Major League Baseball

• World Series
  1938 World Series
  The 1938 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs, with the Yankees sweeping the Series in four games for their seventh championship and record third straight .Dizzy Dean, who had helped carry the Cubs to the National League pennant despite a...
  
  : 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...
  
   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...
  
   (4–0)
• All-Star Game
  Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers...
  
  , July 6 at Crosley Field
  Crosley Field
  Crosley Field was a Major League Baseball park located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the home field of the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1912 through June 24, 1970, and the original Cincinnati Bengals football team, members of the second and third American Football League...
  
  : National League, 4-1

Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  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...
  
  
  • Jimmie Foxx
    Jimmie Foxx
    James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx , nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter....
    
    , 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"...
    
    , 1B (AL)
  • Ernie Lombardi
    Ernie Lombardi
    Ernesto Natali "Ernie" Lombardi , was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Robins, the Cincinnati Reds, the Boston Braves and the New York Giants during a Hall of Fame career that spanned 17 years, from 1931 to 1947. He had several nicknames, including "Schnozz", "Lumbago", "Bocci",...
    
    , 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....
    
    , C (NL)

• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  This is a list of the Major League Baseball players chosen by The Sporting News since 1936 as recipients of the TSN Player of the Year Award. Until 1969, it was the only major award given to a single player from MLB, rather than to a player in each league. In 1969, Baseball Digest began its Player...
  
  
  • Johnny Vander Meer, 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....
    
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• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award was established in 1936 by The Sporting News and was given annually to one manager in Major League Baseball...
  
  
  • Joe McCarthy, 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...
    
    

MLB statistical leaders

EWLINE   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... Type Name Stat Name Stat 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 :...   Jimmie Foxx Jimmie Foxx James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx , nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter....  BOS .349 Ernie Lombardi Ernie Lombardi Ernesto Natali "Ernie" Lombardi , was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Robins, the Cincinnati Reds, the Boston Braves and the New York Giants during a Hall of Fame career that spanned 17 years, from 1931 to 1947. He had several nicknames, including "Schnozz", "Lumbago", "Bocci",...  CIN .342 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...   Hank Greenberg Hank Greenberg Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg , nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank" or "The Hebrew Hammer," was an American professional baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s. A first baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg was one of the premier power hitters of his generation...  DET 58 Mel Ott Mel Ott Melvin Thomas Ott , nicknamed "Master Melvin", was a Major League Baseball right fielder. He played his entire career for the New York Giants . Ott was born in Gretna, Louisiana. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...  NYG 36 RBI  Jimmie Foxx Jimmie Foxx James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx , nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter....  BOS 175 Joe Medwick Joe Medwick Joseph Michael Medwick , nicknamed "Ducky", was an American Major League Baseball player. A left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals during the "Gashouse Gang" era of the 1930s, he also played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , New York Giants , and Boston Braves...  STL 122 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...   Red Ruffing Red Ruffing Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing was a Major League Baseball pitcher most remembered for his time with the highly successful New York Yankees teams of the 1930s and 1940s...  NYY 21 Bill Lee Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher) William Crutcher "Big Bill" Lee was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1934 through 1947 for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and Boston Braves....  CHC 22 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...   Lefty Grove Lefty Grove Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was a professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Baseball with the American League's Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox, winning 300 games in his 17-year MLB career...  BOS 3.08 Bill Lee Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher) William Crutcher "Big Bill" Lee was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1934 through 1947 for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and Boston Braves....  CHC 2.66

American League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	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...	99	53	.651	–
2nd	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"...	88	61	.591	9.5
3rd	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...	86	66	.566	13.0
4th	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...	84	70	.545	16.0
5th	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...	75	76	.497	23.5
6th	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...	65	83	.439	32.0
7th	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...	55	97	.362	44.0
8th	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....	53	99	.349	46.0

National League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	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...	89	63	.586	–
2nd	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	64	.573	2.0
3rd	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....	83	67	.553	5.0
4th	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....	82	68	.547	6.0
5th	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....	77	75	.507	12.0
6th	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...	71	80	.470	17.5
7th	Brooklyn Dodgers 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...	69	80	.463	18.5
8th	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...	45	105	.300	43.0

Negro National League final standings

Negro National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Homestead Grays Homestead Grays The Homestead Grays were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues in the United States. The team was formed in 1912 by Cumberland Posey, and would remain in continuous operation for 38 seasons. The team was based in Homestead, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Pittsburgh.-Franchise...	27	10	.730	–
Baltimore Elite Giants Baltimore Elite Giants The Baltimore Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues from to . The team was established by Thomas T. Wilson, in Nashville, Tennessee as the semi-pro Nashville Standard Giants on March 26, 1920. The team was renamed the Elite Giants in , and would move to...	23	9	.719	1.5
Newark Eagles Newark Eagles The Newark Eagles was a professional Negro league baseball team that played in the second Negro National League from 1936 to 1948.- Formation :...	28	17	.622	3
Pittsburgh Crawfords Pittsburgh Crawfords The Pittsburgh Crawfords, popularly known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Named after the Crawford Grill, a club in the Hill District of Pittsburgh owned by Gus Greenlee, the Crawfords were originally a youth semipro team sponsored by...	24	16	.600	4.5
Philadelphia Stars Philadelphia Stars (baseball) The Philadelphia Stars were a Negro league baseball team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Stars were founded in 1933 when Ed Bolden returned to professional black baseball after being idle since early 1930...	30	24	.556	5.5
New York Black Yankees New York Black Yankees The New York Black Yankees was a professional baseball team based in New York City, Paterson, NJ, and Rochester, NY which played in the Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. The Black Yankees played in Paterson, New Jersey from 1933-1937 and then from 1939-1945. The 1938 season saw the Black...	7	18	.280	14
Washington Black Senators Washington Black Senators The Washington Black Senators were a Negro league baseball team based in Washington, DC. When the Washington Elite Giants moved to Baltimore, MD in 1938, the gap was filled in by the Black Senators. They were just 2–13 in the Negro National League...	2	13	.133	14

January – May

• February 10 – The St. Louis Browns trade Rollie Hemsley
  Rollie Hemsley
  Ralston Burdett Hemsley was a professional baseball catcher. Born in Syracuse, Ohio, he played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball. He was nicknamed "Rollicking Rollie".-Major League career:...
  
   to 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...
  
   for Ed Cole
  Ed Cole
  Edward Nicholas Cole was an American automotive executive for General Motors.- Career :Cole was the son of a dairy farmer. In his youth, he designed, built, and sold homemade radio sets, and as a teenager became a field representative for a tractor manufacturer...
  
  , Roy Hughes
  Roy Hughes (baseball)
  Roy Hughes , is a former professional baseball player who played second base in the Major Leagues from 1935-46.-Teams:* Cleveland Indians 1935-37* St. Louis Browns 1938-39...
  
   and 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...
  
  .

• March 6 – The 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...
  
   trade Dolph Camilli
  Dolph Camilli
  Adolph Louis Camilli was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers. He was named the National League's Most Valuable Player in after leading the league in home runs and runs batted in as the Dodgers won the...
  
   to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Eddie Morgan
  Eddie Morgan
  Edwin Willis Morgan [Pepper] was a backup right fielder/first baseman who played in Major League Baseball between and . Listed at 5' 10", ., Morgan batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Brady Lake, Ohio....
  
   and $45,000.

• April 3 – Goose Goslin
  Goose Goslin
  Leon Allen "Goose" Goslin was a left fielder in Major League Baseball known for his powerful left-handed swing and dependable clutch hitting. He played 18 seasons with the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, and Detroit Tigers, from until...
  
   joins 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...
  
  .

• April 16 – The 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...
  
   trade 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....
  
   to 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...
  
   for Curt Davis
  Curt Davis
  Curtis Benton Davis was a Major League Baseball pitcher. On October 2, 1933 he was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Pacific Coast League San Francisco Seals in the 1933 rule V draft. He played for the Phillies , Chicago Cubs , St. Louis Cardinals , and Brooklyn Dodgers...
  
  , Clyde Shoun
  Clyde Shoun
  Clyde Mitchell Shoun was an American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, he was born in Mountain City, Tennessee, and known as "Hardrock", due to his fastball....
  
  , Tuck Stainback
  Tuck Stainback
  George Tucker "Tuck" Stainback was a Major League Baseball outfielder for 13 seasons with the Chicago Cubs , St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Phillies , Brooklyn Dodgers , Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , and Philadelphia Athletics...
  
   and $185,000.

• April 18 – 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...
  
   in the season opener at Fenway Park
  Fenway Park
  Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...
  
  . Hall of famer Joe Gordon makes his major league debut at second base for the Yankees.

• April 19
  • 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...
    
     goes three-for-five in his major league debut with a double
    Double (baseball)
    In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....
    
     and a strike out.
  • Fritz Ostermueller
    Fritz Ostermueller
    Frederick Raymond Ostermueller , was a pitcher in major league baseball from 1934–1948, for the Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Browns....
    
     holds 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 just two hits, 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 Yanks, 6-0.

• April 24 – Dizzy Dean holds his former team to just four hits, as the Cubs beat the Cardinals, 4-0.

• May 5 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 21-2 at 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...
  
  .

• May 6 – Outfielder
  Outfielder
  Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...
  
   Bob Seeds
  Bob Seeds
  Ira Robert Seeds , was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, New York Yankees, and Boston Red Sox. The well-traveled player was known by the nickname "Suitcase".-External links:...
  
   of the Newark Bears (IL) hits four home runs in four successive innings and drives in 12 runs against Buffalo. The next day, he slams three more. His seven homers in the two-day barrage account for 17 RBI and 30 total bases. In his first 59 games‚ Seeds will clout 28 HR and drive in 95 runs.

• May 14 – 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....
  
   acquire Dick Siebert
  Dick Siebert
  Richard Walther Siebert was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1932, 1936-1945. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and St...
  
   from the St. Louis Cardinals for Paul Easterling
  Paul Easterling
  Paul Easterling was a former major league outfielder for the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics . He batted and threw right-handed. Easterling debuted in 1928 with the Detroit Tigers, playing in 43 games and hitting .325 with seven doubles and four home runs...
  
  , Gene Hasson
  Gene Hasson
  Charles Eugene Hasson , was a Major League Baseball infielder from - for the Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
   and George Turbeville.

June–July

• June 5 – The Chicago White Sox
  1938 Chicago White Sox season
  The 1938 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 38th season in the major leagues and their 39th season overall. They finished with a record 65-83, good enough for 5th place in the American League, 32 games behind the first place New York Yankees....
  
   win the first game of a double header
  Doubleheader (baseball)
  A doubleheader is a set of two baseball games played between the same two teams on the same day in front of the same crowd. In addition, the term is often used unofficially to refer to a pair of games played by a team in a single day, but in front of different crowds and not in immediate...
  
   with the Philadelphia Athletics
  1938 Philadelphia Athletics season
  The Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 99 losses.- Notable transactions :* May 4, 1938: Harry Kelley was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the Washington Senators....
  
  , 8-2, to snap a ten game losing streak.

• June 6 – The Cincinnati Reds
  1938 Cincinnati Reds season
  The Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 82-68, 6 games behind the Chicago Cubs.- Regular season :...
  
   sent Alex Kampouris
  Alex Kampouris
  Alexis William Kampouris , is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a 2nd baseman from 1934–1939 and 1941-1943.-Miscellaneous facts:...
  
   to the New York Giants
  1938 New York Giants season
  The 1938 New York Giants season was the fourteenth season for the club in the National Football League.-Schedule:-Standings:-See also:*List of New York Giants seasons...
  
   in exchange for Wally Berger
  Wally Berger
  Walter Anton Berger was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for four National League teams, primarily the Boston Braves. One of the league's top sluggers of the early 1930s, in his initial season he hit 38 home runs, a record for rookies which stood until . He still...
  
  .

• June 11 – Cincinnati Reds
  1938 Cincinnati Reds season
  The Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 82-68, 6 games behind the Chicago Cubs.- Regular season :...
  
   pitcher Johnny Vander Meer 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 Boston Bees
  1938 Boston Bees season
  The 1938 Boston Bees season was the franchises 62nd Major League Baseball season.- Offseason :On January 8, 1938, Bob Smith was released by the Boston Bees. On February 16, 1938, Tommy Thevenow was released by the Bees.- Regular season :...
  
  , leading his team to a 3–0 win.

• June 13 – The Philadelphia Phillies
  1938 Philadelphia Phillies season
  The Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in eighth place -- last in an eight-team National League -- with a record of 45-105, 43 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs and 24.5 games behind the seventh-place Brooklyn Dodgers...
  
   sent Bucky Walters
  Bucky Walters
  William Henry "Bucky" Walters was an American Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Walters played for the Boston Braves , Boston Red Sox , Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds...
  
   to the Cincinnati Reds
  1938 Cincinnati Reds season
  The Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 82-68, 6 games behind the Chicago Cubs.- Regular season :...
  
   in exchange for Spud Davis
  Spud Davis
  Virgil Lawrence "Spud" Davis was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  , Al Hollingsworth
  Al Hollingsworth
  Albert Wayne Hollingsworth was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1935–1946, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he appeared in four innings of the 1944 World Series for the Browns and was a coach for the St. Louis...
  
   and $50,000.

• June 15 – Johnny Vander Meer becomes the first, and only to date, pitcher
  Pitcher
  In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
  
   in Major League history to threw two consecutive no-hitters as the Cincinnati Reds
  1938 Cincinnati Reds season
  The Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 82-68, 6 games behind the Chicago Cubs.- Regular season :...
  
   blank the Brooklyn Dodgers
  1938 Brooklyn Dodgers season
  The Brooklyn Dodgers season was their 55th season. The team finished with a record of 69-80, finishing in seventh place in the National League...
  
  , 6–0.

• June 18
  • 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...
    
     signs a contract to coach
    Coach (sport)
    In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
    
     with the Brooklyn Dodgers
    1938 Brooklyn Dodgers season
    The Brooklyn Dodgers season was their 55th season. The team finished with a record of 69-80, finishing in seventh place in the National League...
    
    . Ruth dons a Dodger uniform the next day, entertains observers with a batting demonstration, and works the third-base coaching box for the remainder of the season.
  • 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:...
    
     of the St. Louis Browns
    1938 St. Louis Browns season
    The 1938 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 97 losses.- Offseason :* December 1, 1937: Chief Hogsett was traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators for Ed Linke....
    
     pitches a 1–0 shutout over the New York Yankees
    1938 New York Yankees season
    The New York Yankees season was their 36th season. The team finished with a record of 99-53, winning their 10th pennant, finishing 9.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the 1938 World Series, they...
    
    . It is the second of only two shut outs the Yankees endure all season.

• June 26 – Carl Hubbell
  Carl Hubbell
  Carl Owen Hubbell was an American baseball player. He was a member of the New York Giants in the National League from 1928 to 1943, and remained on the Giants' payroll for the rest of his life, long after their move to San Francisco.Twice voted the National League's Most Valuable Player, Hubbell...
  
   wins his 200th career game‚ as the New York Giants
  1938 New York Giants season
  The 1938 New York Giants season was the fourteenth season for the club in the National Football League.-Schedule:-Standings:-See also:*List of New York Giants seasons...
  
   beat the visiting Chicago Cubs
  1938 Chicago Cubs 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...
  
  , 5–1, and stretch their National League lead over the second-place Cincinnati Reds
  1938 Cincinnati Reds season
  The Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 82-68, 6 games behind the Chicago Cubs.- Regular season :...
  
   to two games. Larry French
  Larry French
  Lawrence Herbert French was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers . A knuckleball specialist, French batted right-handed and threw left-handed...
  
   takes the loss, while newly acquired Bob Seeds
  Bob Seeds
  Ira Robert Seeds , was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, New York Yankees, and Boston Red Sox. The well-traveled player was known by the nickname "Suitcase".-External links:...
  
  ‚ up from Newark‚ leads the way with a 470-foot inside the park home run.

• July 6 – At Crosley Field
  Crosley Field
  Crosley Field was a Major League Baseball park located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the home field of the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1912 through June 24, 1970, and the original Cincinnati Bengals football team, members of the second and third American Football League...
  
  , home of the Cincinnati Reds
  1938 Cincinnati Reds season
  The Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 82-68, 6 games behind the Chicago Cubs.- Regular season :...
  
  , 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...
  
   defeats the 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...
  
  , 4–1, in the All-Star Game
  1938 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  The 1938 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 6th playing of the mid-summer classic between the all-stars of the American League and National League , the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 6, 1938 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio, the home of the...
  
  .

• July 12 – The Pittsburgh Pirates
  1938 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...
  
   complete a thirteen game winning streak to pull themselves within half a game of the first place New York Giants
  1938 New York Giants season
  The 1938 New York Giants season was the fourteenth season for the club in the National Football League.-Schedule:-Standings:-See also:*List of New York Giants seasons...
  
  .

• July 16 – The St. Louis Browns
  1938 St. Louis Browns season
  The 1938 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 97 losses.- Offseason :* December 1, 1937: Chief Hogsett was traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators for Ed Linke....
  
   snap a ten game losing streak with an 8–3 victory over the Boston Red Sox
  1938 Boston Red Sox season
  The 1938 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League with a record of 88 wins and 61 losses.- Offseason :...
  
  .

August – September

• August 2 – The Brooklyn Dodgers
  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...
  
   and the 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...
  
   used a yellow baseball in the first game of a doubleheader as an experiment. The two teams went back to the white ball in the second game as the Dodgers swept the doubleheader 6–2 and 9–3.

• August 7 – Mickey Cochrane
  Mickey Cochrane
  Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane was a professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers...
  
   is replaced as manager of the Detroit Tigers by Del Baker
  Del Baker
  Delmer David Baker was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he led the 1940 Detroit Tigers to the American League pennant...
  
  .

• August 9 – The Philadelphia A's send Bill Nicholson
  Bill Nicholson (baseball)
  William Beck "Swish" Nicholson was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
   and $30,000 to the Washington Senators for Dee Miles
  Dee Miles
  Wilson Daniel Miles was a former outfielder in Major League Baseball. Miles was born in Kellerman, Alabama in 1909.-Career:...
  
  .

• August 10 – The New York Yankees trade Eddie Miller
  Eddie Miller (infielder)
  Edward Robert Miller was a former baseball shortstop who played for 14 seasons in the National League from 1936 to 1950. He was a talented fielder and a perennial All-Star during the 1940's....
  
   to the Boston Bees for Gil English
  Gil English
  Gilbert Raymond English was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors between 1931 and 1944.-External links:...
  
  , Johnny Riddle
  Johnny Riddle
  John Ludy Riddle was an American Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Chicago White Sox , Washington Senators , Boston Bees , Cincinnati Reds , and Pittsburgh Pirates . At the age of 42 in 1948 , he was the oldest player to appear in a National League game that season...
  
  , cash and four players to be named later. On February 4, , the Yankees receive Joe DiMaggio
  Joe DiMaggio
  Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio , nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak , a record that still stands...
  
  's brother, Vince
  Vince DiMaggio
  Vincent Paul "Vince" DiMaggio was a Major League Baseball center fielder. During a 10-year baseball career, he played for the Boston Bees , Cincinnati Reds , Pittsburgh Pirates , Philadelphia Phillies , and New York Giants...
  
   to complete the trade.

• August 20 – 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...
  
   catcher
  Catcher
  Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...
  
  s Hank Helf
  Hank Helf
  Henry Hartz Helf was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for three seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians in 1938 and 1940 and the St. Louis Browns in 1946...
  
   and Frank Pytlak break the "all-time altitude mark" by catching baseballs dropped from the 706-foot Cleveland Terminal Tower.

• August 22 – Preacher Roe
  Preacher Roe
  Elwin Charles Roe was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Brooklyn Dodgers .-Early years:...
  
   makes his major league debut for the St. Louis Cardinals. He lasts just 2.2 innings and gives up four earned runs. He doesn't pitch in the major leagues again until with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• August 27 – In the second game of a doubleheader
  Doubleheader (baseball)
  A doubleheader is a set of two baseball games played between the same two teams on the same day in front of the same crowd. In addition, the term is often used unofficially to refer to a pair of games played by a team in a single day, but in front of different crowds and not in immediate...
  
  , Monte Pearson
  Monte Pearson
  Montgomery Marcellus Pearson was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians , New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds . Pearson batted and threw right-handed...
  
   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 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...
  
   crush 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...
  
  , 13–0.

• September 9
  • Lou Boudreau
    Lou Boudreau
    Louis "Lou" Boudreau was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970...
    
     makes his major league debut for the Cleveland Indians in an 11–5 loss to the Detroit Tigers.
  • The Cincinnati Reds sell Jake Mooty
    Jake Mooty
    Jake T. Mooty was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of seven seasons in the majors, between and , for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers.-Sources:...
    
     and Jimmy Outlaw
    Jimmy Outlaw
    James Paulus Outlaw was an outfielder and third baseman who played in Major League Baseball between the and season...
    
     to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Five days later (September 14), Commissioner Landis voids the deal, making both players eligible for the draft. Outlaw is drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1938 rule 5 draft
    Rule 5 draft
    The Rule 5 draft is a Major League Baseball player draft that occurs each year in December, at the annual Winter Meeting of general managers. The Rule 5 draft aims to prevent teams from stockpiling too many young players on their minor league affiliate teams when other teams would be willing to...
    
     on October 5, and traded to the Dodgers for Lew Krausse and cash on December 13. Brooklyn then packages him with Buddy Hassett
    Buddy Hassett
    John Aloysius "Buddy" Hassett , was a professional baseball player who played first base in Major League Baseball from 1936-1942....
    
    , and send him to the Boston Bees for 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....
    
     and Gene Moore the same day. Mooty isn't drafted until October 3, 1939 by the Chicago Cubs from Syracuse (International).

• September 10 – At the Polo Grounds
  Polo Grounds
  The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...
  
  , the New York Giants defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 20-2.

• September 30 – The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals play to a 7–7 tie. The tie breaks the Cubs' ten game winning streak that sees them go from 3.5 games back of the Pittsburgh Pirates to first place in 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...
  
  .

October – December

• October 5 – Red Ruffing
  Red Ruffing
  Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing was a Major League Baseball pitcher most remembered for his time with the highly successful New York Yankees teams of the 1930s and 1940s...
  
   and the New York Yankees take game one of the 1938 World Series
  1938 World Series
  The 1938 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs, with the Yankees sweeping the Series in four games for their seventh championship and record third straight .Dizzy Dean, who had helped carry the Cubs to the National League pennant despite a...
  
  , 3-1, over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

• October 6 – The Cubs jump out to a 1–0, then 3–2 lead against the Yankees, however, two run home runs by Frankie Crosetti and Joe DiMaggio in the eighth and ninth inning, respectively, give the Yankees the 6–3 victory.

• October 8 – With two outs and no one on base, a two out rally in the fifth inning plates two runs, as the New York Yankees take game three of the World Series
  World Series
  The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...
  
  , 5-2.

• October 9 – The New York Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs, 8–3, in Game four of the World Series to win a record third consecutive 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...
  
  , and seventh overall, four games to none.

• November 1 – National League batting champ Ernie Lombardi
  Ernie Lombardi
  Ernesto Natali "Ernie" Lombardi , was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Robins, the Cincinnati Reds, the Boston Braves and the New York Giants during a Hall of Fame career that spanned 17 years, from 1931 to 1947. He had several nicknames, including "Schnozz", "Lumbago", "Bocci",...
  
   of the 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....
  
   is named the Most Valuable Player. 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...
  
   pitcher Bill Lee
  Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher)
  William Crutcher "Big Bill" Lee was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1934 through 1947 for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and Boston Braves....
  
   is the runner-up.

• November 2 – 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"...
  
   first baseman Jimmie Foxx
  Jimmie Foxx
  James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx , nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter....
  
   is voted Most Valuable Player of the American League for the third time, with 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...
  
   catcher Bill Dickey
  Bill Dickey
  William Malcolm Dickey was a Major League Baseball catcher and manager.He played his entire 19-year baseball career with the New York Yankees . During Dickey's playing career, the Yankees went to the World Series nine times, winning eight championships...
  
   second in the voting.

• November 28 – 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...
  
   25-year-old pitching star Monty Stratton
  Monty Stratton
  Monty Franklin Pierce Stratton , nicknamed "Gander", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born in Wagner, Texas, USA, but lived in Greenville, Texas for a part of his life....
  
   has his right leg amputated as a result of a hunting accident. Stratton attempted comeback is chronicled in The Stratton Story
  The Stratton Story
  The Stratton Story is a 1949 film directed by Sam Wood which tells the true story of Monty Stratton, a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Chicago White Sox from 1934-1938...
  
  , with James Stewart
  James Stewart (actor)
  James Maitland Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime...
  
   in the title role.

• December 6 – The Chicago Cubs trade 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...
  
  , Billy Jurges
  Billy Jurges
  William Frederick Jurges was an American shortstop, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. He was born in Bronx, New York. During the 1930s, he was central to three National League champion Chicago Cubs teams...
  
   and Ken O'Dea
  Ken O'Dea
  James Kenneth O'Dea was a catcher in Major League Baseball. From 1935 through 1946, O'Dea played for the Chicago Cubs , New York Giants , St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves . A native of Lima, New York, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
   to the New York Giants for Dick Bartell
  Dick Bartell
  Richard William Bartell , nicknamed "Rowdy Richard," was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball. One of the most ferocious competitors of his era, he won both admirers and critics at each stop during a career which saw him traded every few seasons, often under acrimonious circumstances...
  
  , Hank Leiber
  Hank Leiber
  Henry Edward Leiber was an American professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball from to with the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs.-Early life:...
  
   and Gus Mancuso
  Gus Mancuso
  August Rodney Mancuso , nicknamed "Blackie", was a professional baseball player, coach, scout and radio sports commentator. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals , New York Giants , Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  .

• December 14 – Major League Baseball teams adopt several resolutions. The National League allows the 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....
  
   to play their season opener one day before other teams, as a way of honoring the 100th anniversary of baseball and of the 1869 Red Stockings being the first professional team. In other news, Will Harridge
  Will Harridge
  William Harridge was an American executive in professional baseball whose most significant role was as president of the American League from 1931 to 1958...
  
   is re-elected as American League president and given a 10-year term. The AL permits 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...
  
   and 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....
  
   to play night games. Finally, MLB agree on a standard ball but disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25 players. Judge Landis will eventually decide on 25.

• December 15 – The Boston Red Sox trade Ben Chapman to the Cleveland Indians for Denny Galehouse
  Denny Galehouse
  Dennis Ward Galehouse born in Marshallville, Ohio was a pitcher for the Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns...
  
   and Tommy Irwin
  Tommy Irwin
  Thomas Andrew Irwin was a Major League Baseball player. An alumnus of the University of North Carolina, Irwin was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in and played three games for them in October...
  
  , trade Pinky Higgins
  Pinky Higgins
  Michael Franklin "Pinky" Higgins was an American third baseman, manager, front office executive and scout in Major League Baseball who played for three teams and served as manager or general manager of the Boston Red Sox during the period of through . He batted and threw right-handed.-Playing...
  
   and Archie McKain
  Archie McKain
  Archie Richard McKain , nicknamed "Happy," was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played six seasons with the Boston Red Sox , Detroit Tigers , and St. Louis Browns . Born in Delphos, Kansas, McKain went 8-8 as a Red Sox rookie in 1937...
  
   to the Detroit Tigers for Elden Auker
  Elden Auker
  Elden le Roy Auker was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball noted for his submarine pitching style....
  
  , 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...
  
   and Jake Wade
  Jake Wade (baseball)
  Jacob Fields Wade was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox, , New York Yankees and Washington Senators . Wade batted and threw left-handed. He was nicknamed "Whistlin' Jake"...
  
  , and sell Bill Harris
  Bill Harris (1930s pitcher)
  William Milton Harris spent more than 40 years in baseball, serving as a pitcher, manager and scout, for six different Major League Baseball organizations. Listed at 6'1", 180 lb., Harris batted and threw right-handed...
  
  ' contract to the New York Giants.

• December 16 – The Boston Bees trade Ray Mueller
  Ray Mueller
  Ray Coleman Mueller was an American professional baseball player, a catcher in the Major Leagues from 1935–1944 and 1946–1951. Nicknamed "Iron Man," Mueller appeared as a catcher in every game the Cincinnati Reds played — 155 — during the wartime season...
  
   to the Pittsburgh Pirates for 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...
  
   and Al Todd
  Al Todd
  Alfred Chester Todd was an American catcher in Major League Baseball. Born in Troy, New York, he played from 1932-1943 with the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs....
  
  .

January

• January   7 – Fred Whitfield
  Fred Whitfield
  Fred Dwight Whitfield was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He played from 1962 to 1970, primarily for the Cleveland Indians, but also for with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Montreal Expos. During his prime he had a good batting average and had decent power, hitting 26 and 27...
  
  
• January 10 – Willie McCovey
  Willie McCovey
  Willie Lee McCovey , nicknamed "Mac", "Big Mac", and "Stretch", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played nineteen seasons for the San Francisco Giants, and three more for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics, between and...
  
  
• January 16 – Ron Herbel
  Ron Herbel
  Ronald Samuel Herbel was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher. His .029 career batting average is the lowest batting average in Major League history for a player with a minimum of 100 at-bats.-MLB debut:...
  
  
• January 18 – Curt Flood
  Curt Flood
  Curtis Charles Flood was a Major League Baseball player who spent most of his career as a center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. A defensive standout, he led the National League in putouts four times and in fielding percentage twice, winning Gold Glove Awards in his last seven full seasons...
  
  
• January 23 – Bob Moorhead
  Bob Moorhead
  Charles Robert Moorhead was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets in 1962 and 1965....
  
  

February

• February   2 – Max Alvis
  Max Alvis
  Roy Maxwell Alvis is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played with the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers . He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• February   7 – Johnny Werhas
  Johnny Werhas
  John Charles Werhas was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the mid-1960s.-External links:...
  
  
• February 13 – Dick Hughes
  Dick Hughes
  Richard Henry Hughes is a retired professional baseball player who played 3 seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball...
  
  
• February 15 – Chuck Estrada
  Chuck Estrada
  Charles Leonard Estrada is a former American baseball player. Estrada was a 6 feet, one inch tall right-handed pitcher in the Major Leagues from to , playing for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, and New York Mets...
  
  
• February 18 – Manny Mota
  Manny Mota
  Manuel Rafael Mota Geronimo, more commonly known as Manny Mota was a Major League Baseball Outfielder for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos and most notably the Los Angeles Dodgers, best known for his pinch hitting abilities...
  
  
• February 19 – Bob Sadowski
• February 22 – Steve Barber
  Steve Barber
  Stephen David Barber was an American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1960-1974 for seven different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the Baltimore Orioles...
  
  

March

• March   5 – Larry Elliot
  Larry Elliot
  Lawrence Lee Elliot was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets.-External links:...
  
  
• March   7 – Jimmie Hall
  Jimmie Hall
  Jimmie Randolph Hall is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and left-handed batter who played for the Minnesota Twins , California Angels , Cleveland Indians , New York Yankees , Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves .-Minor league career:After attending Belmont High School and playing...
  
  
• March 15 – Bob Locker
  Bob Locker
  Robert Awtry Locker is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965-1975 for five different teams. The sinker-balling Locker never made a start in his big-league career.- Biography :...
  
  
• March 16 – Cal Browning
  Cal Browning
  Calvin Duane Browning was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1960.-External links:...
  
  
• March 23 – Sam Bowens
  Sam Bowens
  Samuel Edward Bowens was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Senators . Bowens batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• March 25 – Alan Koch
  Alan Koch
  Alan Goodman Koch is a retired American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher and graduate of Auburn University, Koch spent 1½ seasons in Major League Baseball as a member of the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators in –. He stood tall and weighed .Koch is Jewish...
  
  
• March 30 – Dave Baldwin
  Dave Baldwin (baseball)
  David George Baldwin is a retired American professional baseball player, a right-handed, sidearm/submarine Major League pitcher.-Life and career:...
  
  
• March 31 – John Herrnstein
  John Herrnstein
  John Ellett Herrnstein was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder, first baseman and pinch hitter in the Major Leagues from 1962–1966. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Braves...
  
  
• March 31 - Moose Stubing
  Moose Stubing
  Lawrence George Stubing is an American professional baseball scout, and a former minor league manager and Major League Baseball third-base coach. Stubing attended high school in White Plains, New York, before signing his first professional contract in 1956...
  
  

April

• April   2 – Al Weis
  Al Weis
  Albert John Weis is a former Major League Baseball infielder.Weis grew up in Bethpage, New York, and graduated from Farmingdale, New York, High School in 1955...
  
  
• April   4 – A. Bartlett Giamatti
  A. Bartlett Giamatti
  Angelo Bartlett "Bart" Giamatti was the president of Yale University and later the seventh Commissioner of Major League Baseball. Giamatti negotiated the agreement that terminated the Pete Rose betting scandal by permitting Rose to voluntarily withdraw from the sport, avoiding further...
  
  
• April   5 – Ron Hansen
  Ron Hansen (baseball)
  Ronald Lavern Hansen is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Baltimore Orioles , Chicago White Sox , Washington Senators , New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals...
  
  
• April   5 – Don Prince
  Don Prince
  Donald Mark Prince is a retired American professional baseball player. He had a seven year active career, but appeared in only one inning of one Major League Baseball game for the Chicago Cubs...
  
  
• April   8 – Tom Butters
  Tom Butters (baseball)
  Thomas Arden Butters was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates.-Duke University:After baseball, Butters was hired by Duke University in 1967 as Director of Special Events. He was the Blue Devils baseball coach from 1968-70, later founded the Iron Dukes...
  
  
• April 11 – Art Quirk
  Art Quirk
  Arthur Lincoln Quirk is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played two seasons for the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Senators, the team now known as the Texas Rangers....
  
  
• April 16 – Rich Rollins
  Rich Rollins
  Richard John Rollins is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman. He played with the Minnesota Twins , Seattle Pilots , Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• April 18 – Rogelio Álvarez
  Rogelio Álvarez
  Rogelio Álvarez Hernández is a retired professional baseball player whose career spanned 18 seasons, including parts of two in Major League Baseball with the Cincinnati Reds . Over his career in the majors, Álvarez batted .211 with two runs, seven hits and two runs batted in...
  
  
• April 20 – Jim Dickson
  Jim Dickson (baseball)
  James Edward Dickson is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Houston Colt .45s, Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Athletics during his big league career that lasted from 1963 to 1966....
  
  
• April 22 – John Orsino
  John Orsino
  John Joseph Orsino is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He was signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent before the 1957 season, and played for the San Francisco Giants , Baltimore Orioles , and Washington Senators .Orsino made his major league debut on July 14, 1961 against the...
  
  

May

• May   3 – Chris Cannizzaro
  Chris Cannizzaro
  Christopher John "Chris" Cannizzaro was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals , New York Mets , Pittsburgh Pirates , San Diego Padres , Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
  
• May   4 – Howie Koplitz
  Howie Koplitz
  Howard Dean Koplitz is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, between and , for the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators.-Sources:...
  
  
• May 10 – Merritt Ranew
  Merritt Ranew
  Merritt Thomas Ranew was an American professional baseball catcher.Ranew was born in Albany, Georgia. He was selected in the 1961 MLB Expansion Draft by the Houston Colt .45s from the Milwaukee Braves. Ranew played for the Colt .45s , Chicago Cubs , Milwaukee Braves , California Angels , and the...
  
  
• May 12 – Norm Gigon
  Norm Gigon
  Norman Phillip Gigon is a former Major League Baseball utility player who played for the Chicago Cubs in 1967.Gigon hit one home run in his short career...
  
  
• May 15 – Al McBean
  Al McBean
  Alvin O'Neal McBean is a retired professional baseball player who played 10 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, and Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• May 27 – Fred Bruckbauer
  Fred Bruckbauer
  Frederick John Bruckbauer was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. Listed at 6' 1", 185 lb., Bruckbauer batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• May 29 – Fay Vincent
  Fay Vincent
  Francis Thomas "Fay" Vincent, Jr. is a former entertainment lawyer and sports executive who served as the eighth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from September 13, 1989 to September 7, 1992.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• May 29 – Dale Willis
  Dale Willis
  Dale Jerome Willis is a former American college and professional baseball player who was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for single season in 1963....
  
  
• May 31 – Ray Washburn
  Ray Washburn
  Ray Clark Washburn is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Washburn, a right-hander, pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals from to and the Cincinnati Reds in ....
  
  

June

• June   2 – Lee Gregory
  Lee Gregory
  Grover Leroy Gregory is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and pinch hitter who played for the Chicago Cubs in 1964. Gregory was born on June 2, 1938 in Bakersfield, California. He was 6'1", 180 pounds, and he threw and batted left-handed. Gregory attended Fresno State University.Before the...
  
  
• June   2 – Gene Michael
• June   4 – Art Mahaffey
  Art Mahaffey
  Arthur Mahaffey, Jr. is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• June 10 – Johnny Edwards
• June 15 – Billy Williams
• June 19 – Bob Aspromonte
  Bob Aspromonte
  Robert Thomas Aspromonte is a former utility player who had a 13 year career in 1956 and from 1960 to 1971. He played for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Colt 45's/Astros, Atlanta Braves and New York Mets all of the National League.During his career, Aspromonte played first base, second...
  
  
• June 24 – Don Mincher
  Don Mincher
  -External links:***...
  
  
• June 27 – Elmo Plaskett
  Elmo Plaskett
  Elmo Alexander Plaskett was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He was born in Frederiksted, United States Virgin Islands, and died in Christiansted. The Pittsburgh Pirates signed him as a free agent in 1957. He played for the Pirates in 1962 and 1963.-References:...
  
  
• June 28 – Orlando McFarlane
  Orlando McFarlane
  Orlando de Jesús McFarlane Quesada was a Major League Baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers and California Angels from 1962-1968.-External links:...
  
  

July

• July   1 – Craig Anderson
• July   2 – Don Choate
  Don Choate
  Donald Leon Choate is a retired American professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher appeared in four Major League games, all in relief, for the San Francisco Giants in . He stood tall and weighed ....
  
  
• July   2 – Hal Reniff
  Hal Reniff
  Harold Eugene "Porky" Reniff , was a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1961-1967. Reniff debuted with the New York Yankees during the 1961 season and pitched for the Yankees into the 1967 season...
  
  
• July   6 – John Boozer
  John Boozer
  John Morgan Boozer was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies ....
  
  
• July   6 – Barry Shetrone
  Barry Shetrone
  Barry Steven Shetrone was an American professional baseball player. He played parts of five seasons in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Senators....
  
  
• July   7 – Bob Lipski
  Bob Lipski
  Robert Peter Lipski is a former Major League Baseball catcher. Originally signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in , he was drafted from them by the Cleveland Indians in the rule 5 draft. He played in just two games for them in , going hitless in one at bat, before being returned to the Phillies,...
  
  
• July   8 – Bill Spanswick
  Bill Spanswick
  William Henry Spanswick is a former left-handed starting pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox in 1964.-References:...
  
  
• July 10 – Mike Brumley
  Mike Brumley (catcher)
  Tony Mike Brumley is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators . Brumley batted left handed and threw right handed. He is father of infielder Mike Brumley....
  
  
• July 11 – Ted Schreiber
  Ted Schreiber
  Theodore Henry Schreiber is a retired American professional baseball player. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball — largely as a third baseman — with the New York Mets, batting .160 with no extra base hits in 50 at-bats, with two runs batted in...
  
  
• July 12 – Ron Fairly
  Ron Fairly
  Ronald Ray Fairly is a former Major League Baseball player and broadcaster. He either played in or broadcast over 7,000 major league games from through .-College career:...
  
  
• July 13 – Don Pavletich
  Don Pavletich
  Donald Stephen Pavletich is a retired American professional baseball player, a catcher and first baseman for the Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds , Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox .In 12 seasons he played in 536 Games, had 1,373 At Bats, 163 Runs, 349 Hits, 73 Doubles, 8 Triples, 46 Home Runs, 193...
  
  
• July 16 – Bob Burda
  Bob Burda
  Edward Robert Burda is a former first baseman/right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals , San Francisco Giants , Milwaukee Brewers and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• July 17 – Deron Johnson
  Deron Johnson
  Deron Roger Johnson was an American professional baseball player. Born in San Diego, California, he played seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball as an infielder, outfielder, and designated hitter for the New York Yankees, Kansas City & Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox,...
  
  
• July 19 – Gordie Richardson
  Gordie Richardson
  Gordon Clark Richardson , is a retired American professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher who played in the Major Leagues from 1964–1966 for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets...
  
  
• July 20 – Tony Oliva
  Tony Oliva
  Tony Pedro Oliva is a former Major League Baseball right fielder and designated hitter. He played his entire 15-year baseball career for the Minnesota Twins . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• July 27 – Harry Wendelstedt
  Harry Wendelstedt
  Harry Hunter Wendelstedt, Jr. is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1966 to 1998. He umpired in the World Series in 1973, 1980, 1986, 1991 and 1995, serving as crew chief in 1980 and 1995...
  
  
• July 29 – Don Wert
  Don Wert
  Donald Ralph Wert , nicknamed "Coyote", is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers from 1963 to 1970 and also briefly played for the Washington Senators in 1971...
  
  

August

• August   4 – Ray Oyler
  Ray Oyler
  Raymond Francis Oyler was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the Detroit Tigers , Seattle Pilots , and California Angels...
  
  
• August 11 – Vada Pinson
  Vada Pinson
  Vada Edward Pinson, Jr. was an American center fielder and coach in Major League Baseball. Pinson played in the major leagues for 18 years, from 1958 through 1975, and his greatest seasons were with the Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds, for whom he played from 1958–68.Pinson combined power, speed and...
  
  
• August 16 – Buck Rodgers
  Buck Rodgers
  Robert LeRoy "Buck" Rodgers is a former catcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he helmed three major league teams: the Milwaukee Brewers , Montreal Expos and California Angels , compiling a career won-lost mark of 784–773 .-Playing career:Rodgers attended Ohio Wesleyan...
  
  
• August 17 – Dick Lines
  Dick Lines
  Richard George Lines is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates before the 1957 season, and played for the Washington Senators in 1966 and 1967....
  
  
• August 27 – Joe McCabe
• August 28 – Billy Cowan
  Billy Cowan
  Billy Rolland Cowan is a retired professional baseball player who played eight seasons for the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and California Angels of Major League Baseball.-References:...
  
  
• August 28 – Dick LeMay
  Dick LeMay
  Richard Paul LeMay is a retired American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, LeMay appeared in parts of three Major League Baseball seasons , but had a long career in minor league baseball....
  
  

September

• September   1 – Merlin Nippert
  Merlin Nippert
  Merlin Lee Nippert is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 1", 175 lb., he batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September   8 – George Werley
  George Werley
  George William Werley is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game for the Baltimore Orioles in 1956 at the age of 18. Prior to playing professionally, he attended St...
  
  
• September   9 – Dick Midkiff
  Dick Midkiff
  Richard James Midkiff was a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in thirteen games for the Boston Red Sox in 1938, receiving two decisions . He also pitched for Boston's American Association affiliate, the Minneapolis Millers, that season and was a teammate of Ted Williams...
  
  
• September   9 – Jay Ward
  Jay Ward (baseball)
  John Francis "Jay" Ward is a former Major League Baseball player and minor league manager.An infielder, Ward played for the Minnesota Twins in and and the Cincinnati Reds in...
  
  
• September 13 – Bob Heffner
  Bob Heffner
  Robert Frederic Heffner is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Cleveland Indians and California Angels . He batted and threw right-handed.Through his major league career Heffner was used both as starter and reliever...
  
  
• September 14 – Frank Carpin
  Frank Carpin
  Frank Dominic Carpin was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros.-External links:...
  
  
• September 15 – Gaylord Perry
  Gaylord Perry
  Gaylord Jackson Perry is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1962-1983 for eight different teams in his career. During a 22-year baseball career, Perry compiled 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, and a 3.11 earned run average...
  
  
• September 17 – Bobby Wine
  Bobby Wine
  Robert Paul Wine Sr. is a former shortstop, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. An excellent fielder who struggled as a batsman, Wine spent 12 seasons in the National League with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Montreal Expos...
  
  
• September 20 – Tom Tresh
  Tom Tresh
  Thomas Michael Tresh was a Major League Baseball infielder and outfielder who played for the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers . Tresh was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 24 – George Banks
  George Banks (baseball)
  George Edward Banks was an American professional baseball player. He was a prolific home run hitter in minor league baseball, smashing 223 homers over an 11-year career in the minors...
  
  
• September 27 – Alex George
  Alex George (baseball)
  Alex Thomas M. George is a retired American professional baseball player. He appeared in five Major League Baseball games as a shortstop and pinch hitter for the Kansas City Athletics during the season...
  
  
• September 29 – Mike McCormick
  Mike McCormick (pitcher)
  Michael Francis McCormick is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the New York Giants from 1956 to 1958, then the San Francisco Giants from 1958 to 1970...
  
  

October

• October   2 – Mike de la Hoz
  Mike de la Hoz
  Miguel Angel de la Hoz Piloto is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent before the 1958 season, and played for the Indians , Milwaukee Braves , Atlanta Braves , and Cincinnati Reds...
  
  
• October 11 – Bill Roman
  Bill Roman
  William Anthony Roman is a retired Major League Baseball player who was an infielder during – for the Detroit Tigers. He attended the University of Michigan, stood tall and weighed ....
  
  
• October 13 – Ron Moeller
  Ron Moeller
  Ronald Ralph Moeller was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Baltimore Orioles , Los Angeles Angels and Washington Senators . Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Moeller batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• October 18 – Bobby Knoop
  Bobby Knoop
  Robert Frank Knoop [kuh-NOPP] is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and right-handed batter who played for the California Angels , Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals ....
  
  
• October 19 – Vic Roznovsky
  Vic Roznovsky
  Victor Joseph Roznovsky is a retired American professional baseball player. He was was a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1964 to 1969, playing for the Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• October 31 – Jim Donohue
  Jim Donohue
  James Thomas Donohue is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, and Minnesota Twins from 1961 to 1962.-Early Career:...
  
  

November

• November   5 – Ed Olivares
  Ed Olivares
  Edward Olivares Balzac is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and third baseman who spent parts of two seasons playing for the St. Louis Cardinals. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• November   6 – Mack Jones
  Mack Jones
  Mack F. Jones , nicknamed "Mack The Knife", was a Major League Baseball left fielder who played for the Milwaukee & Atlanta Braves , Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Jones was signed by the Milwaukee Braves as a...
  
  
• November   7 – Jake Gibbs
  Jake Gibbs
  Jerry Dean "Jake" Gibbs is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Yankees as a platoon catcher from 1962 to 1971. His strong hit record in 1968 earned him the nickname "Dead-Eye" Gibbs...
  
  
• November   7 – Jim Kaat
  Jim Kaat
  James Lee "Jim" Kaat , nicknamed "Kitty", is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins , Chicago White Sox , Philadelphia Phillies , New York Yankees , and St...
  
  
• November 17 – Aubrey Gatewood
  Aubrey Gatewood
  Aubrey Lee Gatewood is a retired professional baseball player who played four seasons for the Los Angeles/California Angels and Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball.-References:...
  
  
• November 18 - Bud Zipfel
  Bud Zipfel
  Marion Sylvester Zipfel was a baseball player for the 1961-1962 Washington Senators.Zipfel was born in Belleville, Illinois. He was signed by the New York Yankees in 1956. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. When he played he was six feet, three inches tall and weighed 200...
  
  
• November 19 – Manny Jiménez
  Manny Jiménez
  Manuel Emilio Jiménez Rivera is a former Major League Baseball left fielder. He played for the Kansas City Athletics...
  
  
• November 19 – Ted Turner
  Ted Turner
  Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...
  
  
• November 20 – Herm Starrette
  Herm Starrette
  Herman Paul Starrette is a retired relief pitcher, pitching and bullpen coach, and farm system official in Major League Baseball. Starrette attended Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina...
  
  
• November 27 – Vern Handrahan
  Vern Handrahan
  James Vernon Handrahan is a Canadian former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Kansas City Athletics...
  
  
• November 27 – José Tartabull
  José Tartabull
  José Milages Tartabull Guzmán is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder; his Major League career lasted nine years, from 1962 to 1970...
  
  

December

• December   4 – Billy Bryan
  Billy Bryan (baseball)
  William Ronald Bryan is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He was signed by the Kansas City Athletics in 1960. Bryan played 8 seasons in the majors: Kansas City Athletics, 1961–1965; New York Yankees, 1966–1967; and the Washington Senators, 1968...
  
  
• December   5 – Al Moran
  Al Moran
  Richard Alan Moran is a former right-handed Major League Baseball shortstop who played from 1963 to 1964 for the New York Mets.Moran attended Detroit Catholic Central High School...
  
  
• December   5 – Chico Ruiz
  Chico Ruiz
  Hiraldo Ruiz Sablon , was a professional baseball player who played as an infielder in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Cincinnati Reds and California Angels .He is the only Major League player ever to pinch-hit for Johnny Bench...
  
  
• December   6 – Amado Samuel
  Amado Samuel
  Amado Samuel is a former Major League Baseball shortstop, second baseman, and third baseman. Samuel signed with the Milwaukee Braves as a free agent in 1958. He would play at the Major League level with the team in 1962 and in 1963 before being purchased by the New York Mets that year...
  
  
• December 14 – Ken Hunt
• November 14 – Johnnie Seale
  Johnnie Seale
  Johnny Ray Seale is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in eight games over two seasons, and , for the Detroit Tigers.-Sources:...
  
  
• December 17 – Leo Cárdenas
  Leo Cárdenas
  Leonardo Lazaro Cárdenas Alfonso was a prominent shortstop in American Major League Baseball for 16 years...
  
  
• December 18 – Mike White
  Mike White (baseball)
  Joyner Michael White is a retired American professional baseball player. Primarily an outfielder, White appeared in Major League Baseball for all or parts of three seasons for the Houston Colt .45s/Astros. He is the son of the late Jo-Jo White, a former MLB outfielder and coach...
  
  
• December 22 – Matty Alou
  Matty Alou
  Mateo Rojas "Matty" Alou was a Dominican outfielder who spent fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball with the San Francisco Giants , Pittsburgh Pirates , St. Louis Cardinals , Oakland Athletics , New York Yankees and San Diego Padres...
  
  
• December 24 – Bobby Henrich
  Bobby Henrich
  Robert Edward Henrich , in Lawrence, Kansas is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. He played parts of three seasons, from until , for the Cincinnati Redlegs...
  
  
• December 25 – Jack Hamilton

January

• January   1 - Frank Sexton
  Frank Sexton (baseball)
  Frank Joseph Sexton was a baseball player and coach. He played college baseball for Brown University from 1890 to 1893 and for the University of Michigan in 1894. He also played professional baseball from 1890 to 1897, including one season in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Boston...
  
  , 65, pitcher for the 1895 Boston Beaneaters of the National League.

• January 12 - Dupee Shaw
  Dupee Shaw
  Frederick Lander "Dupee" Shaw , was an American Major League Baseball player who played pitcher in the Majors from to . He would play for the Detroit Wolverines, Boston Reds, Providence Grays, and Washington Nationals...
  
  , 78, pitcher who played six seasons. Won 30 games and struck out 451 batters in 1884.

• January 16 - Earl Clark
  Earl Clark (baseball)
  Bailey Earl Clark was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1927 through 1934 for the Boston Braves and St. Louis Browns . Listed at 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb., Clark batted and threw right handed...
  
  , 30, backup outfielder who hit .291 in 293 games for the Boston Braves and St. Louis Browns from 1927 to 1934.

• January 16 - Joe Sommer
  Joe Sommer
  Joseph John Sommer , was a Major League Baseball outfielder from -. He played for the Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati Red Stockings, Baltimore Orioles, and Cleveland Spiders....
  
  , 79, infielder/outfielder between 1880 and 1890, most prominently for the Baltimore Orioles of the American Association.

• January 19 - Bill Everitt
  Bill Everitt
  William Lee "Wild Bill" Everitt was an infielder in Major League Baseball from 1895 to 1901. Everitt played for the Chicago Colts/Orphans and the Washington Senators.-External links:*...
  
  , 69, infielder who played from 1895 through 1901 for the Chicago Colts/Orphans and the Washington Senators.

• January 20 - Herb Goodall
  Herb Goodall
  Herbert Frank Goodall was a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues in 1890. He played for the Louisville Colonels.-External links:...
  
  , 67, pitcher for the 1890 Louisville Colonels of the American Association.

• January 27 - Larry Battam
  Larry Battam
  Lawrence Battam , was a professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues for the 1895 New York Giants. His minor league career stretched through 1903.-External links:...
  
  , 61, third baseman for the 1895 New York Giants of the National League.

• January 24 - Jim Mutrie
  Jim Mutrie
  James J. Mutrie was an American baseball pioneer who was the co-founder and first manager of both the original New York Metropolitans and the New York Giants...
  
  , 86, manager who led New York Metropolitans to the American Association title in 1884, then won pennants in 1888–89 after moving to NY's NL franchise – which he renamed by marveling over his "Giants"; career .611 winning percentage was best of 19th century.

• January 28 - Bill Hill
  Bill Hill
  William Cicero Hill was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played in the National League from 1896-1899.-External links:...
  
  , 63, pitcher who played from 1896 to 1899 for five different National League clubs.

• January 28 - Pop Rising
  Pop Rising
  Percival Sumner "Pop" Rising was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Americans during the season. Rising was born in Industry, Pennsylvania. He threw right-handed...
  
  , 56, outfielder for the 1905 Boston Americans.

• January 31 - Charlie Chech
  Charlie Chech
  Charles William Chech was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between and . Chech batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin....
  
  , 59, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Naps and Boston Red Sox between 1905 and 1909.

• January 31 - Jim Gray
  Jim Gray (baseball)
  James W. Gray was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played just six games in the major leagues, but they were spread across ten years. He debuted in with the Pittsburg Alleghenys, playing in one game as a third baseman...
  
  , infielder who played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Burghers/Pirates between 1884 and 1893.

February

• February   3 - Mike Donovan
  Mike Donovan (baseball)
  Michael Beckam Donovan was a professional baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Naps in 1904 and the New York Highlanders in 1908, primarily as a third baseman. In seven career games, he had five hits, all of them with Cleveland, and two RBIs...
  
  , 56, third baseman for the Cleveland Naps in 1904 and the New York Highlanders in 1908.

• February   9 - Charlie Daniels
  Charlie Daniels (baseball)
  Charles L. Daniels , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Boston Reds.He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts and died in Boston, Massachusetts.-External links:...
  
  , 76, pitcher for the 1884 Boston Reds of the Union Association.

• February 16 - Lee Tannehill
  Lee Tannehill
  Lee Ford Tannehill was an professional baseball player. He played all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1903 until 1912, for the Chicago White Sox, primarily as a third baseman and shortstop. He was the brother of pitcher Jesse Tannehill. He also was the first player to hit a...
  
  , 57, infielder for the Chicago White Sox from 1903 to 1912, who is credited as the first player to hit a home run in the original Comiskey Park.

• February 21 - George Merritt
  George Merritt (baseball)
  George Washington Merritt was an outfielder in Major League Baseball.Merritt played with several professional teams, including the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates. He spent 1903-10 with the Jersey City Skeeters. He retired in 1915.-External links:...
  
  , 57, outfielder who played from 1903 through 1905 for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• February 22 - Mert Hackett
  Mert Hackett
  Mortimer Martin "Mert" Hackett , was an American Major League Baseball player from Cambridge, Massachusetts, who played mainly as a catcher from 1883 to 1887 for three different team; the Boston Beaneaters, Kansas City Cowboys, and Indianapolis Hoosiers...
  
  , 78, catcher for five seasons, including the 1883 National League champions, the Boston Beaneaters.

• February 26 - Tex Jones
  Tex Jones
  William Roderick "Tex" Jones was a Major League Baseball player. Jones for the Chicago White Sox in the 1911 season. In nine games, he had six hits in 31 at-bats, with four RBIs. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  , 53, played nine games for the Chicago White Sox in 1911.

March

• March   2 - Walter Prince
  Walter Prince
  Walter Farr Prince was a Major League Baseball player who played first base from -.-External links:...
  
  , 76, first baseman who played from 1883 to 1884 for the Louisville Eclipse, Detroit Wolverines and Washington Nationals.

• March   4 - Jack Taylor, 64, pitcher for the Chicago Orphans/Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals from 1898 to 1907, who won twenty or more games in four seasons, hurled 187 consecutive complete games between 1901 and 1906, and was a member of the world champion 1907 Cubs.

• March   6 - Rube Lutzke
  Rube Lutzke
  Rube Lutzke was a former professional baseball player. He played from 1923 to 1927 with the Cleveland Indians. He primarily played third base....
  
  , 40, third baseman for the Cleveland Indians from 1923 to 1927, who led the American League in putouts and assists
  Assist (baseball)
  In baseball, an assist is a defensive statistic, baseball being one of the few sports in which the defensive team controls the ball. An assist is awarded to every defensive player who fields or touches the ball prior to the recording of a putout, even if the contact was unintentional...
  
   in the 1923 season.

• March 13 - Rube Ellis
  Rube Ellis
  George William "Rube" Ellis , was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...
  
  , 52, left fielder who hit .260 in 555 games for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1909 to 1912.

• March 18 - Hobe Ferris
  Hobe Ferris
  Albert Sayles "Hobe" Ferris, , was a Major League second baseman during the 1900s. He holds the record for the lowest on base percentage of any player in Major League Baseball history with over 5000 plate appearances, recording an OBP of just .265...
  
  , 60, lowest ever career on base percentage
  On base percentage
  In baseball statistics, on-base percentage is a measure of how often a batter reaches base for any reason other than a fielding error, fielder's choice, dropped/uncaught third strike, fielder's obstruction, or catcher's interference In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP) (sometimes...
  
  ; committed first ever error
  Error (baseball)
  In baseball statistics, an error is the act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or baserunner to reach one or more additional bases, when such an advance would have been prevented given ordinary effort by the fielder.The term ...
  
   in a World Series
  World Series
  The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...
  
   game.

• March 18 - Milo Netzel
  Milo Netzel
  Miles Albion Netzel was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for one season. He played in ten games for the Cleveland Naps during the 1909 Cleveland Naps season.-External links:...
  
  , 51, third baseman/left fielder for the 1909 Cleveland Naps of the American League.

• March 20 - Bob Fothergill
  Bob Fothergill
  Robert Roy Fothergill , nicknamed "Fats" or "Fatty," was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played twelve seasons with the Detroit Tigers , Chicago White Sox , and Boston Red Sox ....
  
  , left fielder for the Tigers, White Sox and Red Sox from 1922 to 1933, whose .325 career average ranks him for 41st place on the Major League all-time list.

• March 24 - Joe Dolan
  Joe Dolan (baseball)
  Joseph "Joe" Dolan was an American professional baseball player who played 323 games over a five season major league career.He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died at the age of 65 in Omaha, Nebraska.-External links:...
  
  , 65, backup infielder for the Colonels, Phillies and Athletics between the 1896 and 1901 seasons.

• March 25 - Al Burris
  Al Burris
  Alva Burton Burris was a pitcher in Major League Baseball, playing one game for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1894. He also served as a coach and athletic director at Washington College.-Biography:...
  
  , 64, pitcher for the 1894 Philadelphia Phillies.

• March 30 - Dasher Troy
  Dasher Troy
  John Joseph "Dasher" Troy , was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly as a second baseman from to . He played for the Detroit Wolverines, Providence Grays, New York Gothams, and the New York Metropolitans. He was born in New York City, and died at the age of 81 in Ozone Park,...
  
  , 81, second baseman for five seasons, most notably for the 1884 American Association champs, the New York Metropolitans
  New York Metropolitans
  The Metropolitan Club was a 19th-century professional baseball team that played in New York City from 1880 to 1887...
  
  .

April

• April   3 - Charlie Brown
  Charlie Brown (baseball)
  Charles Edward Brown was a professional baseball pitcher. He started four games for the Cleveland Spiders of Major League Baseball in 1897, with one win and two losses.-External links:...
  
  , 66, pitcher for the 1897 Cleveland Spiders of the National League.

• April   3 - Count Campau
  Count Campau
  Charles Colombus "Count" Campau was an American Major League Baseball player from Detroit, Michigan. After attending the University of Notre Dame, he played parts of three seasons in the major leagues.-Career:...
  
  , 74, outfielder
  Outfielder
  Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...
  
   for three seasons, and one-time manager for the St. Louis Browns
  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...
  
   in .

• April   6 - J. B. Young
  J. B. Young
  Joseph B. Young was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Browns in 1892. He played one game for the team on June 10, 1892, his 35th birthday. He was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania and died in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.-External links:...
  
  , 80, pitcher who appeared in one game with the 1892 St. Louis Browns of the National League.

• April 11 - Cristóbal Torriente
  Cristóbal Torriente
  Cristóbal Torriente was a Cuban outfielder in Negro league baseball with the Cuban Stars, All Nations, Chicago American Giants, Kansas City Monarchs and Detroit Stars over a career that lasted from 1914 to 1928, plus a single game in 1932.-Negro league career:Torriente was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba...
  
  , 44, All-Star Cuban right fielder in the Negro Leagues who batted .339 lifetime.

• April 17 - Alex Beam
  Alex Beam (baseball)
  Alexander Roger Beam was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He started and completed two games for the Pittsburg Alleghenys in 1889, going 1-1. He then played in the minor leagues until 1892.-References:...
  
  , 68, pitcher for the 1889 Pittsburg Alleghenys of the National League.

• April 20 - Tim O'Rourke
  Tim O'Rourke
  Timothy Patrick O'Rourke, nicknamed Voiceless Tim, was a Major League Baseball player. He played five seasons in the majors, from until , for six different teams. He was primarily an infielder, playing two-thirds of his games at either third base or shortstop.-External links:...
  
  , 73, backup infielder who played from 1890 through 1894 for the Syracuse Stars, Columbus Solons, Baltimore Orioles, Louisville Colonels and St. Louis Browns.

• April 30 - Sun Daly
  Sun Daly
  James J. Daly was a Major League Baseball player in 1892. He started the year in the Eastern League and was acquired by the Baltimore Orioles late in the season. He played in various minor leagues from 1888 to 1897....
  
  , 73, outfielder for the 1892 Baltimore Orioles, who earned his nickname because he never wore sun glasses.

May

• May 11 - Buzz Murphy
  Buzz Murphy
  Robert Sylvester "Buzz" Murphy was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played two seasons in the majors, playing in nine games for the Boston Braves in , then moving on to the Washington Senators for , where he was their top reserve outfielder.-External links:...
  
  , 43, outfielder who played from 1918 to 1919 with the Boston Braves and the Washington Senators.

• May 21 - Sam Childs
  Sam Childs
  Samuel Beresford Childs was a Major League Baseball first baseman for the 1883 Columbus Buckeyes. He appeared in one game for the Buckeyes on May 31, 1883, and was hitless in four at-bats. He played college ball at Yale University and played in the minors for Hartford from 1884–1885.-External...
  
  , 76, first baseman for the 1883 Columbus Buckeyes of the American Association.

• May 21 - Silver King
  Silver King (baseball player)
  Silver King , born Charles Frederick Koenig in St. Louis, Missouri, was a Major League Baseball player from 1886 through 1897....
  
  , 70, pitcher who had three 30-win seasons for the 1887–89 St. Louis Browns and another for the 1890 Chicago team in the Players League, who is regarded as the first sidearm pitcher.

• May 22 - Harry Lumley
  Harry Lumley (baseball)
  Harry Garfield Lumley was a right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Judge", Lumley spent his entire career with the Brooklyn Superbas in the National League. He batted and threw left-handed....
  
  , 57, right fielder and manager who spent his entire career with the Brooklyn Superbas in the National League from 1904 to 1910, while leading the league with 18 triples and nine home runs during his rookie season.

June

• June 12 - Josh Reilly
  Josh Reilly
  William Henry Reilly , was a former professional baseball player who played second base in the Major Leagues for the 1896 Chicago Colts. He played in the minor leagues from 1890 through 1903, primarily in various western leagues. He also managed in the minors in 1903 and 1904.-Sources:...
  
  , 70, second baseman for the 1896 Chicago Colts of the National League, who later managed in the minor leagues.

• June 12 - Buck Thrasher
  Buck Thrasher
  Frank Edward "Buck" Thrasher was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. He played two seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics and also played nine seasons in the minor leagues. Thrasher was 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighed 182 pounds.-Baseball career:Thrasher started his professional baseball...
  
  , 48, right fielder who hit .255 in 30 games with the Philadelphia Athletics from 1916 to 1917.

• June 20 - Pat Newnam
  Pat Newnam
  Robert Albert "Pat" Newnam was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played in and with the St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
  
  , 57, first baseman who played from 1910 to 1911 for the St. Louis Browns of the American League.

• June 25 - Bumpus Jones
  Bumpus Jones
  Charles Leander Jones was a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants...
  
  , 68, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants from 1892 to 1893, who hurled a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1892 season.

• June 27 - Jerry Donovan
  Jerry Donovan
  Jeremiah Francis Donovan was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played one season in the major leagues for the Philadelphia Phillies in . His brother, Tom Donovan, was a major league outfielder.-Sources:...
  
  , 61, backup catcher for the 1906 Philadelphia Phillies.

July

• July   4 - Chief Roseman
  Chief Roseman
  James John "Chief" Roseman was an American Major League Baseball player from Brooklyn, New York who played in the outfield for six teams, mainly in American Association, during his seven season career. In he was the player-manager over a short period of time for the St. Louis Browns.Roseman died...
  
  , 82, outfielder for six different teams between 1882 and 1890, who also managed the St. Louis Browns in his last major league season.

• July   9 - George Dickerson
  George Dickerson (baseball)
  George Clark Dickerson was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cleveland Indians in one game on August 2, 1917. He was known by some of his teams as 'Roy', and sometimes as 'Phil'.-External links:...
  
  , 46, pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in the 1917 season.

• July 21 - Carl Spongberg
  Carl Spongberg
  Carl Spongberg was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs. He was the first Idaho-born player in MLB history.-External links:*...
  
  , 54, pitcher for the 1908 Chicago Cubs.

• July 27 - Milt Reed
  Milt Reed
  Milt Reed was a middle infielder in Major League Baseball from 1911 to 1915.-Teams:* St. Louis Cardinals 1911* Philadelphia Phillies 1913 - 1914* Brooklyn Tip-Tops 1915-Sources:...
  
  , 48, shortstop/second baseman who played between 1911 and 1914 with the Cardinals and Phillies, and for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League in 1915.

• July 31 - Bill Carney, 64, right fielder who played briefly for the Chicago Cubs in the 1904 season.

• July 31 - Doc Miller
  Doc Miller
  Roy Oscar "Doc" Miller was a Major League Baseball outfielder from -. He played for the Chicago Cubs, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies. His interment was located in North Bergen's Garden State Crematory.-External links:...
  
  , 55, Canadian outfielder who posted a .295 average from 1910 through 1914 for the Chicago Cubs, Boston Doves/Rustlers/Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds, while leading the National League with 192 hits in the 1912 season.

August

• August   1 - Al Munro Elias, 67, who along with his brother Walter founded in 1913 the Elias Sports Bureau
  Elias Sports Bureau
  The Elias Sports Bureau is an American company that provides historical research and statistical services in the field of professional sports.In 1913, Al Munro Elias and his brother Walter established the Al Munro Elias Bureau in New York City...
  
  , official statistician 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...
  
  .

• August   1 - Tug Thompson
  Tug Thompson
  John Parkinson Thompson was a Major League Baseball player. He played for the 1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings and the 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers in the American Association-External links:...
  
  , 81, Canadian outfielder/catcher for the 1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings and the 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers, and a member of the 1882 American Association Champion team.

• August   2 - Jim Curry
  Jim Curry
  James L. Curry was a second baseman in Major League Baseball player. He was born on March 10, 1886 in Camden, New Jersey. He was 5 foot 11 and 160 pounds. In 1909, Curry played one game for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1911 he played with the New York Highlanders in four games, and in 1918 he...
  
  , 52, second baseman who played in part of three seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Highlanders and Detroit Tigers.

• August 11 - Red Hill
  Red Hill (baseball)
  Clifford Joseph Hill was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  , 45, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1917 season.

• August 30 - Gene Moore, 52, pitcher who posted a 2-2 record and a 4.76 ERA for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds between 1909 and 1912.

September

• September   7 - Lee King, 44, outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics (1916) and the Boston Braves (1919).

• September 19 - Pink Hawley
  Pink Hawley
  Emerson Pink Hawley , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1892-1901. He played for the St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Milwaukee Brewers...
  
  , 72, pitcher who posted a 167-179 record and a 3.96 ERA in 393 games with the Browns, Pirates, Reds, Giants and Brewers from 1892 to 1901.

• September 27 - Cy Ferry
  Cy Ferry
  Alfred Joseph "Cy" Ferry was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for two seasons. He pitched in three games for the Detroit Tigers during the 1904 Detroit Tigers season and in one game for the Cleveland Naps during the 1905 Cleveland Naps season.-External links:...
  
  , 60, pitcher who played from 1904 to 1905 for the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Naps of the American League.

• September 28 - Bill Rollinson
  Bill Rollinson
  William Rollinson , was a Major League Baseball catcher who played in one game on June 17, 1884 for the Washington Nationals of the Union Association.-External links:...
  
  , 82, catcher for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association.

October

• October   3 - Morgan Murphy, 71, catcher and noted sign stealer for 11 seasons, from 1890 to 1901.

• October   4 - Fred Doe
  Fred Doe
  Alfred George "Fred" Doe was a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Players' League. Doe played in one game for the Pittsburgh Burghers and the Buffalo Bisons in the season. He had a 0-1 record in 10.0 innings pitched....
  
  , 74, pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Burghers and the Buffalo Bisons of the Players' League during the 1890 season.

• October 16 - Joe Knight, 79, Canadian-born outfielder who finished sixth in the 1890 National League batting race with a .312 average.

• October 24 - George Borchers
  George Borchers
  George Benard "Chief" Borchers was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher. In he led the pitching staff of the minor league Nashville Tigers with the most wins .-External links:...
  
  , 69, pitcher for the Chicago White Stockings (1888) and the Louisville Colonels (1895).

• October 29 - Tom Daly
  Tom Daly (infielder)
  Thomas Peter Daly was a catcher and second baseman who played in the Major Leagues from 1887 to 1903...
  
  , 72, catcher/second baseman for five teams of three different leagues, who posted a .278 average in 1568 career games played between 1884 and 1903.

• October 29 - Babe Towne
  Babe Towne
  Jay King "Babe" Towne was a catcher in Major League Baseball.Towne began his professional baseball career in 1902. From 1903-1906, he played for Des Moines of the Class A Western League. In July 1906, Towne was batting .357 when he was purchased by the Chicago White Sox...
  
  , 58, backup catcher for the 1906 Chicago White Sox.

November

• November   1 - Charles 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...
  
  , 59, American owner of the Chicago Whales and 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...
  
   teams.

• November   3 - Jerry Dorsey
  Jerry Dorsey
  Michael Jeremiah Dorsey is a former major league pitcher and outfielder for the Baltimore Monumentals.He played his one and only major league game on July 9, 1884. He started that game as a pitcher. However, after giving up 8 runs in 4 innings he was switched to the outfield...
  
  , 82, Canadian pitcher/outfielder for the 1884 The Baltimore Monumentals of the Union Association.

• November   3 - Milt Scott
  Milt Scott
  Milton Parker Scott was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors between and . He is buried at Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.-External links:...
  
  , 77, first baseman who played between 1882 and 1886 for the Chicago White Stockings, Detroit Wolverines, Pittsburgh Alleghenys and Baltimore Orioles.

• November 10 - Chet Spencer
  Chet Spencer
  Chester Arthur "Chet" Spencer was a Major League Baseball outfielder. Spencer played for the Boston Beaneaters in . In 8 career games, he had 4 hits in 27 at-bats. He batted left and threw right-handed....
  
  , 55, outfielder for the 1906 Boston Beaneaters of the National League.

• November 11 - Fred Hartman
  Fred Hartman
  Frederick Orrin Hartman was a third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns, New York Giants, Chicago White Sox, and St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...
  
  , 70, third baseman who posted a .278 average and 333 RBI between 1894 and 1902 for the Pirates, Browns, Giants, White Sox and Cardinals.

• November 12 - Andy Harrington
  Andy Harrington (pitcher)
  Andrew Francis Harrington was a professional baseball pitcher who played in one game for the Cincinnati Reds on September 8, .-External links:...
  
  , 49, pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1913 season.

• November 14 - Les Nunamaker
  Les Nunamaker
  Leslie Grant Nunamaker born in Aurora, Nebraska was a catcher for the Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , St...
  
  , 49, catcher for the Red Sox, Yankees, Browns and Indians from 1911 to 1922, who in 1914 threw out three baserunners attempting to steal in the same inning, to become the only 20th century catcher to accomplish this feat at major league level.

• November 21 - Polly Wolfe
  Polly Wolfe
  Roy Chamberlain Wolfe was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played parts of two seasons in the majors, and , for the Chicago White Sox.-Sources:...
  
  , 50, backup outfielder who played in 1912 and 1914 for the Chicago White Sox.

December

• December   3 - Guy Hecker
  Guy Hecker
  Guy Jackson Hecker was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was born in Youngsville, Pennsylvania. His debut game took place on May 2, 1882. His final game took place on September 30, 1890. During his career he played for the Louisville Eclipse and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  , 82, American Association pitcher/first baseman who won the Triple Crown as a pitcher in 1884 and a batting title in 1886 while hurling a no-hitter in 1882; one of two pitchers to hit three home runs in a single game (along Jim Tobin
  Jim Tobin
  James Anthony Tobin, known as Abba Dabba, was a right-handed major league baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Bees/Braves and Detroit Tigers from 1937 to 1945...
  
  ) and the only pitcher in Major League Baseball history to collect six hits in a nine-inning game.

• December   7 - Tom Kearns, 79, second baseman/catcher who played between 1880 and 1884 for the Buffalo Bisons and Detroit Wolverines.

• December 19 - Art Griggs
  Art Griggs
  Arthur Carle Griggs played Major League Baseball off and on between 1909 and 1918. He was primarily a first baseman, but also played outfield and second base in a number of games.Griggs played left halfback during college at the University of Pittsburgh.-Sources:...
  
  , 54, first baseman/outfielder for the Browns, Naps, Tip-Tops and Tigers between the 1909 and 1918 seasons.

• December 24 - Luke Lutenberg
  Luke Lutenberg
  Charles William Lutenberg was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played with the Louisville Colonels in 1894. His minor league career lasted through 1897.-External links:*...
  
  , 74, first baseman for the 1894 Louisville Colonels.

• December 24 - Bill Yohe
  Bill Yohe
  William Clyde Yohe was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played professionally for one season. He played for the Washington Senators for 21 games during the 1909 Washington Senators season.-External links:...
  
  , 60, first baseman who played for the Washington Senators of the American League during the 1909 season.