Champions

• Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
  Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
  The Chronicle-Telegraph Cup was the trophy awarded to the winner of a postseason competition in American professional baseball in 1900. The series, played only once, was a precursor to the current World Series....
  
  : Brooklyn Superbas
  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...
  
   defeated 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...
  
  , 3 games to 1
• 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...
  
  : Brooklyn Superbas
  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...
  
  

Statistical leaders

National League final standings

Events

• April 19 - In 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...
  
  , the Phillies win 19-17 in the NL's highest scoring opening day game. Boston tied the game with 9 runs in the ninth. Philadelphia, once up 16-4, scores 2 in the 10th for the win.

• May 5 - The Orphans' Jimmy Ryan hits his 20th career leadoff homer against the visiting Cincinnati Reds and Noodles Hahn. Chicago wins 4-3.

• July 4 - At the West Side Grounds, about 1,000 of the 10,000 fans at the game fire pistols to celebrate July 4. No injuries were reported. meanwhile, Chicago beats Philadelphia, 5-4, in 12 innings.

• July 12 - Noodles Hahn
  Noodles Hahn
  Frank George Hahn was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Highlanders . Hahn batted and threw left-handed...
  
   pitches a no-hitter
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
   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....
  
   against 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...
  
  . The Reds win, 4-0.

• July 13 - The Phillies' third baseman, Harry Wolverton
  Harry Wolverton
  Harry Sterling Wolverton , nicknamed "Fighting Harry", was a third baseman who played for the Chicago Orphans, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, Boston Beaneaters, and New York Highlanders.-Biography:...
  
  , has 3 triples among his 5 hits in a 23-8 win over the Pirates.

• July 17 - The Giants' Christy Mathewson
  Christy Mathewson
  Christopher "Christy" Mathewson , nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire career in what is known as the dead-ball era...
  
  , acquired from Norfolk
  Norfolk
  Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
  
   of the North Carolina League, makes his major league debut, relieving in the 5th inning against Brooklyn
  Brooklyn
  Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
  
   at Washington Park with the score tied, 5-5. The results are less than glowing: 2 walks, 3 hit batters, 5 runs. Ed Dohney relieves Mathewson after 4; the Superbas win the game, 13-7.

• September 7 - 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...
  
   of the Boston Beaneaters records his 300th career win.

January

• January 1 Teddy Kearns
  Teddy Kearns
  Edward Joseph Kearns was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season and the Chicago Cubs during the and seasons.-References:...
  
  
• January 1 - Al Stokes
  Al Stokes
  Albert John Stokes [born Albert John Stocek] was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 9", 175 lb., Stokes batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• January 6 - Clyde Beck
  Clyde Beck
  Clyde Eugene "Jersey" Beck was a right-handed infielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds from 1926 to 1931.Beck spent the first five seasons of his career with the Cubs...
  
  
• January 7 - John Beckwith
  John Beckwith (baseball player)
  John Beckwith was an American infielder in baseball's Negro Leagues.Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he ranked among the Negro Leagues' career leaders in batting average, home runs, RBI and slugging percentage ....
  
  
• January 7 - Johnny Grabowski
  Johnny Grabowski
  John Patrick Grabowski , nicknamed "Nig", was a Major League Baseball catcher who played 7 seasons for the Chicago White Sox , New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers .Born in Ware, Massachusetts to a family of Polish descent, Grabowski played 296 major league games—282 of them as a catcher...
  
  
• January 26 - Lefty Jamerson
  Lefty Jamerson
  Charles Dewey Jamerson was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. Listed at 6' 1", 195 lb., he batted and threw left-handed....
  
  
• January 7 - Carlton Lord
  Carlton Lord
  William Carlton Lord was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• January 9 - Frank Barnes
  Frank Barnes (left-handed pitcher)
  Frank Samuel "Lefty" Barnes was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Barnes played for the Detroit Tigers in and the New York Yankees in . In 6 career games, he had a 0-2 record, with a 7.79 ERA....
  
  
• January 11 - Lefty Taber
  Lefty Taber
  Edward Timothy "Lefty" Taber , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in and with the Philadelphia Phillies. He batted and threw left-handed. Taber had a 0-1 record, with a 10.80 ERA, in 9 games, in his two year career.He was born in Rock Island, Illinois and died in Lincoln,...
  
  
• January 16 - Joe Rabbitt
  Joe Rabbitt
  Joseph Patrick Rabbitt was a Major League Baseball left fielder who played for one season. He played in two games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1922 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
  
• January 21 - Willie Ludolph
  Willie Ludolph
  William Francis Ludolph was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season with the Detroit Tigers. For his career, he recorded no decisions with a 4.76 earned run average, and 1 strikeout in 5⅔ innings pitched.An alumnus of St...
  
  
• January 28 - Emil Yde
  Emil Yde
  Emil Ogden Yde , was a left-handed pitcher in major league baseball, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers in 1929. As a rookie in 1924, Yde led the National League in shutouts with four and in Winning Percentage with a won-loss record of 16-3.-External links:...
  
  
• January 31 - Honey Barnes
  Honey Barnes
  John Francis "Honey" Barnes was a Major League Baseball catcher. Barnes played for the New York Yankees in the season. In one game, he did not get an at-bat, playing catcher. He batted left and threw right-handed...
  
  

February

• February 2 - Willie Kamm
  Willie Kamm
  William Edward Kamm was an American professional baseball player. He played as a third baseman in Major League Baseball from to . Kamm played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox before finishing his playing days with the Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• February 2 - Frank Mack
  Frank Mack
  Frank George Mack was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox.-External links:...
  
  
• February 15 - George Earnshaw
  George Earnshaw
  George "Moose" Earnshaw was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played in parts of nine seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, and St. Louis Cardinals. He was the American League wins leader in 1929 with the A's...
  
  
• February 19 - John Kane
  John Kane (infielder)
  John Francis Kane was a professional baseball player. He was an infielder for one season with the Chicago White Sox. For his career, he compiled a .179 batting average in 56 at-bats, with three runs batted in....
  
  
• February 19 - Oscar Roettger
  Oscar Roettger
  Oscar Frederick Louis Roettger was an American first baseman and right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he first played as a pitcher for the New York Yankees from 1923–1924, and later returned to the major leagues with the Brooklyn Robins in 1927 and as a...
  
  
• February 20 - Al Williamson
  Al Williamson (baseball)
  Silas Albert Williamson was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched for the Chicago White Sox in one game, playing on April 27 during the 1928 Chicago White Sox season.-External links:...
  
  
• February 22 - Roy Spencer
• February 25 - Joe Burns
• February 25 - John Gillespie
  John Gillespie (baseball)
  John Gillespie was a baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:* at Baseball-Reference.com...
  
  
• February 28 - Doc Wood
  Doc Wood
  Charles Spencer "Doc" Wood was a Major League Baseball shortstop. Wood played in 3 games for the Philadelphia Athletics in .-External links:*...
  
  

March

• March 6 - Lefty Grove
  Lefty Grove
  Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was a professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Baseball with the American League's Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox, winning 300 games in his 17-year MLB career...
  
  
• March 9 - Bill Narleski
  Bill Narleski
  William Edward Narleski was a Major League Baseball infielder. Primarily a shortstop, Narleski played two seasons in the majors, and , for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 9", 160 lb., Narleski batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• March 14 - Marty McManus
  Marty McManus
  Martin Joseph "Marty" McManus was a Major League Baseball infielder who played principally as a second baseman and third baseman .-St. Louis Browns: 1920-1926:...
  
  
• March 11 - Rusty Pence
• March 25 - Russ Miller
  Russ Miller (baseball)
  Russell Lewis Miller , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• March 29 - Red Schillings
  Red Schillings
  Elbert Isaiah "Red" Schillings was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
  
• March 31 - Mule Suttles
  Mule Suttles
  George "Mule" Suttles was an American first baseman and outfielder in Negro league baseball, most prominently with the Birmingham Black Barons, St. Louis Stars and Newark Eagles...
  
  

April

• April 4 - Jule Mallonee
  Jule Mallonee
  Julius Norris Mallonee was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1925.-External links:...
  
  
• April 6 - Joe Wyatt
  Joe Wyatt
  Loral John Wyatt was a Major League Baseball right fielder. Wyatt played for Cleveland Indians in the 1924 season. He played just four games in his one year career, having two hits in 12 at-bats, with one run scored, playing in the outfield.Wyatt was born in Petersburg, Indiana and died in Oblong,...
  
  
• April 6 - John Middleton
  John Middleton (baseball)
  John Wayne Middleton was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched for the Cleveland Indians for two games during the 1922 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
  
• April 12 - Mickey O'Neil
  Mickey O'Neil (baseball)
  George Michael O'Neil , is a former professional baseball player who played catcher from 1919-1927....
  
  
• April 13 - Rufe Clarke
  Rufe Clarke
  Rufus Rivers "Rufe" Clarke was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers in and .-External links:...
  
  
• April 16 - Walt Schulz
• April 22 - Paul Florence
  Paul Florence
  Paul Robert Florence , was a professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues in for the New York Giants. He graduated from Georgetown University, where he was a Hall of Fame selection in football, basketball and baseball. Mr Florence was also a catcher inductee for football...
  
  
• April 23 - Jim Bottomley
  Jim Bottomley
  James Leroy Bottomley was born in Oglesby, Illinois and grew up in Nokomis, Illinois. Nicknamed "Sunny Jim" because of his cheerful disposition, he was a left-handed Major League Baseball player. He also served as player-manager for the St. Louis Browns in 1937.-Career:As a first baseman for the...
  
  
• April 23 - Joe Kelly
• April 25 - Jake Freeze
  Jake Freeze
  Carl Alexander "Jake" Freeze was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in two games for the Chicago White Sox in July 1925. The 5'8", 150 lb. right-hander was a native of Huntington, Arkansas....
  
  
• April 26 - Hack Wilson
  Hack Wilson
  Lewis Robert "Hack" Wilson was an American professional baseball player who played 12 seasons with the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  

May

• May 12 - Phil Voyles
  Phil Voyles
  Philip Vance Voyles was a outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Braves in 1929.-External links:...
  
  
• May 20 - Claral Gillenwater
  Claral Gillenwater
  Claral Lewis Gillenwater was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1923.-External links:...
  
  
• May 20 - George Grantham
  George Grantham
  George Farley "Boots" Grantham , was Major League second baseman who played for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants between 1922 and 1934. He attended Northern Arizona University.-External links:...
  
  
• May 20 - Ollie Klee
  Ollie Klee
  Ollie Chester Klee was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• May 21 - Sam Langford
  Sam Langford (baseball)
  Elton "Sam" Langford was a Major League Baseball center fielder who played three seasons of professional baseball for the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians.-External links:...
  
  
• May 22 - Hooks Cotter
  Hooks Cotter
  Harvey Louis "Hooks" Cotter was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• May 23 - Duke Brett
  Duke Brett
  Herbert James "Duke" Brett was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons with the Chicago Cubs. For his career, he compiled a 1-1 record, with a 3.97 earned run average, and 7 strikeouts in 22.2 innings pitched.Brett signed with the Cubs as an amateur...
  
  
• May 24 - Wally Shaner
  Wally Shaner
  Walter Dedaker Shaner was a reserve outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at left field for three different teams between the and seasons. Listed at 6' 2", 195 lb., Shaner batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• May 24 - Al Shealy
  Al Shealy
  Albert Berley Shealy , was a professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, for the New York Yankees and for the Chicago Cubs....
  
  
• May 24 - Clay Van Alstyne
  Clay Van Alstyne
  Clayton Emory Van Alstyne , was a Major League Baseball pitcher from to for the Washington Senators.-External links:...
  
  
• May 28 - Bill Barrett
  Bill Barrett (baseball outfielder)
  William Joseph Barrett was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball between 1921 and 1930. Nicknamed "Whispering Bill", he batted and threw right-handed.-Biography:...
  
  

June

• June 1 - Dutch Schesler
  Dutch Schesler
  Charles "Dutch" Schesler was an American Major League Baseball pitcher....
  
  
• June 3 - Harry Baldwin
  Harry Baldwin (baseball)
  Howard "Harry" Edward Baldwin was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for two seasons with the New York Giants. For his career, he compiled a 3-1 record in 11 appearances, with a 4.41 earned run average and 5 strikeouts...
  
  
• June 4 - George Watkins
• June 5 - John Cavanaugh
  John Cavanaugh (baseball)
  John Joseph Cavanaugh was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He played in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies on July 7 during the 1919 Philadelphia Phillies season....
  
  
• June 7 - Ed Wells
  Ed Wells (baseball)
  Edwin Lee Wells , nicknamed "Satchelfoot" , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played 11 seasons in the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , and St. Louis Browns . Wells was a left-handed pitcher, with a hard fastball and a slow curve...
  
  
• June 9 - Marty Callaghan
  Marty Callaghan
  Martin Francis Callaghan was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for four seasons. He played for the Chicago Cubs from 1922 to 1923 and the Cincinnati Reds in 1928 and 1930.-External links:...
  
  
• June 10 - Garland Braxton
  Garland Braxton
  Edgar Garland Braxton was an American professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of 10 seasons with the Boston Braves, New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns. He led the American League in ERA in 1928 while playing for Washington...
  
  
• June 10 - Lefty Wolf
  Lefty Wolf
  Walter Francis "Lefty" Wolf was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
  
• June 12 - Charlie Barnabe
  Charlie Barnabe
  Charles Edward Barnabe was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox.-External links:...
  
  
• June 13 - Chief Youngblood
  Chief Youngblood
  Albert Clyde "Chief" Youngblood was an American left-handed batter and right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball whose two-week career in 1922 lasted from July 16 to July 31....
  
  
• June 21 - Red Barron
  Red Barron
  David Irenus "Red" Barron was a three-sport letterwinner at Georgia Tech. He was named All American twice, All-Southern Conference three times, and was an inductee to Tech's Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. He played baseball professionally with the Boston Braves in 1929...
  
  
• June 22 - Joe Poetz
• June 23 - Bill Harris
  Bill Harris (1930s pitcher)
  William Milton Harris spent more than 40 years in baseball, serving as a pitcher, manager and scout, for six different Major League Baseball organizations. Listed at 6'1", 180 lb., Harris batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• June 26 - Lum Davenport
  Lum Davenport
  Joubert Lum Davenport was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played parts of four seasons in the majors, from until , for the Chicago White Sox.-Sources:...
  
  
• June 26 - Elmer Yoter
  Elmer Yoter
  Elmer Ellsworth Yoter was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played from 1921-1928 for the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs....
  
  

July

• July 1 - Louis Brower
  Louis Brower
  Louis Lester Brower was a Major League Baseball player. Brower was a shortstop for the Detroit Tigers in the 1931 season. He had a .161 batting average, with ten hits in 62 at-bats. He played 21 games in his one year career....
  
  
• July 1 - Mel Simons
  Mel Simons
  Melburn Ellis Simons was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of two seasons with the Chicago White Sox. For his career, he compiled a .268 batting average in 194 at-bats, with twelve runs batted in.He was born in Carlyle, Illinois and died in Paducah, Kentucky at the...
  
  
• July 2 - Joe Bennett
  Joe Bennett (baseball)
  Joseph Rosenblum "Joe" Bennett was a Major League Baseball third baseman. Bennett played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the season. Bennett played in 1 career game, going 0-1, on July 5, 1923. He batted and threw right-handed. Bennett attended NYU.Bennett was born in New York, New York and died...
  
  
• July 2 - Ernie Vick
  Ernie Vick
  Henry Arthur "Ernie" Vick was an American football and baseball player. He was selected as an All-American center in 1921, played on the 1926 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.-University of Michigan:Born in Toledo, Ohio, Vick...
  
  
• July 3 - Joe Brown
• July 4 - Dot Fulghum
  Dot Fulghum
  James Lavoisier Fulghum was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• July 4 - Wes Kingdon
  Wes Kingdon
  Westcott William Kingdon was an infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators in 1932.-External links:...
  
  
• July 12 - Rudy Miller
  Rudy Miller
  Rudel Charles Miller was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• July 13 - Footsie Blair
  Footsie Blair
  Clarence Vick "Footsie" Blair , was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played three seasons in the majors, from 1929–1931, for the Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• July 14 - Dave Harris
• July 20 - Hunter Lane
  Hunter Lane
  James Hunter Lane was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Braves in 1924.-External links:...
  
  
• July 23 - Jimmie Wilson
  Jimmie Wilson
  James Wilson , nicknamed "Ace," was an American professional athlete in soccer and baseball.He began his professional sports career as a soccer outside right in the National Association Football League and American Soccer League before becoming a catcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball...
  
  
• July 24 - Jim Lyle
  Jim Lyle
  James Charles Lyle was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season with the Washington Senators...
  
  
• July 30 - Paul Fitzke
  Paul Fitzke
  Paul Robert Fitzke was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cleveland Indians for one season. He played on one game during the 1924 Cleveland Indians season, pitching four innings on September 1, 1924....
  
  
• July 31 - Heinie Scheer
  Heinie Scheer
  Henry William "Heinie" Scheer was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1922 to 1923....
  
  

August

• August 12 - Spence Harris
• August 16 - Billy Rhiel
• August 17 - Elmer Pence
  Elmer Pence
  Elmer Clair Pence was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1922.-External links:...
  
  

September

• September 1 - Hub Pruett
  Hub Pruett
  Hubert Shelby "Shucks" Pruett , was a professional baseball left-handed pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1922-1932. He acquired the nickname "Shucks" because that was the strongest word in his vocabulary. He would play for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, and Boston...
  
  
• September 2 - Joe Heving
  Joe Heving
  Joseph William Heving was a professional baseball player. Heving played as a pitcher for the New York Giants, Chicago White Sox , Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves .In 1944, Heving led all American League pitchers in appearances with 63, despite being the only grandfather...
  
  
• September 5 - Ike Kamp
  Ike Kamp
  Alphonse Francis Kamp is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played two seasons with the Boston Braves from 1924 to 1925.-External links:...
  
  
• September 5 - Merv Shea
  Merv Shea
  Mervyn John Shea was a catcher for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , St...
  
  
• September 15 - Bud Clancy
  Bud Clancy
  John William Clancy was a first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1924-1934.-External links:...
  
  
• September 15 - Roy Meeker
  Roy Meeker
  Charles Roy Meeker was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of three seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cincinnati Reds...
  
  
• September 17 - Hughie Critz
  Hughie Critz
  Hugh Melville Critz was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1920s and the New York Giants in the 1930s.-Career overview:...
  
  
• September 17 - Roy Luebbe
  Roy Luebbe
  Roy John Luebbe was a Major League Baseball catcher. Luebbe played for the New York Yankees in . In 8 career games, he had no hits in 15 at-bats. He batted right and left and threw right-handed....
  
  
• September 19 - Jim Wright
  Jim Wright (1920s pitcher)
  James Wright was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the St. Louis Browns from 1927 to 1928, playing in four career games....
  
  
• September 21 - John Bogart
  John Bogart (baseball)
  John Renzie Bogart was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers in .-External links:...
  
  
• September 22 - Bud Heine
  Bud Heine
  William Henry "Bud" Heine was a professional baseball player whose career spanned four seasons, which included one in Major League Baseball with the New York Giants . In the majors, Heine had two at-bats, while playing second base in the field. The majority of his career was spent in the minor...
  
  
• September 23 - Lefty Stewart
  Lefty Stewart
  Walter Cleveland "Lefty" Stewart was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball between 1921 and 1935. He played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, and Cleveland Indians.-External links:...
  
  

October

• October 3 - Red Dorman
  Red Dorman
  Charles Dwight "Red" Dorman was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Indians for 28 games during the 1928 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
  
• October 9 - Freddy Spurgeon
  Freddy Spurgeon
  Fred Spurgeon was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played for four seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1924 to 1927. He was the starting second baseman during the 1926 Cleveland Indians season and led the league in sacrifice hits with 35 and outs with 470.-External links:...
  
  
• October 13 - Heinie Odom
  Heinie Odom
  Herman Boyd "Heinie" Odom was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played a single game with the New York Yankees in 1925. He was born and died in Rusk, Texas. He was born Herman Boyd, and later changed his name.After attending the University of Texas, Odom played his only major...
  
  
• October 16 - Nick Cullop
  Nick Cullop (outfielder)
  Henry Nicholas Cullop was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball during the 1920s and 1930s. Cullop was better known, however, as a feared batsman in minor league baseball and as a longtime manager at the minor league level. He is the all-time minor league RBI king...
  
  
• October 16 - Goose Goslin
  Goose Goslin
  Leon Allen "Goose" Goslin was a left fielder in Major League Baseball known for his powerful left-handed swing and dependable clutch hitting. He played 18 seasons with the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, and Detroit Tigers, from until...
  
  
• October 17 - Ernie Wingard
  Ernie Wingard
  Ernest James Wingard was a major league pitcher for the St. Louis Browns. He started 77 games and relieved in 68 from 1924-27. In his rookie season, his 3.51 ERA was 10th best in the American League.He also played in the minor leagues through 1941....
  
  
• October 19 - Herb Welch
  Herb Welch (baseball)
  Herbert M. Welch [Dutch] was a backup shortstop in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 5' 6", 154 lb., Welch batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• October 20 - Jimmy Uchrinscko
  Jimmy Uchrinscko
  James Emerson Uchrinscko was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He appeared in three games for the Washington Senators in . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. His height was 6'0 and weighed 180 pounds. He made his major league debut on July 20, and his final game was 7 days later on July...
  
  
• October 22 - Bill Bishop
  Bill Bishop (1920s pitcher)
  William Henry Bishop was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• October 22 - Jumbo Elliott
  Jumbo Elliott (baseball)
  James Thomas "Jumbo" Elliott was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher, playing in the major leagues over parts of ten seasons with the St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Robins, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves. He was the National League wins leader in 1931 with...
  
  
• October 24 - Ossie Bluege
  Ossie Bluege
  Oswald Louis "Ossie" Bluege was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Washington Senators from 1922 through 1939...
  
  
• October 27 - Red Proctor
• October 28 - Johnny Neun
  Johnny Neun
  John Henry Neun was an American first baseman for the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Braves from 1925 to 1931.-Career:...
  
  
• October 31 - Cal Hubbard
  Cal Hubbard
  Robert Calvin Hubbard was a professional American football player and later an umpire in Major League Baseball, and is a member of three major sports halls of fame...
  
  

November

• November 5 - Pete Donohue
  Pete Donohue
  Peter Joseph Donohue was a right-handed starting pitcher with a 12-year career from 1921 to 1932. He played for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, both of the National League, and the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox of the American League...
  
  
• November 11 - Boob Fowler
  Boob Fowler
  Joseph Chester "Boob" Fowler was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox . He stood 5'11½" and weighed 180 lbs....
  
  
• November 12 - Herm Merritt
  Herm Merritt
  Herman G. Merritt was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played 20 games for the Detroit Tigers in 1921. Born in Independence, Kansas, Merritt made his major league debut on August 24, 1921, and replaced Donie Bush as the Tigers' shortstop for the last month of the 1921 season...
  
  
• November 17 - Ossie Orwoll
  Ossie Orwoll
  Oswald Christian Orwoll is a former pitcher & first baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics who had a career 6-7 record in 39 games pitched and a .294 batting average in 94 games. He was part of Connie Mack's 1929 World Series team, but did not appear in any games...
  
  
• November 18 - Jim Marquis
  Jim Marquis
  James Milburn Marquis was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Marquis played for the New York Yankees during the season. In two games, he had a 0-0 record with a 9.82 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Yoakum, Texas and died in Jackson, California-External links:*...
  
  
• November 18 - Vince Shields
  Vince Shields
  Vincent William Shields was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1924.-External links:...
  
  
• November 26 - John Churry
  John Churry
  John Churry was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs from 1924 to 1927.-References:...
  
  

December

• December 1 - Eppie Barnes
  Eppie Barnes
  Everett Duane "Eppie" Barnes was an American baseball player. He played as an infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1923 and 1924 baseball seasons.-External links:**...
  
  
• December 1 - Mike Cvengros
  Mike Cvengros
  Michael John Cvengros was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, between and , for the New York Giants, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs. After his major league career, he played in the minor leagues until , mostly for the...
  
  
• December 8 - Mose Solomon
• December 10 - Roy Carlyle
  Roy Carlyle
  Roy Edward Carlyle was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Washington Senators , Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees . Carlyle batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• December 14 - Harry Wilke
  Harry Wilke
  Henry Joseph Wilke was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs in 1927.-External links:...
  
  
• December 16 - Tony Kaufmann
  Tony Kaufmann
  Anthony Charles Kaufmann born in Chicago, Illinois was a professional baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs , Philadelphia Phillies , St...
  
  
• December 17 - Karl Swanson
  Karl Swanson
  Karl Edward Swanson was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox.-External links:...
  
  
• December 19 - Wally Gilbert
  Wally Gilbert (baseball)
  Walter John Gilbert , is a former professional baseball player who played third base from 1928-1932 with the Brooklyn Robins and Cincinnati Reds. He attended Valparaiso University.-External links:...
  
  
• December 19 - Tex Jeanes
  Tex Jeanes
  Ernest Lee "Tex" Jeanes was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for five seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1921 to 1922, the Washington Senators from 1925 to 1926, and the New York Giants in 1927. His uncle was Hall of Famer Tris Speaker.-External links:...
  
  
• December 20 - Gabby Hartnett
  Gabby Hartnett
  Charles Leo "Gabby" Hartnett was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played almost his entire career in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago Cubs. Until the career of Johnny Bench, Hartnett was considered the greatest catcher in the history of the National League...
  
  
• December 21 - Doc Hamann
• December 23 - Danny Taylor
  Danny Taylor
  Daniel Turney Taylor was a Major League Baseball outfielder from 1926-1936. He played with the Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers. He died on October 11, 1972.-External links:...
  
  
• December 28 - Ted Lyons
• December 31 - Syl Johnson
  Syl Johnson
  Syl Johnson is an American blues and soul singer and record producer.-Biography:Born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States, Johnson sang and played with blues artists Magic Sam, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and Howlin' Wolf in the 1950s, before recording with Jimmy Reed...
  
  

Deaths

• January 9 - Henry Kessler
  Henry Kessler
  Henry Kessler was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly shortstop for the Brooklyn Atlantics of the National Association and the Cincinnati Reds of the National League.-External links:...
  
  , 53, shortstop who hit .253 for the Brooklyn Atlantics and Cincinnati Reds from 1873 to 1877.

• January 19 - Marty Bergen, 28, catcher for the Boston Beaneaters since 1896 who batted .280 for the 1898 championship team

• January 21 - Jim Rogers, 27, played two seasons and managed one from 1896 to 1897.

• February 7 - "Brewery Jack" Taylor, 26, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds (among others), who had three 20-win seasons from 1894-'96, and led the National League in games and innings in the 1898 season.

• February 23 - Nate Berkenstock
  Nate Berkenstock
  Nathan "Nate" Berkenstock was the earliest-born professional baseball player, nearly four years older than the next-"oldest" player, Harry Wright, who born in 1835 and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Berkenstock played in just one pro league game: the game that decided the first...
  
  , 69[?], played right field for one game with the 1871 Philadelphia Athletics.

• March 31 - Foghorn Bradley
  Foghorn Bradley
  George H. "Foghorn" Bradley was an American umpire in Major League Baseball for six full seasons who was born in Medford, Massachusetts. He also played one season in the National League.-Playing career:...
  
  , 44, pitcher for the 1876 Boston Red Caps who went on to umpire for six major league seasons.

• April 28 - Walter Plock
  Walter Plock
  Walter S. Plock was an American professional baseball player, who appeared in two games for the 1891 Philadelphia Phillies. In six at bats, he collected two hits, and scored two runs. In addition to his short stint as a Major League Baseball player, he played in six minor league seasons...
  
  , 30, center fielder for the 1891 Philadelphia Phillies.

• May 14 - Billy Taylor, 45[?], player for seven seasons, mostly as a pitcher and outfielder, from 1881 to 1887.

• May 15 - John Traffley
  John Traffley
  John M. Traffley was an American professional baseball player who played for the 1889 Louisville Colonels. He appeared in one game for the Colonels, on June 15, 1889 as an outfielder. His brother, Bill Traffley, also played professional baseball. He got his chance to play for the Colonels because...
  
  , 38[?], right fielder who appeared in two games with the 1889 Louisville Colonels.

• May 31 - Tom Patterson
  Tom Patterson (baseball)
  Thomas W. H. Patterson was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played from 1871-1875.-Sources:*...
  
  , 55[?], outfielder for four seasons in the National Association.

• June 1 - Charlie Gray
  Charlie Gray
  Charles A. Gray , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the National League.-External links:...
  
  , 36[?], pitcher who went 1-4 for the 1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys.

• June 12 - Mox McQuery
  Mox McQuery
  William Thomas "Mox" McQuery was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He played for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association, the Detroit Wolverines and the Kansas City Cowboys , both of the National League, and the Syracuse Stars and Washington Statesmen , both of the American...
  
  , 38, first baseman who hit .271 with 13 home runs and 160 RBI in 417 games, and the National League in putouts in 1886.

• June 13 - Frank Fleet
  Frank Fleet
  Frank H. Fleet was a Major League Baseball player in the 19th century.-Sources:...
  
  , 52[?], utility player for five seasons in the National Association.

• July 15 - Billy Barnie
  Billy Barnie
  William Harrison Barnie , nicknamed "Bald Billy," was an American manager and catcher in Major League Baseball. Born in New York City, he played as a right fielder in the National Association in 1874-1875...
  
  , 47, manager of the Orioles from 1883 to 1891, and later of three other teams; pilot of Hartford team in Eastern League since 1899.

• July 22 - Harry Jacoby
  Harry Jacoby (baseball)
  Harry M. Jacoby was a professional baseball player in the American Association for 1882 & 1885 Baltimore Orioles.-External links:...
  
  , [?], infielder/outfielder for two seasons with the Baltimore Orioles of the American Association.

• July 24 - Fred Zahner
  Fred Zahner
  Frederick Joseph Zahner was a Major League Baseball catcher who played with the Louisville Colonels in 1894 and 1895. He died at the age of 30 when he fell out of a boat and drowned in Louisville, Kentucky.-External links:...
  
  , 30, backup catcher who hit .214 with the Louisville Colonels from 1894-'95.

• August 24 - John Puhl
  John Puhl
  John G. Puhl was an American professional baseball player from Brooklyn, New York who appeared in three games over two seasons with the New York Giants from 1898 to 1899....
  
  , 24, third baseman who played briefly for the New York Giants in 1898 and 1899.

• September 14 - Ed Knouff
  Ed Knouff
  Edward "Fred" Knouff , was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1885 to 1889. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Orioles, and Cleveland Blues....
  
  , 33, pitcher/outfielder who posted a 20-20 record and hit a .187 average in the American Association from 1885 to 1889.

• October 7 - Bill Phillips
  Bill Phillips (first baseman)
  William B. "Bill" Phillips , also known as Silver Bill, was a Canadian professional baseball first baseman from the mid-1870s until the late 1880s...
  
  , 43, first baseman for Cleveland and Brooklyn who was the first Canadian in the major leagues; batted. 302 in 1885.

• October 9 - Harry Wheeler
  Harry Wheeler
  Harry Eugene Wheeler was an American 19th century Major League Baseball player from Versailles, Indiana. A well travelled player, he played for eight different teams in three different leagues during his six seasons.-Career:...
  
  , 42, pitcher and outfielder for eight different teams between 1878 and 1884.

• December 14 - Jim Devlin
  Jim Devlin (pitcher)
  James H. "Jim" Devlin , was an American professional baseball player who played pitcher in the major leagues from to three different clubs; the New York Giants and Philadelphia Quakers of the National League, and the St...
  
  , 34, pitcher who posted a 11-10 record with a 3.38 ERA for the New York Giants, Philadelphia Quakers and St. Louis Browns from 1886 to 1889.