Major League Baseball

• World Series
  1983 World Series
  -Game 1:Tuesday, October 11, 1983 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, MarylandJohn Denver, whose Thank God I'm a Country Boy was played at the seventh-inning stretch of each Orioles home game, sang the National Anthem prior to this game....
  
  : Baltimore Orioles
  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...
  
   over 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...
  
   (4-1); Rick Dempsey
  Rick Dempsey
  John Rikard Dempsey is an American former professional baseball player. He played for 24 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball from to , most notably for the Baltimore Orioles...
  
  , MVP

• American League Championship Series
  1983 American League Championship Series
  -Game 1:Wednesday, October 5, 1983 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, MarylandPlaying in their first postseason game since the 1959 World Series, the White Sox jumped out to a 1–0 series lead behind a complete-game victory by Hoyt, the American League Cy Young Award winner...
  
   MVP: Mike Boddicker
  Mike Boddicker
  For the similarly named musician , see Michael BoddickerMichael James "Mike" Boddicker was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles , Boston Red Sox , Kansas City Royals , and Milwaukee Brewers...
  
  
• National League Championship Series
  1983 National League Championship Series
  The National League Championship Series was a best-of-five matchup between the Western Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the Eastern Division champion Philadelphia Phillies...
  
   MVP: Gary Matthews
  Gary Matthews
  Gary Nathaniel Matthews Sr. , nicknamed Sarge, is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball. He now serves as a color commentator for the Philadelphia Phillies. From through , Matthews played for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Seattle...
  
  
• 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 Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
  
  : American League, 13-3; Fred Lynn
  Fred Lynn
  Fredric Michael "Fred" Lynn is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , California Angels , Baltimore Orioles , Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres .Fred Lynn was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in and to the College Baseball Hall of Fame...
  
  , MVP

Other champions

• Caribbean World Series
  Caribbean World Series
  The Caribbean Series , also called the Caribbean World Series is the highest baseball tournament at club level in Latin America. The league winners from the Winter Leagues of Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela participate in the tournament...
  
  : Lobos de Arecibo (Puerto Rico)
• College World Series
  College World Series
  The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...
  
  : Texas
  University of Texas at Austin
  The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
  
  
• Japan Series
  Japan Series
  , or is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan. It is a seven-game series between the winning clubs of the league's two circuits, the Central League and the Pacific League....
  
  : Seibu Lions
  Seibu Lions
  The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based west of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Prince Hotels, which in turn is owned by the Seibu Group...
  
   over Yomiuri Giants
  Yomiuri Giants
  The are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top level of professional play in Japan. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The English-language press occasionally calls the...
  
   (4-3)
• Little League World Series
  Little League World Series
  The Little League Baseball World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old. It was originally called the National Little League Tournament and was later renamed for the World Series in Major League Baseball. It was first held in 1947 and is held every August in South...
  
  : East Marietta National, Marietta, Georgia
  Marietta, Georgia
  Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs...
  
  

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...
  
  
  • Cal Ripken, Jr.
    Cal Ripken, Jr.
    Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr. , nicknamed "Iron Man", is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles ....
    
    , Baltimore Orioles
    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...
    
    , SS (AL)
  • Dale Murphy
    Dale Murphy
    Dale Bryan Murphy is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman. During an 18-year baseball career, 1976–1993, he played for three different teams, but is noted for his time with the Atlanta Braves...
    
    , Atlanta 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....
    
    , OF (NL)
• Cy Young Award
  Cy Young Award
  The Cy Young Award is an honor given annually in baseball to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball , one each for the American League and National League . The award was first introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, who died in 1955...
  
  
  • LaMarr Hoyt
    LaMarr Hoyt
    Dewey LaMarr Hoyt is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who won the American League Cy Young Award.-Chicago White Sox:...
    
    , 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...
    
     (AL)
  • John Denny
    John Denny
    John Allen Denny is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher from 1974 to 1986 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds. He won the Cy Young Award in 1983.-Career:Denny was born in Prescott, Arizona and attended Prescott High School...
    
    , 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...
    
     (NL)
• Rookie of the Year
  MLB Rookie of the Year Award
  In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is annually given to one player from each league as voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America . The award was established in 1940 by the Chicago chapter of the BBWAA, which selected an annual winner from 1940 through 1946...
  
  
  • Ron Kittle
    Ron Kittle
    Ronald Dale Kittle is a former left fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who was known mostly for his home run power, being named the 1983 AL Rookie of the Year...
    
    , 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...
    
    , OF (AL)
  • Darryl Strawberry
    Darryl Strawberry
    Darryl Eugene Strawberry is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder who is well-known both for his play on the field and for his controversial behavior off it...
    
    , New York Mets
    New York Mets
    The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
    
    , OF (NL)
• Manager of the Year Award
  Manager of the Year Award
  In Major League Baseball, the Manager of the Year Award is an honor given annually since 1983 to the best managers in the American League and the National League . The winner is voted on by 28 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America . Each places a vote for first, second, and third...
  
  
  • Tony La Russa
    Tony La Russa
    Anthony "Tony" La Russa, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball manager and infielder, best known for his tenures as manager of the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals...
    
    , 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...
    
     (AL)
  • Tommy Lasorda
    Tommy Lasorda
    Thomas Charles Lasorda is a former Major League baseball player and manager. marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest non-continuous tenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully...
    
    , Los Angeles 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...
    
     (NL)

MLB statistical leaders

Major league baseball final standings

Events

• January 12 - Brooks Robinson
  Brooks Robinson
  Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. is a former American professional baseball player. He played his entire 23-year major league career for the Baltimore Orioles . Nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner", he is generally acclaimed as the greatest defensive third-basemen in major league history...
  
   and Juan Marichal
  Juan Marichal
  Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Playing for the San Francisco Giants most of his career, Marichal was known for his high leg kick, pinpoint control and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters'...
  
   are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America
  Baseball Writers Association of America
  The Baseball Writers' Association of America is a professional association for baseball journalists writing for daily newspapers, magazines and qualifying Web sites. The BBWAA was founded on October 14, 1908, to improve working conditions for sportswriters in the early part of the 20th century...
  
  . Robinson becomes the 14th player to be elected in his first year of eligibility.

• April 5 - Tom Seaver
  Tom Seaver
  George Thomas "Tom" Seaver , nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched from 1967-1986 for four different teams in his career, but is noted primarily for his time with the New York Mets...
  
   pitches six scoreless innings in his return to the New York Mets
  New York Mets
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
  
   in front of 46,687 fans at Shea Stadium
  Shea Stadium
  William A. Shea Municipal Stadium, usually shortened to Shea Stadium or just Shea , was a stadium in the New York City borough of Queens, in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. It was the home baseball park of Major League Baseball's New York Mets from 1964 to 2008...
  
  . He does not, however, factor in the decision, as he is matched by 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...
  
   ace Steve Carlton
  Steve Carlton
  Steven Norman Carlton , nicknamed "Lefty", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965-1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards...
  
   until the Mets break through for two runs in the seventh to make Doug Sisk
  Doug Sisk
  Douglas Randall Sisk , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues as a relief pitcher from 1982–1988 and 1990-1991. His primary pitch was a sinker that was difficult for batters to drive in the air...
  
   the winner of their season opener.

• April 13 - Philadelphia Phillies 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...
  
   Bo Díaz
  Bo Diaz
  Baudilio José Díaz Seijas was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds between and...
  
   accomplishes something that only 11 other Major League players have in the 150-plus year history of the sport: a "Sayonara Slam" (a walk off Grand Slam
  Grand slam (baseball)
  In the sport of baseball, a grand slam is a home run hit with all three bases occupied by baserunners , thereby scoring four runs—the most possible in one play. According to The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, the term originated in the card game of contract bridge, in which a grand slam involves...
  
   in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and his team trailing by three runs). With the New York Mets leading the Phillies, 9–6, and the Phillies down to their last out, Díaz drives a 2-1 Neil Allen
  Neil Allen
  Neil Patrick Allen is a former Major League Baseball pitcher currently serving as pitching coach for the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Durham Bulls.-New York Mets:...
  
   pitch out of Veterans Stadium
  Veterans Stadium
  Philadelphia Veterans Stadium was a professional-sports, multi-purpose stadium, located at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex...
  
   to win the game for the Phillies, 10–9.

• April 15 - Against 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...
  
   at Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
  
  , Milt Wilcox
  Milt Wilcox
  Milton Edward Wilcox was a pitcher who had a sixteen-year career from 1970 to 1975, 1977–1986. He played for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs of the National League and the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners of the American League...
  
   of the Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
   has his bid for a perfect game
  Perfect game
  A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher pitches a victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposing player reaches base. Thus, the pitcher cannot allow any hits, walks, hit batsmen, or any opposing player to reach base safely for any...
  
   broken up with two out in the ninth by a Jerry Hairston single. The hit will be the only one Wilcox allows in defeating the White Sox 6-0. Wilcox had also been bidding to pitch the first 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"...
  
   by a Tiger since Jim Bunning
  Jim Bunning
  James Paul David "Jim" Bunning is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and politician.During a 17-year baseball career, he pitched from 1955 to 1971, most notably with the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies. When he retired, he had the second-highest total of career...
  
   in .

• April 27 - Nolan Ryan
  Nolan Ryan
  Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. , nicknamed "The Ryan Express", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently principal owner, president and CEO of the Texas Rangers....
  
   strikes out Brad Mills of the Montréal Expos
  Montreal Expos
  The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
  
  . It is the 3,509th strikeout of Ryan's career, breaking the long time record established by Walter Johnson
  Walter Johnson
  Walter Perry Johnson , nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Washington Senators...
  
  .

• May 1 - Robin Yount
  Robin Yount
  Robin R. Yount is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder. He spent his entire 20-year baseball career with the Milwaukee Brewers . In 1999, Yount was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.-Early years:Yount was born in Danville, Illinois...
  
   hits his 100th career home run.

• May 2 - José Oquendo
  José Oquendo
  José Manuel Roberto Guillermo Oquendo Contreras is a former Major League Baseball infielder and the current third base coach for the St. Louis Cardinals...
  
   makes his major league debut with the New York Mets. Having been born on July 4, , he is the first player in franchise history to be younger than the franchise (which began play in ).

• May 6 - New York Mets prospect Darryl Strawberry
  Darryl Strawberry
  Darryl Eugene Strawberry is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder who is well-known both for his play on the field and for his controversial behavior off it...
  
   goes 0 for four with three strikeouts in his Major league debut.

• June 15 - The New York Mets
  New York Mets
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
  
   acquire first baseman
  First baseman
  First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team...
  
   Keith Hernandez
  Keith Hernandez
  Keith Barlow Hernandez is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He is currently a baseball analyst working for the New York Mets, for whom he played from –, on SportsNet New York and WPIX television broadcasts...
  
   from 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...
  
   for 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...
  
  s Neil Allen
  Neil Allen
  Neil Patrick Allen is a former Major League Baseball pitcher currently serving as pitching coach for the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Durham Bulls.-New York Mets:...
  
   and Rick Ownbey.

• June 24 - Don Sutton of the Milwaukee Brewers
  Milwaukee Brewers
  The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
   records his 3000th career strikeout.

• July 4 - Left-handed pitcher Dave Righetti
  Dave Righetti
  David Allan Righetti is a former left-handed pitcher for various Major League Baseball teams, primarily the New York Yankees. He is currently the pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants and was the first player in history to both pitch a no-hitter and also lead the league in saves in his career...
  
   throws the 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...
  
  ' first 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"...
  
   since Don Larsen
  Don Larsen
  Donald James Larsen is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 15-year baseball career, he pitched from 1953-67 for seven different teams. Larsen is best known for pitching the sixth perfect game in baseball history, doing so in game 5 of the 1956 World Series...
  
  's perfect game
  Perfect game
  A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher pitches a victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposing player reaches base. Thus, the pitcher cannot allow any hits, walks, hit batsmen, or any opposing player to reach base safely for any...
  
   in the 1956 World Series
  1956 World Series
  The 1956 World Series of Major League Baseball was played between the New York Yankees and the defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers during the month of October 1956. The Series was a rematch of the 1955 World Series...
  
  , handcuffing 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"...
  
   4–0 before a holiday crowd of 41,077 at Yankee Stadium. It's the first no-hitter by a Yankee left-handed pitcher since George Mogridge
  George Mogridge
  George Anthony Mogridge born in Rochester, New York was a Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox , New York Yankees , Washington Senators , St. Louis Browns and Boston Braves ....
  
   in 1917
  1917 in baseball
  -Major League Baseball:* World Series: Chicago White Sox over New York Giants -MLB statistical leaders:-American League final standings:-National League final standings:-Events:...
  
  .

• July 6 - In the 50th anniversary 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...
  
   at Chicago's Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
  
  , 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...
  
   routs 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...
  
   13–3 for its first win since 1971
  1971 in baseball
  -Major League Baseball:National League: Pittsburgh PiratesAmerican League: Baltimore Orioles1971 World Series: Pittsburgh def. Baltimore , 4 games to 3.Inter-league playoff: Pittsburgh declined challenge by Tokyo Yomiuri Giants....
  
  . The AL breaks the game open with seven runs in the 4th inning, highlighted by Fred Lynn
  Fred Lynn
  Fredric Michael "Fred" Lynn is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , California Angels , Baltimore Orioles , Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres .Fred Lynn was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in and to the College Baseball Hall of Fame...
  
  's grand slam
  Grand slam (baseball)
  In the sport of baseball, a grand slam is a home run hit with all three bases occupied by baserunners , thereby scoring four runs—the most possible in one play. According to The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, the term originated in the card game of contract bridge, in which a grand slam involves...
  
   — the first ever in an All-Star competition. It is Lynn's 4th All-Star homer, tying him with Ted Williams
  Ted Williams
  Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year Major League Baseball career as the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox...
  
   for the AL record.

• July 24 - In the game now known as the Pine Tar Game, George Brett
  George Brett (baseball)
  George Howard Brett , nicknamed "Mullet", is a former Major League Baseball third baseman, designated hitter, and first baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Kansas City Royals. Brett's 3,154 career hits are the most by any third baseman in major league history, and 15th...
  
   hits an apparent go-ahead 2-run home run off of Goose Gossage
  Goose Gossage
  Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. During a 22-year baseball career, he pitched from 1972-1994 for nine different teams, spending his best years with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. The nickname "Goose" is a play on his surname...
  
   in the ninth inning of a game against the New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
   at Yankee Stadium. However, Yankees manager Billy Martin
  Billy Martin
  Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin, Jr. was an American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. He is best known as the manager of the New York Yankees, a position he held five different times...
  
   challenges that Brett's bat had more than the 18 inches (457.2 mm) of pine tar
  Pine tar
  Pine tar is a sticky material produced by the high temperature carbonization of pine wood in anoxic conditions . The wood is rapidly decomposed by applying heat and pressure in a closed container; the primary resulting products are charcoal and pine tar.Pine tar consists primarily of aromatic...
  
   allowed, and home plate umpire Tim McClelland
  Tim McClelland
  Timothy Reid McClelland is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the American League from 1983 to 1999 and throughout both leagues since 2000. He has called many important games, from post-season games to the George Brett "Pine Tar" game in...
  
   upholds Martin's challenge. After being called out and having the home run nullified, Brett goes ballistic and charges out of the dugout after McClelland. The AL president's office later upholds the Kansas City Royals
  Kansas City Royals
  The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
  
   protest, restoring the home run, and the game is completed on August 18, with the Royals winning 5-4.

• July 29 - Steve Garvey
  Steve Garvey
  Steven Patrick Garvey , nicknamed "Mr. Clean" because of the squeaky clean image he held throughout his career in baseball, is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and current Southern California businessman...
  
  , first baseman for the San Diego Padres
  San Diego Padres
  The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...
  
   dislocates his thumb, and ends his streak of 1,207 consecutive games played. It is still 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...
  
   record for consecutive games played.

• August 6 - Kansas City Royals
  Kansas City Royals
  The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
  
   starter
  Starting pitcher
  In baseball or softball, a starting pitcher is the pitcher who delivers the first pitch to the first batter of a game. A pitcher who enters the game after the first pitch of the game is a relief pitcher....
  
   Eric Rasmussen
  Eric Rasmussen
  Eric Ralph Rasmussen is a retired professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of eight seasons in the majors, between and...
  
   tosses a 4-0 shutout
  Shutout
  In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....
  
   against 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"...
  
   in his first ever start in 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...
  
  . Having already shutout the San Diego Padres
  San Diego Padres
  The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...
  
   in his major league debut for 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...
  
   on July 21, , Rasmussen becomes the only major league pitcher to ever pitch a shutout in his first 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...
  
   start and his first American League start.

• August 24 - Against 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....
  
   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...
  
  , Chuck Rainey of the Chicago Cubs
  Chicago Cubs
  The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
  
   has 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"...
  
   broken up with two out in the ninth on an Eddie Milner
  Eddie Milner
  Edward James Milner is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants , primarily as a center fielder. Milner batted and threw left-handed.Eddie Milner was drafted out of Central State...
  
   single. The hit is the only one Rainey will allow in defeating the Reds 3-0. The no-hitter would have been not only the first by a Cub, but the first one the Cubs had been involved in, since Milt Pappas
  Milt Pappas
  Milton Steven "Milt" Pappas is a former professional baseball pitcher...
  
   in .

• September 17 - 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...
  
   defeat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 at olde Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
  
  , clinching their first division title. It secures their first post season birth since 1959, and the last the team would have at olde Comiskey
  Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
  
  .

• September 23 - Steve Carlton
  Steve Carlton
  Steven Norman Carlton , nicknamed "Lefty", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965-1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards...
  
   of 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...
  
   records his 300th career win; a 6-2 defeat of 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...
  
   at olde Busch Stadium
  Busch Memorial Stadium
  Busch Memorial Stadium, also known as Busch Stadium, was a multi-purpose sports facility in St. Louis, Missouri that operated from 1966 to 2005....
  
  .

• September 26 - Bob Forsch
  Bob Forsch
  Robert Herbert Forsch was an American right-handed starting pitcher who spent most of his sixteen years in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals before finishing his playing career with the Houston Astros...
  
   of 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...
  
   no-hits
  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"...
  
   the Montreal Expos
  Montreal Expos
  The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
  
   3-0 at Busch Memorial Stadium
  Busch Memorial Stadium
  Busch Memorial Stadium, also known as Busch Stadium, was a multi-purpose sports facility in St. Louis, Missouri that operated from 1966 to 2005....
  
  . The no-hitter is the second of his career; he had pitched his first in .

• September 28 - 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...
  
   clinch the National League East
  National League East
  The National League East Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. The Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies are tied for the most National League East Division titles . All of Atlanta's NL East titles came during a record stretch of 14 consecutive division titles...
  
   championship with the 7000th win in their history, 13-6, over 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...
  
  .

• September 29 - Rookie Mike Warren of the Oakland 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....
  
   no-hits
  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"...
  
   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...
  
   3-0 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

• October 2 - Inspired by the outpouring of tributes lavished on retiring 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"...
  
   star Carl Yastrzemski
  Carl Yastrzemski
  Carl Michael Yastrzemski is a former American Major League Baseball left fielder and first baseman. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year baseball career with the Boston Red Sox . He was primarily a left fielder, with part of his later career...
  
  , the producers of Boston
  Boston
  Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
  
   phone-in radio show The Sports Huddle on radio station
  Radio station
  Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
  
   WHDH, decided to do a satirical tribute to Vern Rapp
  Vern Rapp
  Vernon Fred Rapp is a retired Major League Baseball manager and coach. A career minor league catcher and a successful skipper in the minors, Rapp had two brief tours of duty as a big league manager.-Minor League playing career:...
  
  , who also planned to retire at the end of the season after five years as first-base coach of the Montreal Expos
  Montreal Expos
  The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
  
   (-1983). On the last day of the regular season, they proceeded with their tongue in cheek tribute to Rapp, including a mock telethon in which phone callers were invited to pledge money to Rapp's retirement fund (a substantial sum was actually pledged, though no money was collected), and a song to the tune of Bye Bye Birdie ("Bye Bye Vern Rapp"). The program turned out to be anything but a spoof, though. 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...
  
   broadcaster Mike Shannon spoke admiringly of the man, and Rapp, reached by telephone in Montreal
  Montreal
  Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
  
  , was choked up by the whole affair. WHDH also conducted a telephone interview with Sheldon Bender, vice-president of player personnel for 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....
  
  . Until the station called, Bender was unaware that Rapp was leaving the Expos. Bender suggested Rapp at a meeting the next day at which the Reds' bosses were discussing whether to fire Manager Russ Nixon
  Russ Nixon
  Russell Eugene Nixon is a former catcher, coach and manager in American Major League Baseball. A veteran of 55 years in professional baseball, Nixon has managed at virtually every level of the sport, from the lowest minor league to MLB assignments with the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves...
  
  . One thing led to another, and Rapp received a surprise phone call from Bob Howsam
  Bob Howsam
  Robert Lee Howsam was an executive in American professional sport who, in 1959, played a key role in establishing two leagues — the American Football League, which succeeded and merged with the National Football League, and baseball's Continental League, which never played a game but forced...
  
  , who had returned from his own retirement to try to arrest the declining fortunes of the Reds. Rapp decided that becoming the Reds' skipper was worth unretiring for, and accepted the job on October 5. WHDH sent Rapp the cassette recording of what turned out to be a most momentous broadcast. Bender admitted "Vern wasn't a candidate for the job until the station called."

• October 16 - Eddie Murray
  Eddie Murray
  Eddie Clarence Murray , nicknamed "Steady Eddie", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter. He was known as one of the most reliable and productive hitters of his era. Murray is regarded as one of the best switch hitters ever to play the game...
  
   slams a pair of home runs and Scott McGregor pitches a five-hitter as the Baltimore Orioles
  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...
  
   beat 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...
  
   5–0 and win the 1983 World Series
  1983 World Series
  -Game 1:Tuesday, October 11, 1983 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, MarylandJohn Denver, whose Thank God I'm a Country Boy was played at the seventh-inning stretch of each Orioles home game, sang the National Anthem prior to this game....
  
   in Game Five. Baltimore catcher Rick Dempsey
  Rick Dempsey
  John Rikard Dempsey is an American former professional baseball player. He played for 24 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball from to , most notably for the Baltimore Orioles...
  
  , who hit .385 with four doubles and a home run, is the Series MVP.

• October 30 - 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"...
  
   farmhands John Mitchell
  John Mitchell (baseball)
  John Kyle Mitchell is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in parts of five Major League Baseball seasons, from through , for the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles.-Boating accident:...
  
  , Anthony Latham and Scott Skripko, were deep-sea fishing off the coast of Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
   when their boat capsized. Boat owner Mark Zastrowmy and Latham drowned. Skripko and Mitchell survive over 20 hours in the water by clinging to debris; Skripko held onto a cooler for 20 hours and Mitchell a bucket for 22 hours.

• November 17 - Three current Kansas City Royals
  Kansas City Royals
  The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
  
   players (Willie Wilson
  Willie Wilson (baseball player)
  Willie James Wilson is a former Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and Chicago Cubs. He was an outfielder known for his speed and ability as an effective leadoff hitter....
  
  , Willie Aikens
  Willie Aikens
  Willie Mays Aikens is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He had established himself as one of the top sluggers in the game before drugs derailed his career. In , Aikens was sentenced to twenty years in prison on four counts of crack cocaine distribution and one count of use of a firearm...
  
  , Jerry Martin
  Jerry Martin
  Jerry Lindsey Martin is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He is the son of major league pitcher Barney Martin....
  
  ) and former Royal Vida Blue
  Vida Blue
  Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. During a 17-year career, he pitched for the Oakland Athletics , San Francisco Giants , and Kansas City Royals He won the American League Cy Young award and Most Valuable Player Award in 1971...
  
   are convicted of attempting to purchase cocaine
  Cocaine
  Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
  
  , and sentence to short prison terms. It is a foreshadowing of the coming drug scandal that will rock the sport throughout the 1980s.

• November 22:
  • Ron Kittle
    Ron Kittle
    Ronald Dale Kittle is a former left fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who was known mostly for his home run power, being named the 1983 AL Rookie of the Year...
    
     of 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...
    
    , who hit 35 home runs with 100 RBI, wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award beating out Cleveland
    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...
    
     infielder Julio Franco
    Julio Franco
    Julio César Robles Franco is a former Major League Baseball infielder and designated hitter. In , Franco was the oldest active player in the major leagues at the age of 49....
    
     and Baltimore
    Baltimore Orioles
    The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
    
     pitcher Mike Boddicker
    Mike Boddicker
    For the similarly named musician , see Michael BoddickerMichael James "Mike" Boddicker was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles , Boston Red Sox , Kansas City Royals , and Milwaukee Brewers...
    
    .
  • The MLB Players Association
    Major League Baseball Players Association
    The Major League Baseball Players Association is the union of professional major-league baseball players.-History of MLBPA:The MLBPA was not the first attempt to unionize baseball players...
    
     dismiss their executive director Kenneth Moffett and chooses Donald Fehr
    Donald Fehr
    Donald M. Fehr is the executive director of the National Hockey League Players Association. He previously served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1986-2009....
    
     as his successor.

January

• January   2 - J. D. Martin
  J. D. Martin
  John Dale Martin is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is in the Washington Nationals organization....
  
  
• January   7 - Edwin Encarnación
  Edwin Encarnación
  Edwin Elpidio Encarnación , is a Dominican Republic Major League Baseball utility player with the Toronto Blue Jays. The 6 ft 2 in, 235-pound Encarnación bats and throws right-handed....
  
  
• January   9 - Brandon Boggs
  Brandon Boggs
  Brandon Kyle Boggs is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball.-Professional career:...
  
  
• January   9 - Freddy Dolsi
  Freddy Dolsi
  Freddy Dolsi is a Major League Baseball pitcher.In May 2008, Dolsi was called up to the Tigers from the Double-A Erie SeaWolves to replace injured Denny Bautista. Dolsi made his major league debut on May 6, 2008, in relief against the Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• January 10 - Ervin Santana
  Ervin Santana
  Ervin Ramon Santana is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Name:...
  
  
• January 13 - Andrew Sisco
• January 16 - Eider Torres
  Eider Torres
  Eider Lenina Torres Sandoval is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Colorado Rockies organization....
  
  
• January 20 - Matt Albers
  Matt Albers
  Matthew James Albers is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.-High school:In 2001, Albers graduated William P. Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas...
  
  
• January 20 - Geovany Soto
  Geovany Soto
  Geovany Soto is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Chicago Cubs.-Professional career:...
  
  
• January 22 - José Valdez
  José Valdez (baseball)
  Jose G. Valdez Jose G. Valdez Jose G. Valdez (born January 22, 1983 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• January 26 - Ryan Rowland-Smith
  Ryan Rowland-Smith
  Ryan Benjamin Rowland-Smith , is an Australian Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He is also an Australian Baseball League pitcher for the Sydney Blue Sox. Rowland-Smith pitched for Australia in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and in the 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• January 27 - Gavin Floyd
  Gavin Floyd
  Gavin Christopher Floyd is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. He stands 6' 5" tall, weighs 220 pounds, and throws and bats right-handed.-Philadelphia Phillies:...
  
  
• January 27 - Mike Zagurski
• January 28 - Elizardo Ramírez
  Elizardo Ramírez
  Elizardo Ramírez de Paula is a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.Ramírez is a typical finesse pitcher, with an average fastball that he throws anywhere from 88-92 MPH...
  
  

February

• February   1 - Dane De La Rosa
  Dane De La Rosa
  Dane D. De La Rosa is a minor league baseball relief pitcher currently on the Tampa Bay Rays active roster....
  
  
• February   2 - Ronny Cedeño
  Ronny Cedeño
  Ronny Alexander Cedeño is a Venezuelan Major League Baseball shortstop. He bats and throws right-handed and was born in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela...
  
  
• February   2 - Jason Vargas
  Jason Vargas
  Jason Matthew Vargas is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. He has played parts of two seasons in the major leagues with the Florida Marlins, part of one season in the major leagues with the New York Mets and the last two seasons with the Seattle Mariners.-College...
  
  
• February   4 - William Bergolla
  William Bergolla
  William José Bergolla is a second baseman. Bergolla was signed by the Cincinnati Reds as a non-drafted free agent in and made his major league debut on May 9, . He bats and throws right-handed....
  
  
• February   7 - Scott Feldman
  Scott Feldman (baseball player)
  Scott Wynne Feldman is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the Texas Rangers.After going 25–2 in his first two years of college baseball, he was drafted in the 30th round by the Rangers in 2003. Feldman had Tommy John surgery later that year...
  
  
• February   8 - Burke Badenhop
  Burke Badenhop
  Burke Heinrich Badenhop is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins. Burke played college baseball at Bowling Green State University. He played High School Baseball at Perrysburg High School in Perrysburg, Ohio...
  
  
• February   8 - Chase Wright
  Chase Wright
  Sebern Chase Wright is an American professional baseball pitcher. He bats and throws left-handed. Wright throws a low 90s 4-seam fastball, a slider, a curveball, and a changeup.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• February   8 - Mauro Zárate
  Mauro Zárate (baseball)
  Mauro Edward Zárate is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched part of the season for the Florida Marlins....
  
  
• February 14 - Callix Crabbe
  Callix Crabbe
  Callix Sadeaq Crabbe is a Major League Baseball second baseman who is currently in the Toronto Blue Jays organization...
  
  
• February 15 - Russell Martin
  Russell Martin
  Russell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin, Jr is a Canadian Major League Baseball catcher for the New York Yankees.Martin became the everyday catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers immediately upon his Major League debut, and continued in that role for nearly 5 years...
  
  
• February 16 - Ramón Troncoso
  Ramon Troncoso
  Ramón José Troncoso is a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers.-Los Angeles Dodgers:...
  
  
• February 19 - Brad Kilby
  Brad Kilby
  Brad Thomas Kilby is a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He spent his college career at the San Jose State University. Kilby was selected by the Athletics in the twenty ninth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft...
  
  
• February 20 - José Morales
• February 20 - Justin Verlander
  Justin Verlander
  Justin Brooks Verlander is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• February 21 - Franklin Gutiérrez
  Franklin Gutiérrez
  Franklin Rafael Gutiérrez , nicknamed "Guti" & "Death To Flying Things", is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Seattle Mariners...
  
  
• February 22 - Brian Duensing
  Brian Duensing
  Brian Matthew Duensing is a major league baseball starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins.-High school:...
  
  
• February 22 - Carlos Fisher
  Carlos Fisher
  Charles Edward "Carlos" Fisher is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds.-Early life:Fisher graduated from Duarte High School in 2001...
  
  
• February 22 - Casey Kotchman
  Casey Kotchman
  Casey John Kotchman is an American Major League Baseball first baseman.-High school:He was on the 2001 national champion team of Seminole High School in Seminole, Florida.-Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim:...
  
  
• February 22 - Arturo López
  Arturo López
  Javier Arturo López is a Mexican-American professional baseball pitcher. He is currently in the New York Mets organization.López made his minor league debut in in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization...
  
  
• February 23 - Edgar González
  Edgar González (baseball)
  Édgar Gerardo González Elizondo is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher who is currently in the Oakland Athletics organization....
  
  
• February 25 - Jay Marshall
  Jay Marshall (baseball)
  Jay William Marshall is a Major League Baseball free agent relief pitcher.Marshall grew up in St. Louis. He is the son of Rich and Debbie Marshall. He graduated from John F...
  
  
• February 26 - Joe Martinez
  Joe Martinez (baseball)
  Joseph A. Martinez is a Major League Baseball pitcher.-High school and college:Born in South Orange, New Jersey, Martinez attended Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange. He went to Boston College where he went 0–0 with a 0.00 ERA in seven games in 2002...
  
  
• February 26 - José Reyes
  Jose Reyes (catcher)
  José Ariel Reyes Ramírez is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He is not related to All-Star shortstop José Reyes....
  
  
• February 26 - Francisco Rodríguez
  Francisco Rodríguez (baseball, born 1983)
  Francisco Rodríguez Murillo is a Mexican Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He was signed undrafted by the Los Angeles Angels. In 2006, he won the California League Pitcher of the Week honors....
  
  
• February 28 - Tug Hulett
• February 28 - Jeff Niemann
  Jeff Niemann
  Jeffrey Warren Niemann is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays.-College:...
  
  
• February 28 - Trent Oeltjen
  Trent Oeltjen
  Trent Carl Wayne Oeltjen is a Major League Baseball outfielder, who is currently with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is 6'1" tall and weighs 190 pounds...
  
  

March

• March   1 - Blake Hawksworth
  Blake Hawksworth
  Blake Edward Hawksworth is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is 6' 3" and weighs 195 pounds.-Career:...
  
  
• March   2 - Glen Perkins
  Glen Perkins
  Glen Weston Perkins is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. He made his major league debut with the Minnesota Twins in 2006. Perkins attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Stillwater Area High School in Oak Park Heights...
  
  
• March   4 - Sergio Romo
  Sergio Romo
  Sergio Francisco Romo is a American right-handed professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League baseball.-Early life:Romo was born in Brawley, California to Mexican immigrant parents...
  
  
• March   7 - Drew Macias
  Drew Macias
  Andres Apolonio "Drew" Macias is an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball . Macias made his MLB debut in for the Padres...
  
  
• March   7 - Taylor Tankersley
  Taylor Tankersley
  Taylor Mark Tankersley is an American professional baseball player. A left-handed relief pitcher, he is currently with the New York Mets organization of Major League Baseball.-Career:...
  
  
• March   8 - Chris Lambert
  Chris Lambert (baseball)
  Christopher Raymond Lambert is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles organization. Lambert was claimed off waivers after the Detroit Tigers designated him for assignment....
  
  
• March   8 - Mark Worrell
  Mark Worrell
  Mark Robert Worrell is an American professional baseball pitcher.-Playing career:He was called up to the major leagues by the St...
  
  
• March   9 - Willy Aybar
  Willy Aybar
  Willy Del Jesus Aybar is an infielder who currently plays for the Yuma Scorpions in the North American League. Aybar has previously played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, and Tampa Bay Rays...
  
  
• March 10 - Donnie Murphy
  Donnie Murphy
  Donald Rex Murphy is a Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman, who is currently on the Miami Marlins...
  
  
• March 10 - Steven Shell
  Steven Shell
  Steven Daniel Shell is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He made his major league debut on June 22, 2008.-Playing career:Played high school ball in Minco and El Reno Oklahoma...
  
  
• March 16 - Stephen Drew
  Stephen Drew
  Stephen Oris Drew is a shortstop in Major League Baseball who plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He is the younger brother of Boston Red Sox outfielder J.D. Drew and former major leaguer Tim Drew....
  
  
• March 16 - Brandon League
  Brandon League
  Brandon Paul League is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. He is married with three children. He resides in Honolulu, and is hapa Yonsei. His maternal great-grandparents were born and raised in Fukuoka prefecture on Kyushu Island in Japan...
  
  
• March 16 - Rusty Ryal
  Rusty Ryal
  Rusty Allen Ryal is an American professional baseball infielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. He was picked by the Diamondbacks in the 14th round of the 2005 MLB Draft, Ryal played baseball at Oklahoma State University...
  
  
• March 18 - Andy Sonnanstine
  Andy Sonnanstine
  Andrew Michael Sonnanstine is a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. Sonnanstine is a graduate of Wadsworth High School in Wadsworth, Ohio, and attended Kent State University...
  
  
• March 18 - Craig Tatum
  Craig Tatum
  Craig Browning Tatum is an American professional baseball catcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball.-Early years:...
  
  
• March 24 - Chad Gaudin
  Chad Gaudin
  Chad Edward Gaudin is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.-High school:Gaudin attended Crescent City Baptist High School in Metairie, Louisiana...
  
  
• March 24 - Devon Lowery
  Devon Lowery
  Devon Eugene Lowery is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals organization.-Professional career:...
  
  
• March 30 - Davis Romero
  Davis Romero
  Davis Javier Romero is a pitcher who is currently a free agent.Davis made his Major League debut on August 18, 2006 against the Baltimore Orioles, pitching 2.2 innings, allowing one hit, no runs, no walks, and getting two strikeouts...
  
  
• March 31 - Jeff Mathis
  Jeff Mathis
  Jeffrey Stephen Mathis is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and made his major league debut on August 12, 2005...
  
  

April

• April   6 - Bronson Sardinha
  Bronson Sardinha
  Bronson Kiheimahanaomauiakeo Sardinha is a Major League Baseball outfielder.-Career:Sardinha was drafted directly out of Kamehameha High School in the 1st round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft...
  
  
• April   7 - Wes Whisler
  Wes Whisler
  Wesley Guy Whisler is a Major League Baseball pitcher, currently playing in the Chicago White Sox organization. He is currently pitching for the Low A Kannapolis Intimidators....
  
  
• April   8 - Chris Iannetta
  Chris Iannetta
  Christopher Domenic Iannetta is an American professional baseball catcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball.-High school:...
  
  
• April   8 - Eric Patterson
  Eric Patterson
  Eric Scott Patterson is an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. He has also played second base in the majors, which he predominantly played in the minor leagues...
  
  
• April   8 - Bobby Wilson
  Bobby Wilson (baseball)
  Robert Louis "Bobby" Wilson is a catcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball. He first attended Seminole High School and later went to St. Petersburg College, Florida....
  
  
• April 11 - Zack Segovia
  Zack Segovia
  Zachary Ernest Segovia is a professional baseball pitcher who briefly played in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2007 and the Washington Nationals in 2009.-Career:...
  
  
• April 13 - Steven Pearce
• April 13 - Hunter Pence
  Hunter Pence
  Hunter Andrew Pence is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Philadelphia Phillies. Pence stands tall and weighs . He bats and throws right-handed.-Early life:...
  
  
• April 14 - Jeff Fiorentino
  Jeff Fiorentino
  Jeffrey Philip Fiorentino is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He attended Florida Atlantic University and Nova High School in Davie Florida...
  
  
• April 14 - Adam Russell
  Adam Russell
  Adam W. Russell is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball.In , Russell was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the sixth round as the 179th overall pick....
  
  
• April 18 - Miguel Cabrera
  Miguel Cabrera
  José Miguel Cabrera Torres nicknamed "Miggy", is a Venezuelan professional baseball first baseman with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed....
  
  
• April 18 - Alberto González
• April 18 - Mike Parisi
  Mike Parisi
  Michael Richard Parisi is a right-handed pitcher currently playing for the Albuquerque Isotopes the AAA affiliate of the MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers....
  
  
• April 19 - Alberto Callaspo
  Alberto Callaspo
  Alberto José Callaspo is a baseball second baseman and third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Career:Callaspo was originally signed by the then-Anaheim Angels in , playing for the Aguilas Cibaeñas of Dominican Summer League...
  
  
• April 19 - Zach Duke
  Zach Duke
  Zachary Thomas Duke is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks...
  
  
• April 19 - Joe Mauer
  Joe Mauer
  Joseph Patrick Mauer is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Minnesota Twins. He is the only catcher in Major League history to win three batting titles...
  
  
• April 19 - Curtis Thigpen
  Curtis Thigpen
  Curtis Barnard Thigpen is a right-handed Major League Baseball catcher. Thigpen can also play first base, second base, and third base. He spent his college career at the University of Texas and won the College World Series in 2002 during which he was named to the All-Tournament Team...
  
  
• April 20 - Tommy Everidge
  Tommy Everidge
  Thomas James "Tommy" Everidge is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who is currently with the independent Lancaster Barnstormers.-Amateur career:...
  
  
• April 23 - Fernando Pérez
  Fernando Perez (baseball)
  Fernando Perez is an outfielder is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.-Early life:...
  
  
• April 24 - Daniel Barone
  Daniel Barone (baseball)
  Daniel Edward Barone is a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization. Barone attended Sonoma State University, an NCAA Division II school in Rohnert Park, California...
  
  
• April 25 - J. P. Howell
• April 25 - Juan Miranda
  Juan Miranda
  Juan Miguel Miranda is a Cuban Major League Baseball first baseman.-Cuba:The 5-foot-11 Miranda batted .303 with 27 homers for Pinar Del Rio in Cuba's Serie Nacional from to . Miranda was on the Cuban national team.He defected to the Dominican Republic in early 2004, on his seventh attempt...
  
  
• April 25 - Garrett Mock
  Garrett Mock
  Garrett Lee Mock is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. A graduate of Houston's North Shore Senior High School, Mock attended the University of Houston where he played as part of the Houston Cougars baseball team...
  
  
• April 28 - David Freese
  David Freese
  David Richard Freese is a third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. A star high school player, Freese chose not to play college baseball in his freshman year of college, but returned to the game a year later...
  
  

May

• May 12 - Jack Egbert
  Jack Egbert
  Jack Egbert is a Minor League Baseball pitcher for the New York Mets organization.A graduate of Rutgers University, in which he was a starting pitcher for them, he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round of the Major League Baseball draft.In 1995, Egbert led the Rutherford Little...
  
  
• May 12 - Evan Meek
  Evan Meek
  Evan David Meek is a right-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was named to the 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. His nicknames include Super Meek and Evan Almighty-Early career:Meek attended Inglemoor High School in Kenmore, Washington...
  
  
• May 13 - Zach Jackson
  Zach Jackson
  Zachary Thomas Jackson, is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers organization.-Toronto Blue Jays:Jackson was drafted first in the first-year player draft by the Toronto Blue Jays in after completing his Junior year at Texas A&M University. He pitched very well, jumping to Triple-A...
  
  
• May 13 - Clay Timpner
  Clay Timpner
  Clay W. Timpner is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent.Prior to playing professional baseball, Timpner attended LaBelle High School and the University of Central Florida....
  
  
• May 15 - Clint Sammons
  Clint Sammons
  Clint Joseph Sammons is a professional baseball catcher. Sammons was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 43rd round in the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft. He did not sign with them however, and instead attended the University of Georgia, where he was starting catcher in baseball...
  
  
• May 16 - George Kottaras
  George Kottaras
  George Kottaras is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. Kottaras attended Milliken Mills High School in Markham, Ontario, Canada.-Professional baseball career:...
  
  
• May 16 - Steven Register
  Steven Register
  Steven Craig Register is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays organization.-Baseball career:Register earned 37 saves in the Texas League in , which was a league high...
  
  
• May 17 - Jeremy Sowers
  Jeremy Sowers
  Jeremy Bryan Sowers is an American professional baseball pitcher. Sowers grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended Ballard High School...
  
  
• May 20 - Adam Rosales
  Adam Rosales
  Adam M. Rosales is an American Major League Baseball infielder for the Oakland Athletics.He made his major league debut as a pinch hitter for the Cincinnati Reds on August 9, 2008...
  
  
• May 28 - Humberto Sánchez
  Humberto Sánchez
  Humberto A. Sánchez is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball...
  
  
• May 28 - Cory Wade
  Cory Wade
  Corey Nathaniel Wade is an American professional baseball relief pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.-Amateur career:Wade attended Broad Ripple High School....
  
  
• May 30 - Jae Kuk Ryu

June

• June   2 - Josh Geer
  Josh Geer
  Joshua Brent Geer is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who is currently playing in the San Diego Padres organization.-High school:...
  
  
• June   4 - Cla Meredith
  Cla Meredith
  Olise Claiborne "Cla" Meredith III , nicknamed "The Claw", is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently a Free Agent.-Collegiate career:...
  
  
• June   5 - Bill Bray
  Bill Bray
  William Paul "Bill" Bray , is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary...
  
  
• June   7 - Mark Lowe
  Mark Lowe
  Mark Christopher Lowe is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. He made his Major League debut for the Seattle Mariners on July 7, in relief against the Detroit Tigers, loading the bases before striking out the side. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed. His fastball...
  
  
• June   7 - Doug Mathis
  Doug Mathis
  Douglas Alan Mathis is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.-High school/college career:...
  
  
• June   9 - Danny Richar
  Danny Richar
  Danny Adam Richar is a second baseman in the Camden Riversharks organization of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball....
  
  
• June 10 - Matt Chico
  Matt Chico
  Matthew Bryan Chico is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Chico is of Mexican-American descent.During the offseason, Chico and his wife, Stephanie, reside in Viera, Florida....
  
  
• June 10 - Radhames Liz
  Radhames Liz
  Radhames Corey Liz is a starting pitcher for the LG Twins of Korean Baseball Organization.-Biography:...
  
  
• June 11 - José Reyes
• June 17 - David Pauley
  David Pauley
  David Wayne Pauley is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed. Pauley is a graduate of Longmont High School in Longmont, Colorado.-Career:...
  
  
• June 18 - Jarrett Hoffpauir
  Jarrett Hoffpauir
  Jarrett Lee Hoffpauir is a second baseman for the San Diego Padres. He is a distant cousin to Micah Hoffpauir, who is also a baseball player.Hoffpauir was drafted by the St...
  
  
• June 20 - Kendry Morales
  Kendry Morales
  Kendrys Morales Rodriguez is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He is a switch hitter and throws right-handed.-Cuban career:...
  
  
• June 27 - Jim Johnson
• June 29 - Mike Wilson
• June 30 - Drew Sutton
  Drew Sutton
  Stephen Drew Sutton is an American professional baseball infielder and outfielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball....
  
  

July

• July   3 - Edinson Vólquez
  Edinson Volquez
  Edinson Volquez [VOL-kez] , is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds. He bats and throws right-handed....
  
  
• July   4 - Sergio Santos
  Sergio Santos
  Sergio Jose Santos is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.-Draft and career as a shortstop:...
  
  
• July   5 - Marco Estrada
  Marco Estrada (baseball)
  Marco René Estrada is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.-Early life:...
  
  
• July   7 - Brandon McCarthy
  Brandon McCarthy
  Brandon Patrick McCarthy is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.-Early life:He graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2001....
  
  
• July   7 - Luke Montz
  Luke Montz
  Luke Montz is an American professional baseball catcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• July   7 - R. J. Swindle
  R. J. Swindle
  Robert Joseph "R. J." Swindle is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent....
  
  
• July   8 - John Bowker
  John Bowker (baseball)
  John Brite Bowker is a Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• July   9 - Robert Manuel
  Robert Manuel (baseball)
  Robert Mehmet Manuel is a professional baseball relief pitcher who is currently a member of the St. Paul Saints. He has pitched parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox....
  
  
• July   9 - Miguel Montero
  Miguel Montero
  Miguel Angel Montero is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks.-Arizona Diamondbacks:...
  
  
• July 12 - Howie Kendrick
  Howie Kendrick
  Howard "Howie" Joseph Kendrick III is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Early life:...
  
  
• July 12 - Tony Sipp
  Tony Sipp
  Tony Marcel Sipp is an American baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. Since being drafted by Cleveland in the 45th round in 2004, Sipp has played in Minor League Baseball with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, Lake County Captains, Kinston Indians, Akron Aeros, and Columbus Clippers...
  
  
• July 14 - Juan Gutiérrez
  Juan Gutiérrez (baseball)
  Juan Carlos Gutiérrez nicknamed the goot is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• July 17 - Steve Delabar
  Steve Delabar
  Steven Edward Delabar is an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners.-Amateur career:...
  
  
• July 17 - Adam Lind
  Adam Lind
  Adam Alan Lind is an American professional baseball first baseman with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. He was drafted in the third round of the Major League Baseball amateur draft and was signed on June 30, 2004. He was first drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the eighth round of...
  
  
• July 19 - Tim Dillard
  Tim Dillard
  Timothy Charles Dillard is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. He is the son of former major league infielder Steve Dillard.-College career:...
  
  
• July 19 - Wilton López
  Wilton López
  Wilton López is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros.López signed with the New York Yankees in 2002. He played in their minor league system until he was released in 2007...
  
  
• July 22 - Rob Johnson
  Rob Johnson (baseball)
  Robert James "Rob" Johnson is an American professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. Born in Anaconda, Montana, he played Little League in Whitehall....
  
  
• July 31 - René Rivera
  René Rivera
  René Rivera is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Minnesota Twins. He is currently assigned to the AAA Rochester Red Wings.-Career:...
  
  

August

• August   2 - Huston Street
  Huston Street
  Huston Lowell Street is an American baseball relief pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. His father is former University of Texas quarterback James Street, and his brother Juston Street is currently a pitcher for the minor league Vancouver Canadians....
  
  
• August   3 - Mark Reynolds
  Mark Reynolds (baseball)
  Mark Andrew Reynolds is a third baseman/first baseman in Major League Baseball who plays for the Baltimore Orioles. He is known both for his power-hitting abilities and for his record-breaking strike out totals...
  
  
• August   9 - Drew Butera
  Drew Butera
  Andrew Edward Butera is a major league baseball catcher for the Minnesota Twins. The 6'1", 210 lbs. right-hander is the son of former Major league catcher Sal Butera, who played for the Twins from to and again in...
  
  
• August 13 - Dallas Braden
  Dallas Braden
  Dallas Lee Braden is a left-handed pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He was drafted out of Texas Tech University in the twenty fourth round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft by the Athletics...
  
  
• August 14 - Leo Núñez
  Leo Núñez
  Juan Carlos Oviedo ) is a pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Miami Marlins as the team's closer. He bats and throws right-handed.-Playing career:...
  
  
• August 17 - Tyler Greene
  Tyler Greene
  Benjamin Tyler Greene is an American Major league baseball shortstop, currently playing in the minor leagues of the St. Louis Cardinals.-Early and personal life:...
  
  
• August 17 - Dustin Pedroia
  Dustin Pedroia
  Dustin Luis Pedroia is an American professional baseball second baseman with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Pedroia has won several awards in Major League Baseball, including the 2007 American League Rookie of the Year and the 2008 AL MVP award...
  
  
• August 20 - Lance Broadway
  Lance Broadway
  Lance Daniel Broadway is an American Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is 6'3" and throws right-handed.-High school and college:...
  
  
• August 21 - Jesse Chavez
  Jesse Chavez
  Jesse David Chavez is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed....
  
  
• August 21 - Jeff Clement
  Jeff Clement
  Jeffrey Burton Clement is a Major League Baseball first baseman who is currently in the Pittsburgh Pirates' organization. Clement was the Seattle Mariners' first round draft pick in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft.-Amateur career:Clement was born and raised in Marshalltown, Iowa...
  
  
• August 24 - Brett Gardner
  Brett Gardner
  Brett M. Gardner is an American Major League Baseball left fielder for the New York Yankees. Gardner, who is 5' 10", bats and throws left-handed.-College baseball career:...
  
  
• August 24 - Alan Johnson
  Alan Johnson (baseball)
  Thomas Alan Johnson is a Major League Baseball pitcher. From Mississippi State University and Jefferson State Community College, he signed undrafted to the Colorado Rockies....
  
  
• August 26 - Anthony Recker
  Anthony Recker
  Anthony Vito Recker is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Oakland Athletics.Recker was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 18th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft....
  
  
• August 27 - Billy Buckner
  Billy Buckner
  William Jennings "Billy" Buckner is a Major League Baseball pitcher. Despite their similar names, Buckner is not related to retired Major League Baseball player Bill Buckner.-Kansas City Royals:...
  
  
• August 30 - Michael Ekstrom
• August 30 - Chris Getz
  Chris Getz
  Christopher Ryan Getz is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Kansas City Royals. Getz bats left-handed and throws right-handed.-Early life:...
  
  
• August 31 - Armando Gabino
  Armando Gabino
  Armando Leisdeker Gabino is a professional baseball pitcher.-Cleveland Indians :Gabino was originally signed by the Cleveland Indians on April 19, 2001, He started his career as a third baseman, but the Indians converted him into a pitcher in 2004...
  
  

September

• September   1 - José Constanza
  José Constanza
  José G. Constanza is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Atlanta Braves.-Minor League career:Constanza was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Cleveland Indians on June 13, 2003...
  
  
• September   2 - Gaby Sanchez
  Gaby Sanchez
  Gabriel "Gaby" Sanchez is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Miami Marlins. He bats and throws right-handed...
  
  
• September   3 - Matt Capps
  Matt Capps
  Matthew Dicus Capps , is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He is a 2002 graduate of Alexander High School in Douglasville, where he lettered in football, basketball, cross-country and baseball before receiving a scholarship at LSU...
  
  
• September   5 - Jeff Stevens
  Jeff Stevens
  Jeffrey Allen Stevens is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently a free agent. He was originally selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the sixth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft...
  
  
• September   5 - Chris Young
• September   6 - Jerry Blevins
  Jerry Blevins
  Jerry Richard Blevins is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.-College baseball career:...
  
  
• September   8 - Nick Hundley
  Nick Hundley
  Nicholas John Hundley is a Major League Baseball catcher for the San Diego Padres. He was called up to the majors for the first time on July 3, .As a 12-year-old he played on the Santa Clarita Mudcats...
  
  
• September   9- Kyle Davies
• September   9 - Rhyne Hughes
  Rhyne Hughes
  John Rhyne Hughes is a Major League Baseball first baseman currently a free agent.-Early life:Born in Picayune, Mississippi, Hughes attended Picayune Memorial High School, before matriculating at Pearl River Community College...
  
  
• September   9 - Edwin Jackson
  Edwin Jackson
  Edwin Jackson is an American professional baseball pitcher.-Early life:Jackson's father, Edwin Jackson, Sr., a military cook, was stationed in Germany at the time of his birth. Jackson is one of 27 major league players who were born in Germany...
  
  
• September   9 - Alex Romero
  Alex Romero
  Alexander Rafael Romero Galban is a professional baseball outfielder.-Baseball career:Romero was born on october 3, 1995. She is 5 feet tall and she currently attends Bishop Diego High School as an undrafted free agent...
  
  
• September 10 - Lance Pendleton
  Lance Pendleton
  Lance Michael Pendleton is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization.-Early life:...
  
  
• September 10 - Joey Votto
  Joey Votto
  Joseph Daniel "Joey" Votto, is a Canadian Major League Baseball first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds. He is the 2010 NL MVP, the recipient of the National League Hank Aaron Award for 2010, and won the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's athlete of the year in 2010.-Early life:Votto was born on...
  
  
• September 11 - Jacoby Ellsbury
  Jacoby Ellsbury
  Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury ; born September 11, 1983) is an American professional baseball center fielder with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• September 12 - Clayton Richard
  Clayton Richard
  Clayton Colby Richard is a left-handed pitcher for the San Diego Padres. He is 6 feet and 5 inches tall, and weighs 240 pounds.-High school:Richard was awarded Indiana's Mr. Football and Mr...
  
  
• September 13 - Andy LaRoche
  Andy LaRoche
  Andrew Christian LaRoche is an American professional baseball third baseman who is a free agent....
  
  
• September 14 - John Hester
  John Hester
  John Hester is a right-handed Major League Baseball catcher for the Baltimore Orioles. On August 28, 2009 on his major league debut, he hit a two-run homer in his first Major League at-bat in a game against the Houston Astros.-Education career:He attended Marist School in Atlanta before attending...
  
  
• September 15 - Luke Hochevar
  Luke Hochevar
  Luke Anthony Hochevar is an American professional baseball starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals organization of Major League Baseball. He is an alumnus of the University of Tennessee.He throws and bats right-handed.-High school:...
  
  
• September 16 - Brandon Moss
  Brandon Moss
  Brandon Douglas Moss is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.-Professional career:...
  
  
• September 18 - Brent Lillibridge
  Brent Lillibridge
  Brent Stuart Lillibridge is a Major League Baseball position player for the Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• September 19 - Joey Devine
  Joey Devine
  Joseph Neal "Joey" Devine is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.-Atlanta Braves:...
  
  
• September 19 - Robinzon Díaz
  Robinzon Díaz
  Robinzon Díaz Henriquez is a catcher for the Texas Rangers organization.-2008 season:...
  
  
• September 19 - Charlie Haeger
  Charlie Haeger
  Charles Wallis Haeger is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization in Major League Baseball.-High school:...
  
  
• September 19 - John Jaso
  John Jaso
  John Edward Jaso is an American professional baseball catcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• September 20 - Ángel Sánchez
• September 24 - Travis Ishikawa
  Travis Ishikawa
  Travis Takashi Ishikawa |Washington]]) is an American Major League Baseball first baseman who is currently with the San Francisco Giants organization...
  
  
• September 25 - Miguel Pérez
• September 26 - Scott Lewis
• September 28 - Jay Buente
  Jay Buente
  Jay Phillip Buente is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. He was drafted in the 14th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft.-High school:...
  
  

October

• October   4 - Kurt Suzuki
  Kurt Suzuki
  is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Oakland Athletics.-College career:Suzuki played at Cal State Fullerton. Cal State Fullerton captured the 2004 College World Series championship, thanks to Suzuki's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving the Titans a 3-2 win over the...
  
  
• October   5 - Felipe Paulino
  Felipe Paulino
  Felipe A. Paulino Del Guidice is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals.-Houston Astros:...
  
  
• October   7 - Ryan Rohlinger
  Ryan Rohlinger
  Ryan Lee Rohlinger , nicknamed Rollie, is an American professional baseball infielder who is a free agent.-Personal:Rohlinger comes from an athletic family. Rohlinger has two older brothers, Matt and Adam, and a younger sister Bria. Uncle Willie Mueller was a Major League Baseball pitcher with the...
  
  
• October   9 - Jason Pridie
  Jason Pridie
  Jason Orville Pridie is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.-Tampa Bay Rays:...
  
  
• October 12 - Charlie Morton
  Charlie Morton (pitcher)
  Charles A. Morton is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He stands at 6'5" and weighs in at about 230 lbs. He is a right-hander.-Professional career:...
  
  
• October 12 - Nolan Reimold
  Nolan Reimold
  Nolan Gallagher Reimold is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles.-Early life:Reimold was born to John and Mary Reimold on October 12, 1983 in Greenville, Pennsylvania. He attended Kennedy Catholic High School in Hermitage, Pennsylvania...
  
  
• October 13 - Chris Seddon
  Chris Seddon
  Christopher Jon "Chris" Seddon is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently with the Seattle Mariners organization. Over his career, Seddon has played nine seasons in professional baseball, including parts of two in Major League Baseball...
  
  
• October 14 - Alberto Arias
  Alberto Árias
  Alberto A. Árias is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• October 17 - Mitch Talbot
• October 18 - Garrett Olson
  Garrett Olson
  Garrett Andrew Olson is a Major League Baseball pitcher currently in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.-High school:Olson attended Buchanan High School in Clovis, California...
  
  
• October 21 - Casey Fien
  Casey Fien
  Casey Michael Fien is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.-Career:Fien attended John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma, California...
  
  
• October 21 - Zack Greinke
  Zack Greinke
  Donald Zackary "Zack" Greinke is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. Greinke won the American League Cy Young Award in 2009 with the Kansas City Royals.-High school & minor leagues:Greinke was born in Orlando, Florida...
  
  
• October 21 - Andy Marté
  Andy Marté
  Andy Manuel Marté is a Dominican professional baseball third baseman with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in Major League Baseball. On December 1, 2010, Marte signed a minor league deal with the Pirates.-Career:Marté signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves in 2000, and succeeded at...
  
  
• October 26 - Francisco Liriano
  Francisco Liriano
  Francisco Liriano y Casillas is a left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins.-Professional career:...
  
  
• October 27 - Brent Clevlen
  Brent Clevlen
  Brent Aaron Clevlen is a Major League Baseball outfielder who currently plays in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.-Personal life:Clevlen graduated from Westwood High School in 2002.-Major leagues:...
  
  
• October 27 - Martin Prado
  Martín Prado
  Martín Manuel Prado is a professional baseball player who currently plays for the Atlanta Braves....
  
  
• October 28 - Esmailin Caridad
  Esmailin Caridad
  Esmailin Manuel Caridad is a right-handed pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. He spent the majority of the 2007 season in the Hiroshima Toyo Carp's Carp Dominican Academy in the Dominican Republic. That season, he made two scoreless relief appearances for the Carp in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball...
  
  
• October 29 - Dana Eveland
  Dana Eveland
  Dana James Eveland is a left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers.Eveland throws a four-seam fastball, slider, changeup, and curveball. He is 6' 1" and weighs 230 pounds....
  
  
• October 31 - Luis Mendoza
  Luis Mendoza (baseball)
  Luis Alonso Mendoza Rodríguez is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals organization.-Baseball career:...
  
  

November

• November   1 - Steven Tolleson
  Steven Tolleson
  Steven Wayne Tolleson is a major league Infielder for the Baltimore Orioles organization. He is the son of former Major leaguer Wayne Tolleson....
  
  
• November   5 - Juan Morillo
• November   6 - Justin Maxwell
  Justin Maxwell
  Justin Adam Maxwell is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees organization.-Early years:...
  
  
• November   7 - Esmerling Vásquez
  Esmerling Vasquez
  Esmerling Vásquez is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently with the Minnesota Twins.-Baseball career:Vásquez signed as an undrafted free agent in 2003 by the Arizona Diamondbacks....
  
  
• November 10 - Brian Dinkelman
  Brian Dinkelman
  Brian Adam Dinkelman is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Minnesota Twins. Dinkelman was born on November 10, 1983, in Centralia, Illinois. After graduating from Centralia High School in 2002, Dinkelman attended McKendree University and graduated in 2006; he was later...
  
  
• November 10 - Ryan Mattheus
  Ryan Mattheus
  Ryan Brent Mattheus is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball...
  
  
• November 11 - Matt Garza
  Matt Garza
  Matthew Scott Garza is a United States professional baseball pitcher with the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball.-Amateur career:He attended Washington Union High School and Fresno State.-Minnesota Twins:...
  
  
• November 12 - Charlie Morton
  Charlie Morton (pitcher)
  Charles A. Morton is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He stands at 6'5" and weighs in at about 230 lbs. He is a right-hander.-Professional career:...
  
  
• November 14 - Guillermo Moscoso
  Guillermo Moscoso
  Guillermo A. Moscoso is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.-Texas Rangers:...
  
  
• November 14 - Clete Thomas
  Clete Thomas
  Michael Clete Thomas is an American professional baseball outfielder with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.-Career:...
  
  
• November 15 - Craig Hansen
  Craig Hansen
  Craig Robert Hansen is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. A closer out of St. John's University, Hansen was drafted in and quickly made his major league debut, but has since spent most of his career at the Triple-A level...
  
  
• November 17 - Ryan Braun
  Ryan Braun
  Ryan Joseph Braun is an American right-handed Major League Baseball left fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers. A perennial standout, he was ranked No...
  
  
• November 17 - Nick Markakis
  Nick Markakis
  Nicholas William Markakis is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Baltimore Orioles. Of Greek and German descent , Markakis is known for his arm strength, stellar right field defense and smooth hitting....
  
  
• November 17 - Scott Moore
• November 18 - Travis Buck
  Travis Buck
  Travis George Buck is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball.-College career:...
  
  
• November 23 - Wes Bankston
  Wes Bankston
  Wesley Wade Bankston is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who is currently playing for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. At Plano East High School, he played baseball and football as an outfielder and starting quarterback, respectively...
  
  
• November 24 - José López
• November 27 - Jason Berken
  Jason Berken
  Jason Thomas Berken is a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles.-Baseball career:Berken graduated from West De Pere High School. He played for Clemson's baseball team...
  
  
• November 28 - Carlos Villanueva

December

• December   7 - Fausto Carmona
  Fausto Carmona
  Fausto C. Carmona is a right-handed pitcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. Carmona made his major league debut with the Indians on April 15, 2006...
  
  
• December 10 - Brandon Jones
  Brandon Jones (baseball)
  Brandon Lamon Jones is a Major League Baseball left fielder in the Milwaukee Brewers organization...
  
  
• December 12 - Gregor Blanco
  Gregor Blanco
  Gregor M. Blanco is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.-Career:...
  
  
• December 16 - Tom Wilhelmsen
  Tom Wilhelmsen
  Thomas Mark Wilhelmsen is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners.Prior to playing professionally, Wilhelmsen attended Tucson High School, out of which he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the seventh round of the 2002 amateur draft...
  
  
• December 21 - John Mayberry
  John Mayberry, Jr.
  John Claiborn Mayberry, Jr. is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• December 21 - Taylor Teagarden
  Taylor Teagarden
  Taylor Hill Teagarden is a catcher for the Baltimore Orioles.-Early life:Teagarden graduated from Creekview High School in Carrollton, Texas....
  
  
• December 22 - Blake Davis
  Blake Davis
  Blake Jonathan Davis is a Major League Baseball infielder and outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles.-Early life:...
  
  
• December 22 - Greg Smith
  Greg Smith (pitcher)
  Gregory Thomas Smith is an American professional baseball pitcher.-Baseball career:Smith attended Louisiana State University, where he played for the LSU Tigers baseball team...
  
  
• December 23 - Hanley Ramírez
  Hanley Ramirez
  Hanley Ramirez is a shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Miami Marlins. Ramírez was named 2006 NL Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. In 2009, Ramírez won the NL batting title and is a three-time All-Star starter...
  
  
• December 27 - Cole Hamels
  Cole Hamels
  Colbert Michael "Cole" Hamels is a left-handed starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. Hamels throws a four-seam fastball, a circle changeup, a curveball, and a cut fastball, which he added in 2010...
  
  

Deaths

• January 9 - Stan Spence
  Stan Spence
  Stanley Orville Spence was a Major League Baseball center fielder who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns . Spence batted and threw left-handed...
  
  , 67, four-time All-Star outfielder who played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns.

• January 26 - Chet Laabs
  Chet Laabs
  Chester Peter Laabs was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Detroit Tigers , St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  , 70, All-Star outfielder for the St. Louis Browns who hit two home runs in 1944's final game to clinch the Browns' only American League pennant.

• February 3 - Trader Horne
  Trader Horne
  Berlyn Dale Horne was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Chicago Cubs during the season. Listed at 5' 9", 155 lb., Horne was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...
  
  , 83, relief pitcher for the 1929 Chicago Cubs.

• February 9 - Jackie Hayes
  Jackie Hayes (second baseman)
  Minter Carney "Jackie" Hayes was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball player for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox .-Early life and career:...
  
  , 76, second baseman for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox.

• February 16 - Melba Alspaugh
  Melba Alspaugh
  Melba Irene Alspaugh was a backup outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed....
  
  , 58, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League outfielder.

• March 3 - Jennings Poindexter
  Jennings Poindexter
  Chester Jennings Poindexter [Jinx] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 5' 10", 165 lb., Poindexter batted and threw left-handed...
  
  , 72, pitcher for the Red Sox and Cardinals in the 1930s.

• March 12 - Bob Hall
  Bob Hall (pitcher)
  Robert Lewis Hall was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates . Listed at 6' 2", 195 lb., Hall batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 59, pitcher for the Boston Braves (1949–50) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1953).

• March 30 - Joe Cicero
  Joe Cicero
  Joseph Francis Cicero was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics. Listed at 5' 8", Weight 167 lb., Cicero batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 72, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics.

• April 9 - Bill Kennedy
  Bill Kennedy (1948-57 pitcher)
  William Aulton Kennedy born in Carnesville, Georgia was a Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians , St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox , Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Redlegs ....
  
  , 62, pitcher for the Indians, Browns, White Sox, Red Sox and Redlegs from 1948 to 1957.

• April 11 - Mike Menosky
  Mike Menosky
  Michael William Menosky was a professional American baseball outfielder for the Federal League and Major League Baseball. Born in Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania, he was known as "Leaping Mike" for his daring, fence-crashing catches...
  
  , 88, outfielder for the Pittsburgh Rebels, Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox between 1914 and 1923.

• April 12 - Carl Morton
  Carl Morton
  Carl Wendle Morton was a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos and Atlanta Braves...
  
  , 39, pitcher with the Montréal Expos and Atlanta Braves, who was named the National League Rookie of the Year in 1970.

• April 17 - Dutch Leonard
  Dutch Leonard (right-handed pitcher)
  Emil John "Dutch" Leonard was an American professional baseball player. He played in in Major League Baseball as a right-handed knuckleball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers , Washington Senators , Philadelphia Phillies , and Chicago Cubs...
  
  , 74, five-time All-Star pitcher who employed the knuckleball
  Knuckleball
  A knuckleball is a baseball pitch with an erratic, unpredictable motion. The pitch is thrown so as to minimize the spin of the ball in flight. This causes vortices over the stitched seams of the baseball during its trajectory, which in turn can cause the pitch to change direction—and even...
  
   in earning 191 wins over 20 seasons.

• April 18 - Woody Rich
  Woody Rich
  Woodrow Earl Rich was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves . Listed at 6' 2", 185 lb., Rich batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  , 77, pitcher for the Red Sox and Braves Boston teams between 1939 and 1944.

• April 25 - Carlos Paula
  Carlos Paula
  Carlos Paula Conill was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the Washington Senators from 1954 to 1956. A native of Havana, Cuba, he stood 6'3" and weighed 195 lbs....
  
  , 55, Cuban outfielder, first black player in Washington Senators history.

• July 7 - Vic Wertz
  Vic Wertz
  Victor Woodrow Wertz was a Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder. He had a seventeen year career from 1947 to 1963. He was signed as a free agent by the Detroit Tigers in 1942 and played for the Tigers, St...
  
  , 58, All-Star right fielder and first baseman for five AL teams who had five 100-RBI seasons, but was best remembered for the fly ball caught spectacularly by Willie Mays
  Willie Mays
  Willie Howard Mays, Jr. is a retired American professional baseball player who played the majority of his major league career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his...
  
   in the 1954 World Series.

• August 16 - Earl Averill
  Earl Averill
  Howard Earl Averill was an American player in Major League Baseball who was a center fielder from 1929 to 1941...
  
  , 81, Hall of Fame center fielder for the Cleveland Indians who batted .318 lifetime and had five 100-RBI seasons; his line drive off 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....
  
  's foot in the 1937 All-Star game led to the end of Dean's career.

• October 18 - Willie Jones
  Willie Jones (baseball)
  Willie Edward Jones , nicknamed "Puddin' Head", was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Phillies , Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds...
  
  , 58, All-Star third baseman for the Phillies, who led the National League in fielding percentage
  Fielding percentage
  In baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a defensive player properly handles a batted or thrown ball...
  
   five times and in putout
  Putout
  In baseball statistics, a putout is given to a defensive player who records an out by one of the following methods:* Tagging a runner with the ball when he is not touching a base...
  
  s seven times.

• November 2 - Hal Wiltse
  Hal Wiltse
  Harold James Wiltse [Whitey] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 5' 9", 168 lb., Wiltse batted and threw left-handed...
  
  , 80, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (1926–28), St. Louis Browns (1928) and Philadelphia Phillies (1931).

• November 15 - Charlie Grimm
  Charlie Grimm
  Charles John Grimm , nicknamed "Jolly Cholly", was a first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the Chicago Cubs; he was also a sometime radio broadcaster, and a popular goodwill ambassador for baseball...
  
  , 85, first baseman and manager of the Chicago Cubs who batted .300 five times and led the Cubs to three National League pennants.

• November 18 - Hilton Smith
  Hilton Smith
  Hilton Lee Smith was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league baseball. In 2001 he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.-Biography:...
  
  , 76, pitcher for the Negro Leagues' Kansas City Monarchs who was known for his outstanding curveball.

• November 30 - Bill Evans, 69, relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox between 1949 and 1951.