Champions

• Temple Cup
  Temple Cup
  The Temple Cup was a trophy awarded to the winner of a best-of-seven, post-season championship series in the National League, from 1894–1897. The 30-inch-high silver cup was donated by coal, citrus, and lumber baron William Chase Temple, the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates at the time...
  
  : Baltimore Orioles
  Baltimore Orioles (19th century)
  The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th-century American Association and National League team from 1882 to 1899. The club, which featured numerous future Hall of Famers, finished in first place three consecutive years and won the Temple Cup championship in 1896 and 1897...
  
   defeated Cleveland Spiders
  Cleveland Spiders
  The Cleveland Spiders were a Major League Baseball team which played between 1887 and 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio. The team played at National League Park from 1889 to 1890 and at League Park from 1891 to 1899.- 1887-1891 :...
  
  , 4 games to 0
• 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...
  
  : Baltimore Orioles
  Baltimore Orioles (19th century)
  The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th-century American Association and National League team from 1882 to 1899. The club, which featured numerous future Hall of Famers, finished in first place three consecutive years and won the Temple Cup championship in 1896 and 1897...
  
  

Statistical leaders

• Batting: Jesse Burkett
  Jesse Burkett
  Jesse Cail Burkett , nicknamed "The Crab", was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century...
  
   .410
• Home Runs: Ed Delahanty
  Ed Delahanty
  Edward James Delahanty , nicknamed "Big Ed", was a Major League Baseball player from 1888 to 1903 for the Philadelphia Quakers, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Infants and Washington Senators, and was known as one of the early great power hitters in the game.He was elected to the Baseball Hall of...
  
   & Bill Joyce
  Bill Joyce (baseball)
  William Michael Joyce was a professional baseball player. He was a third baseman over parts of 8 seasons with the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders , Boston Reds , Brooklyn Grooms, Washington Senators, and New York Giants. For the Giants, he was also the manager for duration of his time with them...
  
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• Wins: Kid Nichols
  Kid Nichols
  Charles Augustus Nichols , better known as Kid Nichols, was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Admired for his steadfast consistency year-in and year-out, Nichols won 361 games, the 7th highest total in major league history...
  
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• ERA: Billy Rhines
  Billy Rhines
  William Pearl Rhines was a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of 9 seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, Louisville Colonels and Pittsburgh Pirates. He led the National League in ERA twice while playing for Cincinnati...
  
   2.46

National League final standings

Events

• May 9
  • Shortstop Herman Long hits for the cycle to give the Boston Beaneaters
    Atlanta Braves
    The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
    
     a 17–5 victory over the Louisville Colonels
    Louisville Colonels
    The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels , the latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels...
    
    .
  • The Washington Senators
    1896 Washington Senators season
    The Washington Senators baseball team finished the season with a 58-73 record, ninth place in the National League.- Roster :- Starters by position :...
    
     defeats the Pittsburgh pirates
    1896 Pittsburgh Pirates season
    ‎- Roster :- Starters by position :Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in- Other batters :Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg...
    
    , 14–9, in a beanball
    Beanball
    "Beanball" is a colloquialism used in baseball, for a ball thrown at an opposing player with the intention of striking him such as to cause harm, often connoting a throw at the player's head...
    
     battle. Senators pitcher Win Mercer
    Win Mercer
    George Barclay "Win" Mercer was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902. Born in Chester, West Virginia, he played primarily with the National League Washington Senators , winning 20 games twice with the club...
    
     hits three Pittsburgh batters while Pirate Pink Hawley
    Pink Hawley
    Emerson Pink Hawley , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1892-1901. He played for the St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Milwaukee Brewers...
    
     plunks three Washington batters in a disastrous 11-run seventh inning, tying a mark he set on July 4, . Hawley retires in 1900 after only nine seasons of play with a still-standing National League record of 195 hit batters
    Hit by pitch
    In baseball, hit by pitch , or hit batsman , is a batter or his equipment being hit in some part of his body by a pitch from the pitcher.-Official rule:...
    
    . All told, eight batters are plunked in the contest, a National League-record five by Hawley. The five Washington batters hit by pitches ties the NL mark and won't be matched till July 2, .
  • Hughie Jennings
    Hughie Jennings
    Hugh Ambrose Jennings was a Major League Baseball player and manager from 1891 to 1925. Jennings was a leader, both as a batter and as a shortstop, with the Baltimore Orioles teams that won National League championships in 1894, 1895, and 1896. During the three championship seasons, Jennings had...
    
     of the Baltimore Orioles
    1896 Baltimore Orioles season
    The Baltimore Orioles won their third straight National League pennant in . After the season, they faced Cleveland Spiders in the Temple Cup for the second year in a row. After losing 4 games to 1 in , the Orioles swept the Spiders in four straight...
    
     knocks down Cincinnati Reds
    1896 Cincinnati Reds season
    The Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in third place in the National League with a record of 77-50, 12 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.- Regular season :...
    
     third baseman Charlie Irwin
    Charlie Irwin
    Charles Edwin Irwin , is a former professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues from 1893-1902. He would play for the Chicago Colts, Cincinnati Reds, and Brooklyn Superbas of the National League.Irwin died when he was hit by a bus in Chicago.-External links:...
    
     before he can catch Bid McPhee
    Bid McPhee
    John Alexander "Bid" McPhee was a 19th century Major League Baseball second baseman. He played 18 seasons in the majors, from until , all for the Cincinnati Reds franchise. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in...
    
    's throw. Jennings scores afterward to give the Orioles a controversial 6–5, 10-inning win over Cincinnati. Umpire Bob Emslie
    Bob Emslie
    Robert Daniel Emslie was a Canadian pitcher in Major League Baseball who went on to set numerous records for longevity as an umpire...
    
     is escorted out of the ballpark by Cincinnati police.

• May 30 - Washington Senators
  Washington Senators (1891-1899)
  The Washington Senators were a 19th century baseball team. The team was also known as the Washington Statesmen and the Washington Nationals. The team played at Boundary Field....
  
   third baseman Bill Joyce
  Bill Joyce (baseball)
  William Michael Joyce was a professional baseball player. He was a third baseman over parts of 8 seasons with the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders , Boston Reds , Brooklyn Grooms, Washington Senators, and New York Giants. For the Giants, he was also the manager for duration of his time with them...
  
   hits for the cycle in an 8–1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
  
  .

• July 13 - 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...
  
   left-fielder Ed Delahanty
  Ed Delahanty
  Edward James Delahanty , nicknamed "Big Ed", was a Major League Baseball player from 1888 to 1903 for the Philadelphia Quakers, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Infants and Washington Senators, and was known as one of the early great power hitters in the game.He was elected to the Baseball Hall of...
  
   becomes the second Major Leaguer to hit four home runs
  MLB hitters with four home runs in one game
  Writers of Sporting News described hitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball game as "baseball's greatest single-game accomplishment". Fifteen players have accomplished the feat to date. No player has done this more than once in his career and no player has ever hit more than four...
  
   in a game, two of them being inside-the-park home runs. It wasn't enough, as the Phillies lose to the Chicago Colts
  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...
  
  , 9-8. He is the only member of the "four home runs in a game" club to have an inside-the-park home run as part of his feat and he is the first player to do so in a losing effort.

January

• January 17 - Harry Hanson
  Harry Hanson
  Harry Francis Hanson was a Major League Baseball catcher. Hanley played for the New York Yankees in . In 1 career game, he had no hits in 2 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• January 18 - Bill McGowan
  Bill McGowan
  William Aloysius McGowan was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1925 to 1954. During his career, he umpired in eight World Series: 1928, 1931, 1935, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1947, and 1950.McGowan was born and grew up in Wilmington, Delaware...
  
  
• January 18 - Babe Twombly
  Babe Twombly
  Clarence Edward "Babe" Twombly , is a former professional baseball player who was a outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1920 to 1921. He would play for the Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• January 19 - Ollie Hanson
• January 22 - Frank Fahey
  Frank Fahey (baseball)
  Francis Raymond Fahey was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• January 23 - Billy Mullen
  Billy Mullen
  William John Mullen , is a former professional baseball player who played third base from 1920-1928.-Surviving family:...
  
  
• January 24 - Jim Lindsey
  Jim Lindsey (baseball)
  James Kendrick Lindsey was an American major league baseball pitcher from 1922-1937...
  
  
• January 25 - Ray Schmandt
  Ray Schmandt
  Raymond Henry Schmandt born in St. Louis, Missouri was a first baseman for the St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Robins .He helped the Robins win the 1920 National League Pennant....
  
  
• January 27 - Milt Gaston
  Milt Gaston
  Nathaniel Milton Gaston was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1924-1934. Born in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, he played for the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox. He died at age 100 in Barnstable, Massachusetts...
  
  
• January 31 - Pinky Hargrave
  Pinky Hargrave
  William McKinley "Pinky" Hargrave was a Major League Baseball catcher who played ten seasons with the Washington Senators , St. Louis Browns , Detroit Tigers , and Boston Braves . Born in New Haven, Indiana, Hargrave was the younger brother of Cincinnati Reds catcher, Bubbles Hargrave...
  
  
• January 31 - Charlie Robertson
  Charlie Robertson
  Charles Culbertson Robertson was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.Born in Dexter, Texas, and grew up in Nocona, Texas graduating from Nocona High School in 1915. Charles attended Austin College from 1917 until 1919. He began his career with the Chicago White Sox in 1919 at the age of 23...
  
  

February

• February   3 - Chicken Hawks
  Chicken Hawks
  Nelson Louis "Chicken" Hawks is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies. In his career, he hit 7 home runs and drove in 60 RBI.-External links:* *...
  
  
• February   4 - Andy Woehr
  Andy Woehr
  Andrew Emil Woehr was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for two seasons. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 63 career games in 1923 and 1924.-External links:...
  
  
• February 17 - Frank Emmer
  Frank Emmer
  Frank William Emmer born in Crestline, Ohio was a Shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds .In 2 seasons he played in 122 Games and had 313 At Bats, 30 Runs, 57 Hits, 10 Doubles, 7 Triples, 20 RBI, 2 Stolen Bases, 20 Walks, .182 Batting Average, .234 On-base percentage, .259 Slugging Percentage, 81 Total...
  
  
• February 20 - Muddy Ruel
  Muddy Ruel
  Herold Dominic "Muddy" Ruel was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and general manager. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for 19 seasons with the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, and the Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• February 21 - Turkey Gross
  Turkey Gross
  Ewell Gross [Turkey] was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1925 season. Listed at 6' 0", 165 lb., Gross batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• February 21 - Dick McCabe
  Dick McCabe (baseball)
  Richard James McCabe was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox . McCabe batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• February 22 - Ferdie Moore
  Ferdie Moore
  Ferdinand De Paige Moore was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• February 26 - Rip Collins
  Rip Collins
  Harry Warren Collins was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox , Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns . Collins batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• February 27 - Cy Perkins
  Cy Perkins
  Ralph Foster "Cy" Perkins was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. Perkins batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts....
  
  
• February 27 - Will Koenigsmark
  Will Koenigsmark
  Willis Thomas Koenigsmark was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the St. Louis Cardinals. He batted and threw right-handed.He was born in Belleville, Illinois and died in Waterloo, Illinois....
  
  
• February 28 - Homer Ezzell
  Homer Ezzell
  Homer Estell Ezzell was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1923 through 1925 for the St. Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 10", 158 lb., Ezzell batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• February 29 - Ralph Miller
  Ralph Miller (third baseman)
  Ralph Joseph Miller , was a Major League Baseball player who played infielder from -. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Senators.-External links:...
  
  
• February 29 - Roy Parker
  Roy Parker
  Roy William Parker was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1919.-External links:...
  
  

March

• March   3 - Bert Griffith
  Bert Griffith
  Bartholomew Joseph "Buck" Griffith was a Major League Baseball player who played outfield for the Brooklyn Robins and Washington Senators....
  
  
• March   5 - Bernie Hungling
  Bernie Hungling
  Bernard Herman Hungling [Bud] was a reserve catcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Brooklyn Robins and St. Louis Browns . Listed at 6' 2", 180 lb., Hungling batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• March   8 - Lefty Clarke
  Lefty Clarke
  Alan "Lefty" Thomas Clarke - March 11, 1975)was an American professional baseball player who played one game for the Cincinnati Reds in . He recorded one strike out while surrendering 7 runs on seven hits and two walks....
  
  
• March   9 - Rube Yarrison
  Rube Yarrison
  Byron Wardsworth Yarrison was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1922 and the Brooklyn Robins in 1924. He attended Gettysburg College.-External links:...
  
  
• March 16 - Arlas Taylor
  Arlas Taylor
  Arlas Walter "Foxy" Taylor was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
  
• March 22 - Chick Holmes
  Chick Holmes
  Elwood Marter Holmes was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  

April

• April 15 - Dutch Distel
  Dutch Distel
  George Adam "Dutch" Distel was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1918.-External links:...
  
  
• April 18 - Rip Conway
  Rip Conway
  Richard Daniel "Rip" Conway was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played briefly in for the Boston Braves, batting .167 with 2 RBI in 14 games.-External links:*...
  
  
• April 20 - Harland Rowe
  Harland Rowe
  Harland Stimson "Hypie" Rowe , was an American professional baseball third baseman who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball. He batted left and threw right-handed. Rowe had a .139 batting average in 17 games, five hits in 36 at-bats, in his one year in the major leagues...
  
  
• April 23 - Elam Vangilder
  Elam Vangilder
  Elam Russell Vangilder , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers....
  
  
• April 24 - Pug Griffin
  Pug Griffin
  Francis Arthur "Pug" Griffin was a Major League Baseball player. He debuted in for the Philadelphia Athletics, playing mostly as a pinch hitter but also appearing in three games as a first baseman...
  
  
• April 24 - Ken Penner
  Ken Penner
  Kenneth William Penner was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Cleveland Indians in 1916 and the Chicago Cubs in 1929.-External links:...
  
  
• April 25 - Fred Haney
  Fred Haney
  Fred Girard Haney was an American third baseman, manager, coach and executive in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he won two pennants and a world championship with the Milwaukee Braves and, as an executive, he was the first general manager of the expansion Los Angeles Angels of the American...
  
  
• April 25 - Marty Shay
  Marty Shay
  Arthur Joseph "Marty" Shay was a professional baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves , primarily as a second baseman...
  
  
• April 27 - Rogers Hornsby
  Rogers Hornsby
  Rogers Hornsby, Sr. , nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball . He played for the St. Louis Cardinals , New York Giants , Boston Braves , Chicago Cubs , and St. Louis Browns...
  
  
• April 29 - Johnnie Heving
  Johnnie Heving
  John Aloysius Heving was a professional baseball player. A catcher, he played all or part of eight season in Major League Baseball between 1920 and 1932. Heving batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Covington, Kentucky...
  
  

May

• May   1 - Heinie Meine
  Heinie Meine
  Henry William "Heinie" Meine was a professional baseball player. Meine was a right-handed pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1922 and for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1929 to 1934. He was given the nickname "The Count of Luxemburg" on account of his operating a speakeasy/tavern in the...
  
  
• May   2 - Bill Piercy
  Bill Piercy
  William Benton Piercy born in El Monte, California was a Pitcher for the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs .Piercy helped the Yankees win the 1921 American League Pennant....
  
  
• May   3 - Bob Hasty
  Bob Hasty
  Robert Keller Hasty , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
  
• May   7 - Tom Zachary
  Tom Zachary
  Jonathan Thompson Walton Zachary was a pitcher who had a 19-year career that lasted from 1918 to 1936. He played for the Philadelphia A's, Washington Senators, St...
  
  
• May 16 - Red Ostergard
  Red Ostergard
  Roy Lund "Red" Ostergard was a pinch hitter in Major League Baseball. He was born in Denmark, Wisconsin, and attended college at Southwestern University....
  
  
• May 18 - George Edmondson
  George Edmondson
  George Henderson Edmondson was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for three seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians in eight games from 1922 to 1924.-External links:...
  
  
• May 19 - Merito Acosta
  Merito Acosta
  Baldomero Pedro "Merito" Acosta Fernández was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played five seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators....
  
  
• May 19 - Bud Culloton
  Bud Culloton
  Bernard Aloysius "Bud" Culloton was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates.-External links:...
  
  
• May 24 - Leo Mangum
  Leo Mangum
  Leo Allan Mangum was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball between 1924 and 1935 with the Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, and Boston Braves. He had a record of 11-10 in his career, pitching mostly in relief.- External links :...
  
  
• May 28 - Warren Giles
  Warren Giles
  Warren Crandall Giles was a National League executive in Major League Baseball.-Baseball:Giles was elected president of the Moline, Illinois baseball club in the Three-I League in 1919 and began a 50-year career in baseball that saw him rise all the way to the presidency of the National League...
  
  
• May 31 - Socks Seibold
  Socks Seibold
  Harry "Socks" Seibold , was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He debuted in with the Philadelphia Athletics as a shortstop, but was converted to pitcher in...
  
  

June

• June   1 - Joel Newkirk
  Joel Newkirk
  Joel Ivan Newkirk was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• June   1 - Johnny Mostil
  Johnny Mostil
  John Anthony Mostil was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago White Sox . Born in Chicago, Illinois, he had a career batting average of .301.-Career:...
  
  
• June   5 - Wade Lefler
  Wade Lefler
  Wade Hampton Lefler was a Major League Baseball player. He played in six games for two different major league teams in , mostly as a pinch hitter. He also played in one game as a right fielder...
  
  
• June   5 - Ray Richmond
  Ray Richmond (baseball)
  Raymond Sinclair "Ray" Richmond was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in and .-External links:*...
  
  
• June 11 - Charlie Hollocher
  Charlie Hollocher
  Charlie Hollocher was born Charles Jacob Hollocher in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a shortstop for the Chicago Cubs from 1918 to 1924.He helped the Cubs win the National League Pennant in 1918...
  
  
• June 18 - Newt Halliday
  Newt Halliday
  Newton Schurz Halliday was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1916.-External links:...
  
  
• June 25 - Earl Howard

July

• July   1 - Bert Cole
  Bert Cole
  Albert George Cole was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played 6 seasons in the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , and Chicago White Sox . He finished his career with a record of 28-32 in 605-2/3 innings. His best season was 1923 when he had a record of 13-5 with a...
  
  
• July   3 - Curt Walker
  Curt Walker
  William Curtis Walker , was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1919-1930. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  
• July   5 - Buck Freeman
• July   5 - Hank Thormahlen
  Hank Thormahlen
  Herbert Ehler Thormahlen [Lefty] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox and Brooklyn Robins . Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Thormahlen batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• July   7 - John Jenkins
  John Jenkins (baseball)
  John Jenkins was a professional baseball player for the Chicago White Sox in Major League Baseball.-References:...
  
  
• July   8 - Roy Crumpler
  Roy Crumpler
  Roy Maxton Crumpler was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• July   9 - Carl Holling
  Carl Holling
  Carl Theodore Holling was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers from -. Listed at 6'1", 172 lb., Holling batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Dixon, California....
  
  
• July 10 - Bill Schindler
• July 19 - Joe Boley
  Joe Boley
  John Peter "Joe" Boley , was a shortstop in Major League Baseball from 1927 to 1932...
  
  
• July 19 - Bob Meusel
  Bob Meusel
  Robert William "Bob" Meusel was an American baseball left and right fielder who played in Major League Baseball for eleven seasons from 1920 through 1930, all but the last for the New York Yankees...
  
  
• July 20 - Ollie Fuhrman
  Ollie Fuhrman
  Alfred George Fuhrman was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• July 20 - Mutt Wilson
  Mutt Wilson
  William Christopher "Mutt" Wilson was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers in 1920. Born in Keyser, North Carolina, Wilson stood 6'3" and weighed 167 pounds. He was known as both "Mutt" and "Lank." He started two games for the Tigers and appeared in one game as a...
  
  
• July 27 - Rube Walberg
  Rube Walberg
  George Elvin Walberg was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York Giants , Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox . Walberg batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• July 31 - Chick Sorrells
  Chick Sorrells
  Raymond Edwin "Chick" Sorrells was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Indians for two games during the 1922 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
  

August

• August   4 - Chick Galloway
  Chick Galloway
  Clarence Edward Galloway was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. From 1919 through 1928, Galloway played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• August   4 - Cliff Lee
  Cliff Lee (outfielder)
  Clifford Walker Lee was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1919–26, for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, and Cincinnati Reds. While he was primarily an outfielder, he also played quite a few games...
  
  
• August   6 - Ray Blades
  Ray Blades
  Francis Raymond Blades was an American left fielder, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball.A native of McLeansboro, Illinois, Blades was first scouted as a baseball player as a teenager in 1913. Branch Rickey, then the manager of the St. Louis Browns, spotted Blades during a sandlot...
  
  
• August 15 - Ben Rochefort
  Ben Rochefort
  Bennett Harold Rochefort was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• August 15 - Bill Sherdel
  Bill Sherdel
  William Henry Sherdel was a former professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of fifteen seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves. For his career, he compiled a 165-146 record in 514 appearances, with an 3.72 earned run average and 839 strikeouts...
  
  
• August 17 - Doug McWeeny
  Doug McWeeny
  Douglas Lawrence McWeeny Was a guy who had arms and legs.-External links:...
  
  
• August 23 - Cedric Durst
  Cedric Durst
  Cedric Montgomery Durst was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played between and for the St. Louis Browns , New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 11", 160 lb., Durst batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• August 24 - Bevo LeBourveau
  Bevo LeBourveau
  DeWitt Wiley "Bevo" LeBourveau , was a Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from -. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Athletics....
  
  
• August 28 - Aaron Ward

September

• September   2 - Paul Johnson
  Paul Johnson (baseball)
  Paul Oscar Johnson was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the and seasons.-References:...
  
  
• September   2 - Harry Shriver
  Harry Shriver
  Harry Graydon Shriver was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Brooklyn Robins during the 1922 and 1923 baseball seasons. He attended West Virginia Wesleyan College.-External links:...
  
  
• September   5 - Gil Gallagher
  Gil Gallagher
  Lawrence Kirby "Gil" Gallagher was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Braves in 1922.-External links:...
  
  
• September   6 - Frank McCrea
  Frank McCrea
  Francis William McCrea was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for one season. He played in one game for the Cleveland Indians on September 26 during the 1925 Cleveland Indians season, earning one hit in five at-bats.-External links:...
  
  
• September   6 - Paul Zahniser
  Paul Zahniser
  Paul Vernon Zahniser was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for three different teams over his five season career, which spanned from 1923 to 1929.-Career:...
  
  
• September   8 - Val Picinich
  Val Picinich
  Valentine John Picinich born in New York, New York was a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics , Washington Senators , Boston Red Sox , Cincinnati Reds , Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates .In 18 seasons he played in 1,037 Games and had 2,877 At Bats, 298 Runs, 743 Hits, 166 Doubles,...
  
  
• September   8 - Johnny Schulte
  Johnny Schulte
  John Clement Schulte was an American catcher and coach in professional baseball.A native of Fredericktown, Missouri, Schulte appeared on five Major League Baseball teams in his five-year MLB career. Schulte played as a catcher for the St. Louis Browns , St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• September 10 - Sammy Hale
  Sammy Hale
  Samuel Douglas Hale was a Major League Baseball third baseman for 10 seasons with the Detroit Tigers , Philadelphia Athletics , and St. Louis Browns . Hale had a lifetime batting average of .302 and won a World Series ring with the Athletics in 1929.Born in Glen Rose, Texas, Hale debuted with the...
  
  
• September 13 - Pat Collins
  Pat Collins
  Tharon Leslie "Pat" Collins is a former professional baseball player in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, and Boston Braves. In his career, he hit 33 home runs and drove in 168 runs.-External links:* at Find a Grave...
  
  
• September 13 - Roy Wilson
• September 13 - Art Stokes
  Art Stokes
  Arthur Milton Stokes was an American professional baseball player who played twelve games for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. He was born in Emmitsburg, Maryland and died in Titusville, Pennsylvania at the age of 65.-External links:...
  
  
• September 21 - Herschel Bennett
  Herschel Bennett
  Herschel Emmett Bennett was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for five seasons. He played for the St...
  
  
• September 24 - Kewpie Pennington
  Kewpie Pennington
  George Louis "Kewpie" Pennington was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game for the St. Louis Browns on April 14, .-External links:*...
  
  

October

• October   2 - Sid Womack
  Sid Womack
  Sidney Kirk Womack , nicknamed "Tex," was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played one game for the Boston Braves. He was born in Greensburg, Louisiana and died in Jackson, Mississippi. He went to LSU and Mississippi State University.-External links:...
  
  
• October   5 - Charlie Pechous
  Charlie Pechous
  Charles Edward Pechous was a third baseman in Major League Baseball.-External links:...
  
  
• October   5 - Danny Silva
  Danny Silva (baseball)
  Daniel James Silva was a Major League Baseball third-baseman. Silva played for the Washington Senators in . In 1 career game, he had 1 hit in 4 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• October   6 - Harry Heitmann
  Harry Heitmann
  Henry Anton "Harry" Heitmann was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in one game for the Brooklyn Robins during the 1918 baseball season, getting the start against the St...
  
  
• October   8 - Tim Murchison
  Tim Murchison
  Thomas Malcolm Murchison was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1917 and the Cleveland Indians in 1920.-External links:...
  
  
• October 13 - Claude Davidson
  Claude Davidson
  Claude Boucher Davidson was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season and the Washington Senators during the season.-External links:...
  
  
• October 13 - Charlie See
• October 14 - Oscar Charleston
  Oscar Charleston
  Oscar McKinley Charleston was an American center fielder and manager in baseball's Negro leagues from to ....
  
  
• October 15 - Mule Watson
  Mule Watson
  John Reaves "Mule" Watson , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1918-1924. He played for the Boston Braves, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  
• October 16 - John Brock
  John Brock (baseball)
  John Roy Brock was a professional baseball player]]. He played parts of two seasons, 1917 and 1918, in Major League Baseball, primarily as a catcher. Listed at 5' 6½", 165 lb., Brock batted and threw right handed. He was born in Hamilton, Illinois.After playing minor league baseball in 1916, Brock...
  
  
• October 19 - Bob O'Farrell
  Bob O'Farrell
  Robert Arthur "Bob" O'Farrell was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for 21 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants. O'Farrell also played for the Cincinnati Reds, albeit briefly...
  
  
• October 20 - Wid Matthews
  Wid Matthews
  Wid Curry Matthews was an American outfielder, scout and front office executive in Major League Baseball. Matthews served as general manager of the Chicago Cubs for seven full seasons and became one of the first front-office employees in the history of the New York Mets in 1961, the year before...
  
  
• October 22 - Sam Bohne
  Sam Bohne
  Samuel Arthur Bohne , is a former professional baseball player who played second base from 1916-26.Bohne was Jewish.-External links:...
  
  
• October 27 - Frank Okrie
  Frank Okrie
  Frank Anthony Okrie was a Major League Baseball pitcher.Okrie appeared in 21 games for the 1920 Detroit Tigers, recording a 1-2 win-loss record with a 5.27 earned run average....
  
  
• October 28 - Roxy Snipes
  Roxy Snipes
  Wyatt Eure Snipes was a Major League Baseball player for the Chicago White Sox. Listed at 6'0", 185 lb., Snipes batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Marion, South Carolina....
  
  
• October 30 - Clyde Manion
  Clyde Manion
  Clyde Jennings Manion , nicknamed "Pete," was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers , St. Louis Browns , and Cincinnati Reds . He played in 477 major league games with a career batting average of .218 and a .293 on base percentage...
  
  
• October 31 - Leo Dickerman
  Leo Dickerman
  Leo Louis Dickerman was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Brooklyn Robins during the 1923 and 1924 baseball seasons and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1924 & 1925.-External links:...
  
  

November

• November   2 - Chick Maynard
  Chick Maynard
  Leroy Evans Maynard was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 5' 9", 150 lb., Maynard batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• November   8 - Bucky Harris
  Bucky Harris
  Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris was a Major League Baseball player, manager and executive. In 1975, the Veterans Committee elected Harris, as a manager, to the Baseball Hall of Fame.-Biography:...
  
  
• November 10 - Jimmy Dykes
  Jimmy Dykes
  James Joseph Dykes was an American third and second baseman, manager and coach in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox from 1918 to 1939...
  
  
• November 14 - Red Sheridan
  Red Sheridan
  Eugene Anthony Sheridan , is a former professional baseball player who played second base and shortstop for the Brooklyn Robins in 1918 & again in 1920.-External links:...
  
  
• November 15 - Babe Ellison
  Babe Ellison
  Herbert Spencer "Babe" Ellison, aka Bert Ellison was a Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers from 1916-1920, and went on to be a star with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, where he played from 1921-1927...
  
  
• November 16 - Ivy Griffin
  Ivy Griffin
  Ivy Moore Griffin was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played from 1919–1921 for the Philadelphia Athletics....
  
  
• November 17 - Sam Post
  Sam Post
  Samuel Gilbert Post , is a former professional baseball player who played first base in nine game for the 1922 Brooklyn Robins.-External links:...
  
  
• November 18 - Bill Hughes
  Bill Hughes (pitcher)
  Bill Hughes was a baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1921. He was a pitcher. He was born on November 18, 1896 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and he died on February 25, 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama. He weighed 155 lbs when playing baseball....
  
  
• November 20 - Larry Duff
  Larry Duff (baseball)
  Cecil Elba "Larry" Duff was a baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox in 1922 at the age of 25. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was 6'1 175 pounds. He was born in Radersburg, Montana and died in Bend, Oregon.-External links:...
  
  
• November 22 - Bill Hollahan
  Bill Hollahan
  William James Hollahan was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators.-External links:...
  
  
• November 23 - Dick Reichle
  Dick Reichle
  Richard Wendell Reichle was a reserve outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at center field for the Boston Red Sox during the and seasons. Listed at 6' 0" 185 lb., Reichle batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• November 27 - John Singleton
  John Singleton (baseball)
  John Edward "Sheriff" Singleton was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Singleton played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the season. In 22 career games, he had a 1-10 record with a 5.90 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed.Singleton was born in Gallipolis, Ohio and died in Dayton, Ohio.-External...
  
  
• November 29 - Joe DeBerry
  Joe DeBerry
  Joseph Gaddy DeBerry was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in and .-External links:*...
  
  

December

• December   2 - Gene Bedford
  Gene Bedford
  William Eugene Bedford William Eugene Bedford William Eugene Bedford (Born December 2, 1896 in Dallas, Texas, Died October 6, 1977 in San Antonio, Texas is a former second baseman for the Cleveland Indians and Defensive End for the Rochester Jeffersons.-Sources:...
  
  
• December   2 - Mike Wilson
  Mike Wilson (catcher)
  Samuel Marshall "Mike" Wilson was a professional football and professional baseball player. He played four seasons in the National Football League and the first American Football League between 1922 and 1926, and part of one Major League Baseball season in 1921- Football :In 1922 Wilson was an end...
  
  
• December   4 - Allen Conkwright
  Allen Conkwright
  Allen Howard "Red" Conkwright was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers in .-External links:...
  
  
• December   6 - Bob Larmore
  Bob Larmore
  Robert McKahan "Bob" Larmore , known also as "Red" Larmore, was a professional baseball player whose career spanned three seasons, which included one in Major League Baseball St. Louis Cardinals . Over his major league career, he batted .286 with two hits, and one run batted in in four games played...
  
  
• December   6 - Frank Luce
  Frank Luce
  Frank Edward Luce was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1923.-External links:...
  
  
• December 10 - Spoke Emery
  Spoke Emery
  Herrick Smith "Spoke" Emery was a Major League Baseball outfielder.Born in Bay City, Michigan, Spoke played one season in Major League Baseball, in with the Philadelphia Phillies. He played five games in the major leagues, with two career hits in three at-bats...
  
  
• December 11 - Johnny Walker
  Johnny Walker (baseball)
  John Miles Walker was a Major League Baseball catcher. Walker played with the Philadelphia Athletics from to . He batted and threw right-handed.-External links:*...
  
  
• December 13 - Denny Williams
  Denny Williams
  Evon Daniel "Denny" Williams was a professional baseball player whose career spanned eight seasons, three of which were spent in Major League Baseball with the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• December 14 - Charlie Hargreaves
  Charlie Hargreaves
  Charles Russell Hargreaves , is a former professional baseball player who played catcher from 1923-1930.-External links:...
  
  
• December 17 - Jim Mattox
  Jim Mattox
  James Albon Mattox was a Dallas lawyer and Texas Democratic politician who served three terms in the United States House of Representatives and two four-year terms as state Attorney General, but lost high profile races for Governor in 1990, the U.S. Senate in 1994, and again as attorney general...
  
  
• December 26 - Herman Pillette
  Herman Pillette
  Herman Polycarp Pillette , nicknamed "Old Folks", was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played four seasons with the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers . Born in St...
  
  

Deaths

• January   4 - Tom Foley
  Tom Foley (outfielder)
  Thomas James Foley was a professional baseball player who was a outfielder in the Major Leagues in 1871. He played for the Chicago White Stockings.-External links:...
  
  , 49, outfielder.

• January 22 - George Heubel
  George Heubel
  George A. Heubel , was a German American professional baseball player.-Career:Heubel started his amateur career in 1867 with the Quaker City team. He then played for Geary in 1868 and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1869...
  
  , 47, outfielder for two seasons in the National Association, 1871-1872, and one in the National League, 1876.

• March 16 - Kid Madden
  Kid Madden
  Michael Joseph "Kid" Madden , was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched for three different teams from to . He played for the Boston Braves, the Boston Reds, and the Baltimore Orioles. Madden died of "consumption" at the age of 28 in his hometown of Portland, Maine, leaving...
  
  , 28, pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, Boston Reds, and Baltimore Orioles from 1887 to 1891.

• May   3 - George McVey
  George McVey
  George W. McVey was a 19th century Major League Baseball player. He played three games at first base and three games as catcher for the Brooklyn Grays during the 1885 baseball season.-External links:**...
  
  , 30, first baseman/catcher.

• July 23 - Jack Beach
  Jack Beach
  Stonewall Jackson "Jack" Beach was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played two seasons in professional baseball, one at the Major League level.-Washington Nationals:...
  
  , 34, outfielder.

• August   5 - Ben Stephens
  Ben Stephens (baseball)
  George Benjamin Stephens , was an American baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1892 to 1894. He played for the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, and Washington Senators.-References:...
  
  , 28, pitcher.

• August 29 - Curt Welch
  Curt Welch
  Curtis Benton Welch born in East Liverpool, Ohio, was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Toledo Blue Stockings, St...
  
  , 34, center fielder in the American Association who led league in doubles with 1889 Athletics and scored 100 runs five times.

• September 20 - Ed Crane
  Ed Crane (baseball)
  Edward Nicholas Crane , nicknamed Cannonball, was an American right-handed pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball for eight seasons...
  
  , 34, pitcher/outfielder for nine seasons, most prominently for the New York Giants.

• September 23 - John Crowley
  John Crowley (19th century baseball player)
  John A. Crowley was a 19th century Major League Baseball player.A native of Lawrence, Massachusetts, Crowley was one of 13 catchers used by Philadelphia Quakers pilot Harry Wright during the season...
  
  , 34, catcher for the 1884 Philadelphia Quakers.

• September 26 - John Curran
  John Curran (baseball)
  John Henry Curran was an Irish professional baseball player who appeared in three games for the Philadelphia Athletics in . He was long listed as "Peter Curren" but SABR researchers discovered his true identity in 2009.-External links:...
  
  , 44, appeared in three games for the 1876 Philadelphia Athletics.

• November 10 - Jim Ritz
  Jim Ritz
  James L. Ritz was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League on July 20, 1894...
  
  , 22, third baseman.

• December 30 - Dave Birdsall
  Dave Birdsall
  David Solomon Birdsall was a Major League Baseball player from 1871 to 1873.-Sources:*...
  
  , 58, outfielder.