiram Bithorn
• March 18 - Elbie Fletcher
  Elbie Fletcher
  Elburt Preston "Elbie" Fletcher was a professional baseball first baseman. He played all or part of 12 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves and Bees , Pittsburgh Pirates and Braves again . Fletcher batted and threw left-handed.Fletcher made his major league debut in 1934 in an...
  
  
• March 18 - Eddie Lake
  Eddie Lake
  Eddie Lake, born March 18, 1916 in Antioch, California, died June 7, 1995 in Castro Valley, California, nicknamed "Sparky," was a Major League Baseball player and shortstop for 11 seasons with the St...
  
  
• April 1 - George Staller
  George Staller
  George Walborn Staller was an American outfielder, scout and coach in Major League Baseball. He served as first base coach on Earl Weaver's Baltimore Orioles staff from 1968-75, working on the Orioles' three consecutive American League championship teams and Baltimore's 1970 World Series...
  
  
• April 4 - Mickey Owen
  Mickey Owen
  Arnold Malcolm "Mickey" Owen was a catcher for St. Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball. Between 1937 and 1954, Owen played for the St. Louis Cardinals , Brooklyn Dodgers , Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• April 4 - Willie Ramsdell
  Willie Ramsdell
  James Willard Ramsdell was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1947 to 1952 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• April 11 - Joe Antolick
  Joe Antolick
  Joseph Antolick was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944. The 28-year-old rookie was a native of Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania....
  
  
• April 11 - Sam Chapman
  Sam Chapman
  Samuel Blake Chapman was an American two-sport athletic star who played as a center fielder in Major League Baseball, spending nearly his entire career with the Philadelphia Athletics . He batted and threw right-handed, leading the American League in putouts four times...
  
  
• April 14 - Johnny Hutchings
  Johnny Hutchings
  John Richard Joseph Hutchings was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves. He gave up Mel Ott's 500th home run.-External links:...
  
  
• April 14 - Jerry Lynn
  Jerry Lynn (baseball)
  Jerome Edward "Jerry" Lynn was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played for the Washington Senators in 1937....
  
  
• April 16 - Pete Suder
  Pete Suder
  Peter Suder , nicknamed "Pecky," was an American professional baseball player, a utility infielder for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics . He was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania....
  
  
• April 23 - Jack Creel
  Jack Creel
  Jack Dalton Creel was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1945. The 29-year-old rookie right-hander was a native of Kyle, Texas....
  
  
• April 27 - Enos Slaughter
  Enos Slaughter
  Enos Bradsher Slaughter , nicknamed "Country", was an American Major League Baseball right fielder. During a 19-year baseball career, he played from 1938–1942 and 1946-1959 for four different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the St...
  
  
• April 28 - Mike Chartak
  Mike Chartak
  Michael George Chartak was a Major League Baseball outfielder.Chartak was born in 1916, in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Mike played four seasons in the major leagues: 1940 with the New York Yankees; 1942 with the Yankees, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Browns;...
  
  
• April 29 - Art Kenney
  Art Kenney
  Arthur Joseph Kenney is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Bees during the 1938 season. Listed at 6' 0", 175 lb., he batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Milford, Massachusetts....
  
  

May-June

• May 3 - Ken Silvestri
  Ken Silvestri
  Kenneth Joseph Silvestri was an American backup catcher in Major League Baseball. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. From through , he played for the Chicago White Sox , New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• May 12 - Hank Borowy
  Hank Borowy
  Henry Ludwig Borowy was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1942 through 1951, Borowy played for the New York Yankees , Chicago Cubs , Philadelphia Phillies , Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• May 12 - Dixie Parsons
  Dixie Parsons
  Edward Dixon Parsons was a Major League Baseball player. Parsons played for the Detroit Tigers in , and . He batted and threw right-handed.He was born in Talladega, Alabama and died in Longview, Texas....
  
  
• May 14 - Red Hayworth
  Red Hayworth
  Myron Claude "Red" Hayworth was an American baseball player who played in Major League Baseball from -45. He was a catcher, listed at 6' 1.5", 200 lb., Hayworth batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• May 20 - Joe Wood
  Joe Wood (1944 pitcher)
  Joe Frank Wood was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 0", 190 lb., Wood batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Shohola, Pennsylvania...
  
  
• May 25 - Frank Drews
  Frank Drews
  Frank John Drews was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Boston Braves in 1944 and 1945. He stood 5'10" and weighed 175 lbs....
  
  
• May 27 - John Dudra
  John Dudra
  John Joseph Dudra was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Boston Braves in 1941. A native of Assumption, Illinois, the 25-year-old rookie stood 5'11½" and weighed 175 lbs....
  
  
• June 3 - Max Wilson
  Max Wilson (baseball)
  Max Wilson was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Wilson played for the Philadelphia Phillies in and the Washington Senators in . He served in the military during World War II.-External links:*...
  
  
• June 5 - Eddie Joost
  Eddie Joost
  Edwin David Joost was a shortstop and manager in American Major League Baseball. In 1954, Joost became the third and last manager in the 54-year history of the Philadelphia Athletics. Under Joost, the A's finished last in the American League and lost over 100 games...
  
  
• June 6 - Dario Lodigiani
  Dario Lodigiani
  Dario Antonio Lodigiani [Lodi] was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played for two different teams between 1938 and 1946. Listed at 5'8", 150 lb., he batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• June 15 - Bud Stewart
  Bud Stewart
  Edward Perry "Bud" Stewart was an American professional baseball player. He had a nine-season career in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and pinch hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• June 16 - Joe Rullo
  Joe Rullo
  Joseph Vincent Rullo was a professional baseball player. He was a second baseman over parts of two seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics. For his career, he compiled a .212 batting average in 151 at-bats, with 11 runs batted in.He was born in New York, New York and died in Philadelphia,...
  
  
• June 17 - Joe Burns
  Joe Burns (infielder)
  Joseph James Burns was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Boston Braves during the season and the Philadelphia Athletics during the and seasons.-References:...
  
  
• June 27 - Ken Jungels
  Ken Jungels
  Kenneth Peter Jungels was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for five seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1937 to 1938 and 1940 to 1941 and the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1942.-External links:...
  
  
• June 27 - Cecil Kaiser
  Cecil Kaiser
  Cecil Kaiser was a Negro league baseball pitcher, outfielder, and first baseman.In the course of his career Kaiser played for the Detroit Stars, the Motor City Giants, the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords and on various Latin American and Canadian teams...
  
  
• June 27 - Fuzz White
  Fuzz White
  Albert Eugene "Fuzz" White was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the St. Louis Browns and New York Giants . His career was unusual in that he went almost seven years between major league appearances.White made his first two major league appearances as a pinch-hitter, going...
  
  

July-August

• July 1 - Bob Prince
  Bob Prince
  Robert Ferris Prince was an American radio and television sportscaster and commentator best known for his 28-year stint as the voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball club, with whom he earned the nickname “The Gunner” and became a cultural icon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Prince was...
  
  
• July 6 - Bill Donovan
• July 9 - Ned Harris
  Ned Harris
  Robert Ned Harris was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, between and , with the Detroit Tigers. In and , he was the Tigers' primary right fielder.-Sources:...
  
  
• July 15 - Doyt Morris
  Doyt Morris
  Doyt Theodore Morris was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Philadelphia A's during the season.-References:...
  
  
• July 17 - Fred Chapman
  Fred Chapman (shortstop)
  William Fred Chapman was a professional baseball player. He played parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1939 until 1941, for the Philadelphia Athletics, primarily as a shortstop.-External links:...
  
  
• July 18 - Johnny Hopp
  Johnny Hopp
  John Leonard Hopp was a Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman. He was an All-Star in 1946....
  
  
• July 19 - Phil Cavarretta
  Phil Cavarretta
  Philip Joseph Cavarretta was an American Major League Baseball first baseman, outfielder, and manager.Cavarretta spent almost his entire baseball career with the Chicago Cubs. He was voted the National League Most Valuable Player after leading the Cubs to the pennant while winning the batting...
  
  
• July 20 - Don Black
• July 24 - Al Flair
  Al Flair
  Albert Dell Flair [Broadway] was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 4", 195 lb., Flair batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• July 24 - Dick Hahn
  Dick Hahn
  Richard Frederick "Dick" Hahn was a Major League Baseball catcher. Hahn played for the Washington Senators in . In one career game, he had three career at-bats and did not get a hit....
  
  
• July 31 - Billy Hitchcock
  Billy Hitchcock
  William Clyde Hitchcock was an American infielder, coach, manager and scout in Major League Baseball. He also served as president of the class AA Southern League from 1971-80...
  
  
• August 1 - Pep Rambert
  Pep Rambert
  Elmer Donald "Pep" Rambert was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates.-External links:...
  
  
• August 1 - Floyd Stromme
  Floyd Stromme
  Floyd Marvin Stromme was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched in five games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1939 Cleveland Indians season, pitching 13 innings.-External links:...
  
  
• August 10 - Jim Mertz
• August 10 - Buddy Lewis
  Buddy Lewis
  John Kelly Lewis , better known as Buddy Lewis, was a third baseman/right fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with the Washington Senators . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Only Ty Cobb had more career hits at the age of 24 than Lewis...
  
  
• August 14 - Irene Hickson
  Irene Hickson
  Irene Hickson was a catcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 116 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• August 15 - Cecil Garriott
  Cecil Garriott
  Virgil Cecil Garriott was a pinch hitter in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs in 1946.-External links:...
  
  
• August 22 - Frankie Kelleher
  Frankie Kelleher
  Francis Eugene Kelleher was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• August 21 - Murry Dickson
  Murry Dickson
  Murry Monroe Dickson was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball during the 1940s and 1950s...
  
  
• August 24 - Luis Suárez
• August 26 - Adrián Zabala
  Adrian Zabala
  Adrián Zabala was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants in and . The 5'11", 165 pound left-hander was a native of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba....
  
  
• August 30 - Johnny Lindell
  Johnny Lindell
  John Harlan Lindell was an American professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder and pitcher in the Major League Baseball from to and from to . Lindell played for the New York Yankees, St...
  
  
• August 31 - Danny Litwhiler
  Danny Litwhiler
  Daniel Webster Litwhiler was an American Major League baseball player who played outfield from 1940-1951. He played for the Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds. He was the first Major Leaguer to have an error-free season...
  
  
• August 31 - Ray Mack
  Ray Mack
  Raymond James Mack was a second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1938 to 1946 with the Cleveland Indians and in 1947 with the New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs...
  
  

September-October

• September 3 - Eddie Stanky
  Eddie Stanky
  Edward Raymond Stanky , nicknamed "The Brat", was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Dodgers , Boston Braves , New York Giants , and St. Louis Cardinals...
  
  
• September 5 - Ernie White
  Ernie White
  Ernest Daniel White was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from 1940–43 and 1946-48. A native of Pacolet Mills, South Carolina, he threw left-handed, batted right-handed, stood 5'11½" tall and weighed 175 pounds .White pitched for two National League clubs,...
  
  
• September 7 - Lefty Sullivan
  Lefty Sullivan
  Paul Thomas "Lefty" Sullivan was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Sullivan played for the Cleveland Indians in . In 7 career games, he had a 0-1 record, with a 4.26 ERA. He batted and threw left-handed....
  
  
• September 8 - Jim Bagby
  Jim Bagby, Jr.
  James Charles Jacob Bagby, Jr. was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 8 - Tom Turner
  Tom Turner (baseball)
  Thomas Richard "Tom" Turner was a Major League Baseball catcher who played with the Chicago White Sox and the St. Louis Browns from to . Turner served in the military during World War II in 1945.-External links:...
  
  
• September 11 - Ellis Clary
  Ellis Clary
  Ellis Clary , nicknamed "Cat," was an American professional baseball player. Born in Valdosta, Georgia, he threw and batted right-handed, stood 5'8" tall, and weighed 160 pounds...
  
  
• September 12 - Ralph Hamner
  Ralph Hamner
  Ralph Conant Hamner was a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs...
  
  
• September 12 - Charlie Keller
  Charlie Keller
  Charles Ernest "Charlie" Keller was a left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1939 through 1952, Keller played for the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• September 13 - Roy Zimmerman
  Roy Zimmerman (baseball)
  Roy Franklin Zimmerman was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the New York Giants in 1945. The 28-year-old rookie stood 6'2" and weighed 187 lbs....
  
  
• September 19 - Rube Fischer
  Rube Fischer
  Reuben Walter Fischer was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  
• September 19 - Bob McNamara
  Bob McNamara (baseball)
  Robert Maxey McNamara was a infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1939 season. Listed at 5'10", 170 lb., He batted right-handed....
  
  
• September 20 - Red Juelich
• September 25 - Norm Schlueter
  Norm Schlueter
  Norman John Schlueter was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for three seasons. He played for the Chicago White Sox from 1938 to 1939 and the Cleveland Indians in 1944.-External links:...
  
  
• September 28 - Al Evans
  Al Evans
  Alfred Hubert Evans was an American Major League Baseball catcher and a Minor League manager. Listed at 5' 11", 190 lb., Evans batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Kenly, North Carolina....
  
  
• October 7 - Russ Derry
  Russ Derry
  Alva Russell Derry was a Major League Baseball outfielder from Princeton, Missouri. He played for New York Yankees in 1944 and 1945, the Philadelphia Athletics in 1946, and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1949. Derry had 124 career hits in 553 at bats.Derry died on October 26, 2004 in Kansas City,...
  
  
• October 8 - Joe Callahan
  Joe Callahan (baseball)
  Joseph Thomas Callahan was a professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1939 and 1940, for the Boston Bees.-Sources:...
  
  
• October 8 - Rex Cecil
  Rex Cecil
  Rex Rolston Cecil was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox . Cecil batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• October 10 - Floyd Baker
  Floyd Baker
  Floyd Wilson Baker was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox , Washington Senators, , Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• October 12 - Sam Gentile
  Sam Gentile
  Samuel Christopher Gentile is a former Major League Baseball player. He played one seasons with the Boston Braves in 1943.-External links:...
  
  
• October 13 - Ray Hathaway
  Ray Hathaway
  Ray Wilson Hathaway is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in four games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. The 28-year-old rookie right-hander stood 6'0" and weighed 165 lbs. He was born in Greenville, Ohio....
  
  
• October 16 - Eddie Carnett
  Eddie Carnett
  Edwin Elliott Carnett is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1941 and 1945. Listed at 6' 0", 185 lb., he batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• October 19 - Ralph McLeod
  Ralph McLeod
  Ralph Alton McLeod was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Bees late in the 1938 season. Listed at 6' 0", 170 lb., he batted and threw left-handed....
  
  
• October 21 - Bill Bevens
  Bill Bevens
  Floyd Clifford "Bill" Bevens was a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher. He stood 6' 3" and weighed 210 lb. Bevens was signed by the New York Yankees at the age of 20 in , and spent seven seasons in the minor leagues, where he threw two no-hitters for the Wenatchee Chiefs...
  
  
• October 21 - Eddie Carnett
  Eddie Carnett
  Edwin Elliott Carnett is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1941 and 1945. Listed at 6' 0", 185 lb., he batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• October 22 - Harry Walker
  Harry Walker
  Harry William Walker, known to baseball fans of the middle 20th century as "Harry the Hat" , was an American baseball player, manager and coach.-Early life and family:...
  
  
• October 28 - Ed Levy
  Ed Levy
  Edward Clarence Levy, born Edward Clarence Whitner was a left fielder/first baseman in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees...
  
  
• October 30 - Leon Day
  Leon Day
  Leon Day was an American right-handed pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played for the Baltimore Black Sox, the Brooklyn & Newark Eagles, and the Baltimore Elite Giants.He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995....
  
  
• October 31 - Ken Keltner
  Ken Keltner
  Kenneth Frederick Keltner was an American professional baseball player. He played almost his entire Major League Baseball career as a third baseman with the Cleveland Indians, until his final season when he played 13 games for the Boston Red Sox. He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  

November-December

• November 2 - Al Campanis
  Al Campanis
  Alexander Sebastian Campanis was an American executive in Major League Baseball. He had a brief Major League career as a second baseman, playing for both the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' minor-league team...
  
  
• November 4 - Emil Kush
  Emil Kush
  Emil Benedict Kush was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs for six seasons in the 1940s.-References:...
  
  
• November 5 - Jim Tabor
  Jim Tabor
  James Reubin Tabor , also nicknamed "Rawhide", was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies . Tabor was born in New Hope, Alabama. He batted and threw right-handed.Tabor came to the Red Sox late in the 1938 season and hit .316 in 19 games...
  
  
• November 7 - Joe Hatten
  Joe Hatten
  Joseph Hilarian Hatten was a Major League Baseball pitcher.Hatten started in pro ball with Crookston in the old Northern League in 1937. Acquired by the Montreal Royals from the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association in the 1941-42 off-season, Hatten pitched for the Royals briefly in 1942...
  
  
• November 9 - Walt Lanfranconi
  Walt Lanfranconi
  Walter Oswald Lanfranconi was a Major League Baseball pitcher. The 155 lb. right-hander played for the Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves...
  
  
• November 13 - Nick Goulish
  Nick Goulish
  Nicholas Edward Goulish was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played parts of two seasons in the majors, and , for the Philadelphia Phillies. He only played two games in the outfield, while appearing in eleven games as a pinch hitter and one as a pinch runner.-Sources:...
  
  
• November 15 - Milt Byrnes
  Milt Byrnes
  Milton John "Skippy" Byrnes was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Browns from 1943 to 1945.-External links:...
  
  
• November 15 - Joe Ostrowski
  Joe Ostrowski
  Joseph Paul Ostrowski was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, from -, for the St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees....
  
  
• November 18 - Ken Burkhart
  Ken Burkhart
  Kenneth William Burkhart, born Burkhardt , was an American right-handed pitcher and umpire in Major League Baseball. From through he played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds , and he served as a National League umpire from 1957 to 1973.Burkhart was born in Knoxville, Tennessee...
  
  
• November 22 - Ted Cieslak
  Ted Cieslak
  Thaddeus Walter Cieslak was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944. The 27-year-old rookie stood 5'10" and weighed 175 lbs....
  
  
• November 26 - Bob Elliott
  Bob Elliott (baseball)
  Robert Irving Elliott was an American third baseman and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played most of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Braves. He contributed some of the happiest memories to the Braves' final Boston years, winning the 1947 National League Most Valuable...
  
  
• November 23 - Eddie Collins
  Eddie Collins, Jr.
  Edward Trowbridge Collins Jr. , was a professional baseball outfielder in the Major Leagues for parts of three seasons between and for the Philadelphia Athletics. His father was Baseball Hall of Fame member, Eddie Collins.-External links:...
  
  
• November 25 - Oscar Georgy
• November 26 - Walt Ripley
  Walt Ripley
  Walter Franklin Ripley was a relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball. Listed at 6' 0", 168 lb., Ripley batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts...
  
  
• November 26 - Eddie Miller
• November 28 - Max West
  Max West
  Max Edward West born in Dexter, Missouri was an outfielder and first baseman for the Boston Bees/Braves , Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates ....
  
  
• December 4 - Ray Sanders
  Ray Sanders
  Raymond Floyd Sanders was a professional baseball player. Primarily a first baseman, he played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball between 1942 and 1949.- Cardinals :...
  
  
• December 5 - Steve Rachunok
  Steve Rachunok
  Stephen Stepanovich Rachunok , was a professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He appeared in two games during the 1940 season, one as a starter, where he pitched a complete game.-External links:...
  
  
• December 5 - Len Schulte
  Len Schulte
  Leonard Bernard Schultehenrich was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the St. Louis Browns from to .-References:...
  
  
• December 7 - Jorge Comellas
  Jorge Comellas
  Jorge Comellas , is a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues in 1945. He played for the Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• December 13 - Hank Majeski
  Hank Majeski
  Henry Majeski was an American professional baseball player, coach and minor league manager. He played as a third baseman in Major League Baseball from to for the Boston Bees/Boston Braves , New York Yankees , Philadelphia Athletics , Chicago White Sox , Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles...
  
  
• December 13 - Lou Thuman
  Lou Thuman
  Louis Charles Frank Thuman was an American professional baseball player who played in five games for the Washington Senators during the and seasons....
  
  
• December 24 - Jack Graham
  Jack Graham (baseball)
  John Bernard Graham was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he played in 1946 and 1949 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants and St. Louis Browns. He died at age 82 in Los Alamitos, California.His father, Peaches Graham, also played in the...
  
  
• December 27 - Charlie Brewster
  Charlie Brewster
  Charles Lawrence Brewster was a right-handed shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cleveland Indians...
  
  

January-February

• January 1 - Jake Drauby
  Jake Drauby
  Jacob F. Drauby was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played in ten games for the Washington Senators of the National League in 1892. He also had an extensive minor league career that lasted from 1886 through 1902.-External links:...
  
  , 52, third baseman who hit .206 in ten games for the Washington Senators of the National League in 1892.

• January 6 - King Cole, 29, pitcher who was 20-4 and led National League in ERA for the 1910 Chicago Cubs; gave up 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...
  
  's first hit in 1914, and inspired Ring Lardner
  Ring Lardner
  Ringgold Wilmer Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre.-Personal life:...
  
  's "Alibi Ike" stories.

• January 20 - Emmet Heidrick
  Emmet Heidrick
  R. Emmet "Snags" Heidrick was an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1898 to 1908. He played for the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Cardinals, and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
  
  , 39, centerfielder for four teams in the National and American leagues between 1898 and 1908, who collected a .300 average and 186 stolen bases in 757 career games.
• .300 career hitter.

• February 4 - Frank Wyman
  Frank Wyman
  Frank C. Wyman was a 19th-century professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Kansas City Cowboys and Chicago Browns in the Union Association in 1884.-External links:...
  
  , 53, outfielder for the Kansas City Cowboys and Chicago Browns of the Union Association in 1884.

• February 5 - Ed Irwin
  Ed Irwin
  William Edward Irwin was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played one game for the Detroit Tigers in 1912.-External links:...
  
  , 34, third baseman who played one game for the 1912 Detroit Tigers of the American League.

• February 14 - Pat Carroll
  Pat Carroll (baseball)
  Patrick Carroll was an American Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Altoona Mountain City and the Philadelphia Keystones, both of the Union Association, in 1884....
  
  , 62, Union Association catcher and right fielder for the Altoona Mountain City and the Philadelphia Keystones in the 1884 season.

• February 25 - Art Allison
  Art Allison
  Arthur Algernon Allison was a Major League Baseball player from 1871 to 1876. He played both as an outfielder and first baseman. He played with many teams, but his best year was with the 1873 Elizabeth Resolutes, when he had a career high batting average of .323. Despite his performance, his team...
  
  , 67, outfielder-first baseman who hit .254 for five teams between 1871 and 1876.

March-April

• March 4 - Abe Wolstenholme
  Abe Wolstenholme
  Abraham Lincoln "Abe" Wolstenholme was a Major League Baseball catcher. Wolstenholme played for the Philadelphia Quakers in the season. In three career games, he had one hit in 11 at-bats....
  
  , 55, catcher for the 1883 Philadelphia Quakers of the National League.

• March 7 - Fred Donovan
  Fred Donovan
  Frederick Maurice Donovan was a professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Spiders in 1895.-Career:...
  
  , 51, catcher for the Cleveland Spiders of the National League in 1895.

• March 23 - Frank Graves
  Frank Graves (baseball)
  Frank Norris Graves was a baseball catcher and manager.Graves played for the St. Louis Maroons in 1886. He managed the minor league Detroit Tigers in 1897 and 1898.-External links:...
  
  , 55, catcher for the 1886 St. Louis Maroons of the National League.

• March 28 - Eddie Hohnhorst
  Eddie Hohnhorst
  Edward Hicks Hohnhorst was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for two seasons. He played in 18 games for the Cleveland Naps during the 1910 Cleveland Naps season and 15 games during the 1912 Cleveland Naps season.-External links:...
  
  , 51, first baseman for the Cleveland Naps of the American League in the 1910 and 1912 seasons.

• April 6 - Fred Mann
  Fred Mann
  Fred J. Mann was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball for six seasons, and played for five different teams. He was born in Sutton, Vermont and died at the age of 58 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Springfield.-External links:...
  
  , 58, centerfielder who hit .262 and scored 388 runs in 577 games for five clubs from 1882 to 1887.

• April 8 - Bill Moran
  Bill Moran (catcher)
  William L. Moran was a catcher and left fielder in Major League Baseball who played in part of two seasons in the National League.-External links:**...
  
  , 46, National League catcher who hit a .147 average in 39 games with the St. Louis Browns (1892) and the Chicago Colts (1895).

• April 16 - Jim McTamany
  Jim McTamany
  James Edward McTamany , was an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1885-1891. McTamany played for the Brooklyn Grays, Kansas City Cowboys, Columbus Solons, and the Philadelphia Athletics....
  
  , 52, center fielder for four teams from 1885 to 1891, who led the American Association in runs (140) and walks (112) in 1890, while collecting 255 stolen bases and a .371 on-base percentage in 813 career-games.

• April 26 - Skyrocket Smith
  Skyrocket Smith
  Samuel J. "Skyrocket" Smith was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He played for the Louisville Colonels of the American Association during the first half of the 1888 season...
  
  , first baseman who hit a .238 average with a .349 on-base percentage for the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in 1888.

• April 27 - Jul Kustus
  Jul Kustus
  Joseph Julius Kustus , was a professional baseball player who played outfield for the 1909 Brooklyn Superbas. Tuberculosis forced his early retirement from the game, and contributed to his death at the age of 33.-References:...
  
  , 33, outfielder who hit .145 in x games for the 1909 Brooklyn Superbas of the National League.

May-June

• May 31 - Bud Sharpe
  Bud Sharpe
  Bayard Heston "Bud" Sharpe is a former Major League Baseball first baseman/outfielder. He played Major League baseball in parts of two seasons-1905 and 1910....
  
  , 34, National League who hit .222 in parts of two seasons for the Boston Beaneaters (1905) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1910).

• June 10 - Jack Chapman
  Jack Chapman
  John Curtis "Jack" Chapman was an American Major League Baseball player and manager who was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began playing in the National Association when he played for the Brooklyn Atlantics and the St. Louis Brown Stockings. In , when the National League formed, he became the...
  
  , 73, one of the foremost players of the early 1860s, who became famous for his many long running catches at right field, receiving the colorful nickname ″Death to Flying Things″; later a highly respected manager from 1876 to 1892, winning one championship in 1890 with the Louisville Colonels of the American Association.

• June 19 - John Dodge
  John Dodge (baseball)
  John Lewis Dodge was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1912 until 1913. He made his debut on August 29, 1912 for the Philadelphia Phillies. He was traded to the Cincinnati Reds on June 3, 1913, and played his last game for the Reds on October 5 of that year...
  
  , 27, National League third baseman for the 1912 Philadelphia Phillies and the 1913 Cincinnati Reds, who died after being hit in the head by a pitch during a minor league game.

July-August

• July 15 - Ira Belden
  Ira Belden
  Ira Allison Belden was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played in the late 19th century.-External links:...
  
  , 42, American Association outfielder for the Cleveland Spiders in 1897.

• July 22 - George Ziegler
  George Ziegler (baseball)
  George J. Ziegler was a professional Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched one game for the Pittsburg Alleghenys in 1890. In one game, he started the same and pitched six innings, getting the loss and allowing seven runs for an earned run average of 10.50.-External links:...
  
  , 44[?], who pitched one game for the 1890 Pittsburg Alleghenys of the National League.

• August 15 - John Dyler
  John Dyler
  John F. Dyler , was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues for the 1882 Louisville Eclipse.-External links:...
  
  , 64, left fielder for the Louisville Eclipse American Association team in 1882.

• August 23 - Bill George
  Bill George (baseball)
  William M. George was a professional baseball player for the New York Giants and the Columbus Solons. He played with the Giants from 1887 to 1889, and played one year with the Columbus Solons of the American Association in 1889. He was born on January 27, 1865 in Bellaire, Ohio and he died on...
  
  , 51, pitcher/outfielder who played from 1887 through 1889 for the New York Giants (National League) and Columbus Solons (American Association).

September-October

• September 1 - Ben Froelich
  Ben Froelich
  William Palmer "Ben" Froelich was a Major League Baseball catcher. Froelich played in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies in .-External links:*...
  
  , 29, catcher who played one game for the 1909 Philadelphia Phillies of the National League.

• September 2 - Chick Evans
  Chick Evans (baseball)
  Charles Franklin Evans is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played two seasons with the Boston Doves from 1909 to 1910. Evans died of heart failure on September 2, 1916.-External links:...
  
  , 26, National League pitcher who posted a 1-4 record and a 4.96 ERA in 17 games for the Boston Doves in the 1909 and 1910 seasons, who also hurled a perfect game in the minors ih which not a single batter hit a ball out of the infield.

• September 23 - Monk Cline
  Monk Cline
  John P. "Monk" Cline was a professional baseball player who primarily played outfield in the American Association for the Baltimore Orioles, Louisville Colonels and Kansas City Cowboys.-External links:...
  
  , 58, American Association outfielder who hit .261 in 232 games with the Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Cowboys and the Louisville Eclipse/Colonels between 1882 and 1891.

• October 10 - Dick McBride
  Dick McBride
  James Dickson "Dick" McBride was an American Major League Baseball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was the star pitcher and the player-manager for the Philadelphia Athletics of the National Association from through most of the when Cap Anson took over as player-manager for the...
  
  , 71, pitcher-manager for the Philadelphia Athletics of the National Association from 1871 to 1875, who also played for the 1876 Boston Red Caps of the National League.

• October 11 - Henry Luff
  Henry Luff
  Henry T. Luff was a Major League Baseball player. In four seasons, he played for six different teams in four different leagues. While he played in a total of just 117 games, he managed to play at least 10 games at four different positions, including pitcher, and at least one game at every position...
  
  , 64, infielder/outfielder/pitcher who played between 1875 and 1884 for six clubs in four different leagues.

• October 13 - Cyclone Miller
  Cyclone Miller
  Joseph H. "Cyclone" Miller was an American Major League Baseball player born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He played just two seasons in the majors, but did play with four different teams in three different leagues...
  
  , 57, pitcher who posted a 14-11 record and a 3.04 ERA in 27 games with four teams in the 1884 and 1886 seasons.

• October 16 - Henry Killeen
  Henry Killeen
  Henry F. Killeen was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in one game for the Cleveland Spiders of the National League on September 11, 1891. He remained active in the minor leagues through 1899.-External links:*...
  
  , 44, pitcher for the 1891 Cleveland Spiders of the National League.

• October 24 - Hi Ebright
  Hi Ebright
  Hiram C. Ebright was an American baseball player. He played in 16 games for the Washington Nationals of the National League, hitting .254 in 59 at-bats. He played catcher, outfield and shortstop. He also played minor league baseball in the California League from 1888-1893 and the Western...
  
  , 57, catcher who hit .254 for the Washington Senators of the National League in 1889.

• October 31 - Nicholas Young
  Nicholas Young (executive)
  thumb|Nicholas Ephraim Young was an American executive, manager and umpire in professional baseball who served as president of the National League from 1885 to 1902. Born in Amsterdam, New York at Johnson Hall, the estate of Sir William Johnson, he served in the Union Army during the Civil War,...
  
  , 76, president of the National League (1885-1902) and league secretary (1876–1902), who also managed the Washington team in the National Association and umpired in that league.

November-December

• November 2 - Richard Johns
  Richard Johns (umpire)
  Richard H. Johns was a professional baseball umpire.Johns umpired his only National Association game on June 27, as the home plate umpire. He was the brother of Baltimore Marylands player Tommy Johns.-References:...
  
  , 67, National Association umpire

• November 12 - Mike Roach
  Mike Roach
  Michael Stephen "Mike" Roach was a professional baseball catcher who played for the Washington Senators in ....
  
  , 46, catcher for the 1899 Washington Senators of the National League.

• November 12 - Will Foley
  Will Foley
  William Brown Foley was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He played all or part of seven seasons in the majors, playing for five different teams in three different leagues. His career began in the National Association in with the Chicago White Stockings, and ended in the Union Association in...
  
  , 60, third baseman who played between 1875 and 1884 for five clubs in three different leagues.

• November 15 - Jack Farrell 60, center fielder who hit .385 in three games with the 1874 Hartford Dark Blues of the National Association.

• November 29 - Bob Unglaub
  Bob Unglaub
  Robert Alexander Unglaub was an American first baseman and utility infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Highlanders, Boston Americans, and Washington Senators....
  
  , 35, American League infielder for the New York Highlanders, Boston Americans and Washington Senators between 1904 and 1910, who also managed the Americans in the 1907 season.

• December 3 - Reddy Mack
  Reddy Mack
  Joseph "Reddy" Mack played professional baseball from 1885 to 1890, mainly as a second baseman. Mack played the first four years of his career with the Louisville Colonels. Three of the years Mack hit under a .250 batting average, while in 1887 Mack hit an impressive .308, the best of his career...
  
  , 50, Irish second baseman who played in the American Association for the Louisville Colonels (1886-'88) and Baltimore Orioles (1889-'90).

• December 5 - John Cuff
  John Cuff (baseball)
  John Patrick Cuff was a professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues in 1884 for the Baltimore Monumentals of the Union Association. He continued to play in the minor leagues through 1890.-External links:...
  
  , 52, catcher for the 1884 Baltimore Monumentals of the Union Association.

• December 17 - Scoops Carey, 46, a .271 career-hitter with four clubs, who led first basemen in fielding average in both the National League (1895) and American League (1902).

• December 17 - Elias Peak
  Elias Peak
  Elias Peak was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played for the 1884 Philadelphia Keystones and Boston Reds in the Union Association. He was still playing minor league ball as late as 1897.-Sources:...
  
  , 57, second baseman who hit a combined .202 average with the Boston Reds and Philadelphia Keystones in the 1884 season.

• December 19 - Doug Allison
  Doug Allison
  Douglas L. Allison played catcher for the original Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first fully professional baseball team. He was considered a specialist, at a time when some of the better batsmen who manned the position normally rested, or substituted at other fielding positions. In Cincinnati,...
  
  , 70, catcher who played from 1868 through 1883 for ten different teams, including for the undefeated 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, who is the earliest known player to use a glove, when he donned buckskin mittens to protect his hands in 1870.

• December 19 - John McGuinness
  John McGuinness (baseball)
  John James McGuinness was an Irish professional baseball player. He played in three seasons in Major League Baseball, 1876 for the New York Mutuals, 1879 for the Syracuse Stars, and 1884 for the Philadelphia Keystones of the Union Association. He was mostly used as a first baseman.-Sources:...
  
  , 60[?], Irish first baseman and a .244 career hitter in 162 games with the New York Mutuals (1876), Syracuse Stars (1879), and Philadelphia Keystones (1884).

• December 23 - Erve Beck
  Erve Beck
  Ervin Thomas Beck was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played for three seasons. He played for the Brooklyn Superbas in 1899, the Cleveland Blues in 1901, the Cincinnati Reds in 1902, and the Detroit Tigers in 1902....
  
  , 38, second baseman for four different teams in the American and National Leagues between 1899 and 1902.

• December 23 - Howard Earl
  Howard Earl
  Howard J. Earl was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played two seasons in the majors, a full season in for the Chicago Colts, and then for the Milwaukee Brewers, who were a midseason replacement team in the American Association.Earl's minor league baseball career spanned 22 seasons, from ...
  
  , 47, outfielder who hit .248 with eight homers and 68 RBI for the 1890 Chicago Colts and the 1890 Milwaukee Brewers.

• December 25 - Bill Moriarty
  Bill Moriarty (baseball)
  William Joseph Moriarty was a Major League Baseball player. He played shortstop in six games for the 1909 Cincinnati Reds. His brother, George Moriarty was also a professional baseball player.-External links:*...
  
  , 33, backup shortstop for the 1909 Cincinnati Reds.

• December 29 - Ed Doheny
  Ed Doheny
  Edwin Richard Doheny , was a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1895-1903.-Early life:...
  
  , 43, pitcher who played from 1895 through 1903 for the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates, compiling a 75-83 and a 3.73 ERA in 75 games, while allowing only 13 home runs in 1405 innings for a .083 HR/9 average, 16th on all-time list.