Champions

• World Series
  1906 World Series
  - Game 1 :Tuesday, October 9, 1906 at West Side Grounds in Chicago, IllinoisCubs hurler Mordecai Brown was sent to continue the dominance against Nick Altrock. Both pitchers pitched a perfect game through three innings. The Cubs had a runner at second, but couldn't score in the fourth...
  
  : 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...
  
   over Chicago Cubs
  Chicago Cubs
  The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
  
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Events

• May 1 – 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...
  
   pitcher Johnny Lush
  Johnny Lush
  John Charles Lush , was a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1904-1910. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies.On May 1, 1906, while with the Phillies, Lush no-hit the Brooklyn Superbas 6-0...
  
   pitched a no hitter in a 6–0 win over the Brooklyn Superbas.

• May 8 – Philadelphia Athletics
  Oakland Athletics
  The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
  
   manager Connie Mack
  Connie Mack (baseball)
  Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr. , better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he holds records for wins , losses , and games managed , with his victory total being almost 1,000 more...
  
   needed a substitute outfielder in the sixth inning of a game against the Boston Pilgrims and called on pitcher Chief Bender
  Chief Bender
  Charles Albert "Chief" Bender was a pitcher in Major League Baseball during the first two decades of the 20th century...
  
   to fill in. Bender hit two home runs, both inside the park.

• July 4 – Mordecai Brown
  Mordecai Brown
  Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown , nicknamed "Three Finger" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher at the turn of the 20th century. Due to a farm-machinery accident in his youth, Brown lost parts of two fingers on his right hand and eventually acquired his nickname as a result...
  
   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...
  
   defeats Lefty Leifield
  Lefty Leifield
  Albert Peter "Lefty" Leifield , was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1905-1920. He played for the St. Louis Browns, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs.-Baseball career:...
  
   of 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...
  
   1-0, in the first game of a doubleheader, in which both pitchers throw a 1-hitter. Leifield collects the Pirates only hit off Brown and loses his own bid for a no-hitter by giving up a single in the 9th inning that ends up scoring the only run of the game.

• July 20 – Mal Eason
  Mal Eason
  Malcolm Wayne Eason was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Orphans , Boston Beaneaters , Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Superbas . Eason batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Brookville, Pennsylvania.From 1901-02 Eason went 8-17 and 10-12, while pitching...
  
   tosses a no hitter for the Brooklyn Superbas, as they defeat 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...
  
  , 2-0.

• August 1 – Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Harry McIntire
  Harry McIntire
  John Reid McIntire was born in Dayton, Ohio and was a Pitcher for the Brooklyn Superbas , Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds .He helped the Cubs win the 1910 National League Pennant....
  
   would not allow a hit to the Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
  
   through 10 innings, only to allow a single with two outs in the 11th inning. McIntire would allow three more hits before the Pirates outlasted the Superbas, 1-0, in 13 innings.

• August 3 – At Sportsman's Park, Long Tom Hughes
  Long Tom Hughes
  Thomas James Hughes was a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From through , Hughes played for the Chicago Orphans , Baltimore Orioles , Boston Americans , New York Highlanders and Washington Senators . He debuted on September 7, 1900, and played his final game on October 3,...
  
   of the Washington Senators and Fred Glade
  Fred Glade
  Frederick Monroe Glade was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1902 through 1908, Glade played for the Chicago Orphans , St. Louis Browns and New York Highlanders . A native of Dubuque, Iowa, he batted and threw right-handed...
  
   of the St. Louis Browns entered the 10th inning with a scoreless tie, until Hughes decided the game with a solo home run to a 1–0 victory, becoming the first pitcher in major league history to pitch a shutout and hit a home run which accounted for the only run in the game.

• September 1 – The Philadelphia A's Jack Coombs
  Jack Coombs
  John Wesley "Jack" Coombs , nicknamed Colby Jack after his alma mater, was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Philadelphia Athletics , Brooklyn Robins , and Detroit Tigers...
  
   and the Boston Pilgrims' Joe Harris each pitch all 24 innings of the A's 4–1 victory over the Pilgrims at Boston’s Huntingdon Avenue Grounds. Coombs and Harris still hold 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...
  
   record. The major league record is held by the Brooklyn Dodgers' Leon Cadore
  Leon Cadore
  Leon "Caddy" Joseph Cadore was a right-handed American pitcher from 1915 - 1924. Cadore shares a MLB record for the most innings pitched in a single game . In 1920, both Cadore and Joe Oeschger pitched all 26 innings for their respective teams in a game that was eventually called a tie due to...
  
   and Boston Braves
  Atlanta Braves
  The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
  
  ' Joe Oeschger
  Joe Oeschger
  Joseph Carl Oeschger was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 12 seasons from 1914 to 1925. After starting his career with the Philadelphia Phillies, Oeschger was traded to the New York Giants...
  
  , who battled to a 26-inning, 1–1 deadlock on May 1, .

• October 14 – In perhaps the greatest upset in World Series
  1906 World Series
  - Game 1 :Tuesday, October 9, 1906 at West Side Grounds in Chicago, IllinoisCubs hurler Mordecai Brown was sent to continue the dominance against Nick Altrock. Both pitchers pitched a perfect game through three innings. The Cubs had a runner at second, but couldn't score in the fourth...
  
   history, 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...
  
   (93 wins) defeated 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...
  
   (116 wins), 8–3, in Game 5, winning the World Championship
  World championship
  A world championship is the top achievement for any sport or contest. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best nation, team, individual in the world in a particular field. Certain sports do not have a world championship, instead...
  
  , four games to two, despite hitting only .198 and committing 15 errors in the series.

January

• January 3 – Gus Suhr
  Gus Suhr
  August Richard "Gus" Suhr was a Major League Baseball first baseman. Suhr was born in San Francisco, California, USA...
  
  
• January 4 – Blondy Ryan
  Blondy Ryan
  John Collins "Blondy" Ryan was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who is remembered primarily for his fielding and his starring for the New York Giants' 1933 World Series winners. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, he was signed by the Chicago White Sox in 1930 as an amateur free agent...
  
  
• January 19 – Rip Radcliff
  Rip Radcliff
  Raymond Allen Radcliff was a Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played mainly for the Chicago White Sox, but also played for the St. Louis Browns and the Detroit Tigers. His best season came in when he batted .342 and finished 9th in AL MVP voting...
  
  
• January 21 – Glenn Chapman
  Glenn Chapman
  Glenn Justice Chapman was an American Major League Baseball player. He played in 67 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1934 season.-External links:...
  
  
• January 24 – Stu Clarke
• January 26 – Charlie Gelbert
  Charlie Gelbert
  Charles Magnus Gelbert was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball for the St...
  
  
• January 28 – Lyn Lary
  Lyn Lary
  Lynford Hobart Lary was a shortstop in Major League Baseball from through , primarily for the New York Yankees. Lary batted and threw right-handed...
  
  

February

• February 7 Art Jones
• February 8 – Bruce Caldwell
  Bruce Caldwell
  Disambiguation: for the economic historian, see Bruce Caldwell Bruce Caldwell was an outfielder and first baseman for the Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Dodgers as well as an American football running back in the National Football League for the New York Giants...
  
  
• February 13 – Harry Kelley
  Harry Kelley (baseball)
  Harry Leroy Kelley was a Major League Baseball pitcher from through and again from until . In between, he pitched mainly for the Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association. He was born in 1906 in the town of Parkin, Arkansas, and died there in 1958....
  
  
• February 15 – Bob Cremins
  Bob Cremins
  Robert Anthony Cremins was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1927 season. Listed at 5' 11", 178 lb., Cremins batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Pelham Manor, New York.In four relief appearances, Cremins posted a 5.04 earned run...
  
  
• February 26 – Joe Graves
  Joe Graves
  Joseph Ebenezer Graves was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs in 1926.-External links:...
  
  
• February 27 – Leroy Herrmann
  Leroy Herrmann
  Leroy George Herrmann , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues between 1932 and 1935 ; he played for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• February 28 – Al Baker
  Al Baker (baseball)
  Albert Jones Baker was a pitcher who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb., Baker batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• February 28 – Pete Daglia
  Pete Daglia
  Peter George Daglia was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played one season for the Chicago White Sox.-External links:...
  
  

March

• March 2 – Woody English
  Woody English
  Elwood George "Woody" English was an American shortstop who played in Major League Baseball for twelve seasons with the Chicago Cubs and the Brooklyn Dodgers.- Early life :...
  
  
• March 2 – Mike Powers
  Mike Powers
  Ellis Foree Powers was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians in 1932 and 1933. Born in Toddspoint, Kentucky, he died at age 77 in Louisville, Kentucky.-External links:...
  
  
• March 9 – Hughie Wise
  Hughie Wise
  Hugh Edward Wise was an American professional baseball catcher, manager and scout. A native of Campbellsville, Kentucky, Wise attended Purdue University...
  
  
• March 10 – Art Herring
  Art Herring
  Arthur L. Herring born in Altus, Oklahoma was a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers , Brooklyn Dodgers , Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates ....
  
  
• March 11 – Bill Lawrence
  Bill Lawrence (baseball)
  William Henry Lawrence was a professional baseball player. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers in 1932, primarily as an outfielder....
  
  
• March 12 – Rusty Saunders
  Rusty Saunders
  Russell Collier "Rusty" Saunders , was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed. Saunders had a .133 batting average in five games, two hits in 15 at-bats, in his one year career...
  
  
• March 12 – Bud Tinning
  Bud Tinning
  Lyle Forrest "Bud" Tinning was a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930s.-Early Minor League Career:...
  
  
• March 13 – Ike Powers
  Ike Powers
  John "Ike" Lloyd Powers was an American professional baseball player who played two seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics from through . He was born in Hancock, Maryland and died there at the age of 62....
  
  
• March 16 – Lloyd Waner
  Lloyd Waner
  Lloyd James Waner , nicknamed "Little Poison", was a Major League Baseball center fielder. His small stature at 5'9" and 132 lb made him one of the smallest players of his era. Along with his brother, Paul Waner, he anchored the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield throughout the 1920s and 1930s...
  
  
• March 17 – Hy Vandenberg
  Hy Vandenberg
  Harold Harris "Hy" Vandenberg born in Abilene, Kansas was a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox , New York Giants and Chicago Cubs ....
  
  
• March 21 – Shanty Hogan
  Shanty Hogan
  James Francis "Shanty" Hogan was a Major League Baseball catcher from 1925 to 1937. Hogan was listed at 6'1", 240 pounds — an exceptionally large player, especially for his era. Due to this, there are many anecdotes relating to Hogan and food...
  
  
• March 22 – Marv Owen
  Marv Owen
  Marvin James Owen was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played nine seasons in the American League with the Detroit Tigers , Chicago White Sox , and Boston Red Sox ....
  
  
• March 22 – Moose Solters
  Moose Solters
  Julius Joseph "Moose" Solters was a major league outfielder between 1934 and 1943.-Career:...
  
  
• March 22 – Overton Tremper
  Overton Tremper
  Carlton Overton Tremper , is a former professional baseball player who played outfield for the Brooklyn Robins in the 1927 & 1928 seasons. He attended college at the University of Pennsylvania.-External links:...
  
  
• March 24 – Pat Veltman
  Pat Veltman
  Pat Veltman played pro baseball from 1926 to 1934. He played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, Boston Braves, and Pittsburgh Pirates. He never played as a starter, the most at bats he collected in one season was 28 in 1934. The other seasons he had less than 4 at bats, many he only had...
  
  
• March 27 – Fred Tauby
  Fred Tauby
  Frederick Joseph "Fred" Tauby , was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played in and with the Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies. He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  

April

• April 2 – Bob Way
  Bob Way
  Robert Clinton "Bob" Way was a Major League Baseball player who played in with the Chicago White Sox.Way played in 5 games, going 1-3.He was born in Emlenton, Pennsylvania and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
  
  
• April 6 – Benny Frey
  Benny Frey
  Benjamin Rudolph Frey was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1929-36, playing primarily with the Cincinnati Reds. Born in Dexter, Michigan, Frey appeared in 256 major league baseball games and had a lifetime record of 57-82 in 1160 innings pitched...
  
  
• April 10 – Howdy Groskloss
  Howdy Groskloss
  Howard Hoffman "Howdy" Groskloss was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates . Groskloss batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• April 13 – Roxie Lawson
  Roxie Lawson
  Alfred Voyle "Roxie" Lawson was a Major League Baseball player.After attending Iowa Wesleyan College, Roxie Lawson played nine Major League seasons as a right-handed pitcher with the Cleveland Indians , Detroit Tigers , and St. Louis Browns...
  
  
• April 16 – Tommy Sewell
  Tommy Sewell
  Thomas Wesley Sewell , was an American professional baseball player who played in with the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball.Sewell played in 1 game, going 0-1....
  
  
• April 17 – Eddie Delker
  Eddie Delker
  Edward Alberts Delker is a former Major League Baseball infielder. Delker made his debut for the St. Louis Cardinals on April 18, 1929. After playing for the Cardinals for two and a half years, his contract was purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• April 23 – Ray Starr
  Ray Starr
  Raymond Francis Starr , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1932-1945. He would play for the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• April 24 – Red Worthington
  Red Worthington
  Robert Lee Worthington was a Major League Baseball player. He played four seasons with the Boston Braves and St. Louis Cardinals .-External links:...
  
  

May

• May 7 – Syd Cohen
  Syd Cohen
  Sydney Harry Cohen was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Washington Senators from 1934–1937. In 1934, he gave up Babe Ruth's 708th home run, his last as a member of the New York Yankees. He managed in the minor leagues for many years afterwards.Cohen was Jewish. He was the...
  
  
• May 10 – Gene Connell
  Gene Connell
  Eugene Joseph Connell was a professional baseball player in 1931 for the Philadelphia Phillies. He played six games as a catcher, having 12 at-bats and 3 hits, and scoring 1 run. He never made an error behind the plate....
  
  
• May 12 – Charlie Butler
  Charlie Butler (baseball)
  Charles Thomas "Charlie" Butler was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Butler played for the Philadelphia Phillies from . In 1 career game, he had a 0-0 record with a 9.00 ERA. He batted right and threw left-handed....
  
  
• May 17 – Al Eckert
  Al Eckert
  Al Eckert was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He first played with the Cincinnati Reds in 1930 and 1931. Later in his career, he would play with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1935.-References:...
  
  
• May 21 – Hank Johnson
  Hank Johnson (baseball)
  Henry Ward Johnson was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between the 1925 and 1939 seasons. Listed at 5 ft 11 in, 175 lb, Johnson batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• May 23 – Pat Creeden
  Pat Creeden
  Patrick Francis Creeden was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox in 1931. Listed at 5' 8", Weight 175 lb., Creeden batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• May 23 – Willis Hudlin
  Willis Hudlin
  George Willis Hudlin was born in Wagoner, Oklahoma and was a Major League Baseball pitcher for, most notably, the Cleveland Indians from to...
  
  
• May 25 – Martín Dihigo
  Martín Dihigo
  Martín Magdaleno Dihigo Llanos was a Cuban player in baseball's Negro leagues and Latin American leagues who excelled at several positions, primarily as a pitcher and second baseman...
  
  
• May 30 – Hugh Willingham
  Hugh Willingham
  Thomas Hugh Willingham was an infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  

June

• June 4 – Doc Marshall
  Doc Marshall (infielder)
  Edward Harbert "Doc" Marshall was an infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Giants from 1929 to 1932.-External links:...
  
  
• June 15 – Monte Weaver
  Monte Weaver
  Montie Morton Weaver was a Major League Baseball player who played as a pitcher from 1931-1939...
  
  
• June 19 – Buck Stanton
  Buck Stanton
  George Washington "Buck" Stanton was an American Major League Baseball player who played for the St. Louis Browns in . He was used as a pinch hitter in twelve of his thirteen games.-External links:*...
  
  
• June 21 – Russ Van Atta
  Russ Van Atta
  Russell "Sheriff" Van Atta is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born on June 21, 1906 in Augusta, New Jersey. As a 6', 184 pound left-hander, Van Atta chose to attend Penn State University.-Rookie season:...
  
  
• June 21 – Randy Moore
  Randy Moore
  Randolph Edward Moore born in Naples, Texas was an Outfielder for Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox , Boston Braves , Brooklyn Dodgers and St...
  
  
• June 21 – Art Smith
• June 23 – Ray Foley
  Ray Foley (baseball)
  Raymond Kirwin Foley was a Major League Baseball player.Foley appeared in two MLB games for the 1928 New York Giants, both times as a pinch hitter.-External links:...
  
  
• June 25 – Joe Kuhel
  Joe Kuhel
  Joseph Anthony Kuhel was a first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. From 1930 through 1946, Kuhel played for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox . He batted and threw left-handed. Following his playing career, Kuhel managed the Washington Senators...
  
  
• June 27 – Dick Terwilliger
  Dick Terwilliger
  Richard Martin Terwilliger was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1932.-External links:...
  
  

July

• July 7 – Satchel Paige
  Satchel Paige
  Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige was an American baseball player whose pitching in the Negro leagues and in Major League Baseball made him a legend in his own lifetime...
  
  
• July 9 – Dick Bass
  Dick Bass (baseball)
  Richard William "Dick" Bass was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Bass played for the Washington Senators in . In 1 career game, he had a 0-1 record, with a 6.75 ERA. He batted right and threw left-handed....
  
  
• July 9 – Johnny Vergez
  Johnny Vergez
  Jean Louis Vergez was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, from until , for the New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals. Following his major league career, he continued to play in the Pacific Coast League until .Vergez...
  
  
• July 10 – Hal McKain
  Hal McKain
  Harold Le Roy McKain was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for five seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians in 1927 and the Chicago White Sox from 1929 to 1932.-External links:...
  
  
• July 10 – Ad Liska
  Ad Liska
  Adolph James Liska was a baseball pitcher who played five years in Major League Baseball and 14 for the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• July 19 – 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:...
  
  
• July 28 – Ray Dobens
  Ray Dobens
  Raymond Joseph Dobens [Lefty] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1929 season. Listed at 5' 8", 175 lb, Dobens batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Nashua, New Hampshire.Dobens recorded a 3.81 ERA with four strikeouts and 28 ⅓...
  
  
• July 30 – Johnnie Tyler
  Johnnie Tyler
  John Anthony Tyler , was a Major League Baseball player who played outfielder for the Boston Braves from to .-External links:...
  
  

August

• August 1 – Frank Bushey
  Frank Bushey
  Francis Clyde Bushey was a pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox . Bushey batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Wheaton, Kansas....
  
  
• August 2 – Bill Posedel
  Bill Posedel
  William John Posedel , nicknamed "Barnacle Bill," was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves from 1938–1941 and in 1946....
  
  
• August 6 – Ed Crowley
  Ed Crowley
  Edgar Jewell Crowley was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He appeared in two games for the Washington Senators in , going hitless in one at bat.-External links:...
  
  
• August 6 – Chad Kimsey
  Chad Kimsey
  Clyde Elias "Chad" Kimsey was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, between and , for the St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, and Detroit Tigers. He was killed in a truck accident at age 36.-External links:...
  
  
• August 8 – Tot Pressnell
  Tot Pressnell
  Forest Charles Pressnell , was a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1938-1942. He pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs-External links:...
  
  
• August 13 – Cliff Garrison
  Cliff Garrison
  Clifford William Garrison was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Garrison batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Bellemont, Oklahoma.Garrison posted a 7.88 ERA with six walks and 16.0 innings of...
  
  
• August 13 – Carlos Moore
  Carlos Moore
  Carlos Whitman Moore is a former Major League Baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Moore had a listed weight of 180 pounds....
  
  
• August 13 – Art Shires
  Art Shires
  Charles Arthur Shires was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Boston Braves...
  
  
• August 13 – Kemp Wicker
  Kemp Wicker
  Kemp Caswell Wicker was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees from 1936 to 1938 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941. Whicker was born in Kernersville, North Carolina to Jasper Newton and Alice Crews Whicker. He played collegiately at North...
  
  
• August 15 – Red Peery
  Red Peery
  George Allan "Red" Peery was a professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1927 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and 1929 for the Boston Braves.-External links:...
  
  
• August 17 – Hub Walker
  Hub Walker
  Harvey Willos "Hub" Walker was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played five seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds . Born in Gulfport, Mississippi, Walker was the brother of Major League player, Gee Walker...
  
  
• August 19 – Tex Carleton
  Tex Carleton
  James Otto "Tex" Carleton was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1932 to 1940 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Brooklyn Dodgers. Carleton threw a no-hitter on April 30, 1940 when he was with the Dodgers. Only a year earlier he had been sold down to the minors and released...
  
  
• August 13 – Cliff Garrison
  Cliff Garrison
  Clifford William Garrison was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Garrison batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Bellemont, Oklahoma.Garrison posted a 7.88 ERA with six walks and 16.0 innings of...
  
  
• August 20 – Lee Riley
  Leon Riley
  Leon Francis Riley was an American player and manager in minor league baseball. During a playing career that stretched from 1927-42 and 1944-49, Riley appeared in 2,267 minor league games for 21 different teams, with a brief trial with the 1944 Philadelphia Phillies during the World War II...
  
  
• August 26 – Elmer Klumpp
  Elmer Klumpp
  Elmer Edward Klumpp was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators in 1934 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1937.-External links:...
  
  
• August 29 – Jonah Goldman
  Jonah Goldman
  Jonah John Goldman was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for three seasons. He played with the Cleveland Indians for seven games during the 1928 Cleveland Indians season, 111 games during the 1930 Cleveland Indians season, and 30 games during the 1931 Cleveland Indians season. He was...
  
  
• August 29 – Alex Hooks
  Alex Hooks
  Alexander Marcus Hooks was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• August 30 – Bob Friedrichs
  Bob Friedrichs
  Robert George Friedrichs was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators.-External links:...
  
  

September

• September 4 – Jim Mooney
  Jim Mooney (baseball)
  Jim Irving Mooney , was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from -. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  
• September 8 – Frank Stewart
• September 13 – Thornton Lee
  Thornton Lee
  Thornton Starr Lee , also nicknamed "Lefty", was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians , Chicago White Sox and New York Giants . Lee batted and threw left-handed. He is the father of pitcher Don Lee, a former big leaguer.-Career:Lee was born in Sonoma,...
  
  
• September 13 – Jim Levey
  Jim Levey
  James Julius "Jim" Levey was a Jewish Major League Baseball shortstop who played from 1930 to 1933 for the St. Louis Browns. His professional career began in 1927...
  
  
• September 15 – Charlie Biggs
• September 15 – Tip Tobin
• September 19 – Cap Clark
  Cap Clark
  John Carrol "Cap" Clark was a catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. Born in Snow Camp, North Carolina, Clark graduated from Elon University in 1927. In , his only year in Major League Baseball, he played fifty-two games for the Phillies, twenty-nine of them as the starting catcher...
  
  
• September 27 – John Smith
  John Marshall Smith
  John Marshall Smith was an utility player in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6'1", 180 lb., Smith was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He was born in Washington, D.C.Smith appeared in four career games with Boston basically...
  
  
• September 28 – Dick Barrett
  Dick Barrett
  Tracy Souter Barrett [Kewpie Dick] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Braves , Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 5' 9", 175 lb., Barrett batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 30 – Frank Lamanske
  Frank Lamanske
  Frank James Lamanske was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in two games for the 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers, working 3.7 innings and allowing five hits and three runs....
  
  

October

• October 5 – Si Johnson
  Si Johnson
  Silas Kenneth Johnson born in Danway near Ottawa, Illinois was a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds , St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves ....
  
  
• October 11 – Tom Carey
  Tom Carey (second baseman)
  Thomas Francis Aloysius Carey was a second baseman who played in Major League Baseball between and . Carey batted and threw right-handed. He was nicknamed "Scoops"....
  
  
• October 12 – Joe Cronin
  Joe Cronin
  Joseph Edward Cronin was a Major League Baseball shortstop and manager.During a 20-year playing career, he played from 1926–45 for three different teams, primarily for the Boston Red Sox. Cronin was a major league manager from 1933–47...
  
  
• October 15 – Sammy Byrd
  Sammy Byrd
  Samuel Dewey Byrd was an American professional baseball player and professional golfer. He went by both "Sammy" and "Sam"....
  
  
• October 17 – Paul Derringer
  Paul Derringer
  Samuel Paul Derringer was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three National League teams from 1931 to 1945, primarily the Cincinnati Reds....
  
  
• October 18 – Wally Millies
  Wally Millies
  Walter Louis Millies was a major league baseball player and scout and a minor league manager....
  
  
• October 24 – Pete McClanahan
• October 28 – Ed Clough
  Ed Clough
  Edgar George Clough was an outfielder and pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...
  
  
• October 30 – Roy Joiner
  Roy Joiner
  Roy Merrill Joiner , is a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1934 to 1940. He played for the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants....
  
  

November

• November 1 – Pete Rambo
  Pete Rambo
  Warren Dawson "Pete" Rambo was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• November 1 – Heinie Schuble
  Heinie Schuble
  Henry George "Heinie" Schuble was a Major League Baseball infielder who played seven seasons in the major leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers .-Playing career:...
  
  
• November 2 – Tim McKeithan
  Tim McKeithan
  Emmett James "Tim" McKeithan was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed.-External links:...
  
  
• November 7 – Alan Strange
  Alan Strange
  Alan Cochrane "Inky" Strange is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. He was born on November 7, 1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a baseball player, he threw and batted right-handed, and was 5'9" in height and 162 pounds in weight...
  
  
• November 9 – Fred Brickell
  Fred Brickell
  George Frederick Brickell was an outfielder in Major League Baseball for eight seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies....
  
  
• November 11 – George Detore
  George DeTore
  George Francis DeTore was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for two seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1930 to 1931.-External links:...
  
  
• November 12 – Red Evans
  Red Evans
  Russell Edison "Red" Evans was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago White Sox.-Career:...
  
  
• November 15 – Gene Rye
  Gene Rye
  Eugene Rudolph Rye [Half Pint] was a utility player in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 5'6", 165 lb., Rye batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• November 16 – Ab Wright
  Ab Wright
  Albert Owen Wright was a Major League Baseball outfielder and a National Football League running back. He went to college at Oklahoma State University, then played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in the NFL in 1930...
  
  
• November 17 – Rollie Stiles
  Rollie Stiles
  Rolland Mays Stiles was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns from to . Born in Ratcliff, Arkansas, he batted and threw right-handed, and was 9-14 with an earned run average of 5.92 in his three seasons. Rollie attended Southeastern State...
  
  
• November 20 – Joe Ogrodowski
  Joe Ogrodowski
  Joseph Anthony Ogrodowski is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played one game with the Boston Braves on April 27, 1925. Ogrodowski gave up six earned runs on six hits and three walks in one inning of relief for the Braves in the 7th inning against the Brooklyn Robins in a 15-2...
  
  
• November 23 – Biggs Wehde
  Biggs Wehde
  Wilbur "Biggs" Wehde was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in and with the Chicago White Sox. He batted and threw right-handed.He was born in Holstein, Iowa and died in Sioux Falls, South Dakota....
  
  

December

• December 2 – Johnny Welch
  Johnny Welch
  Johnny Welch was a professional batter playing in Major League Baseball. He played in the majors for nine years. Welch is buried in St. Louis, Missouri.-Career:From 1926-1931, Johnny played for the Chicago Cubs...
  
  
• December 5 – Lin Storti
  Lin Storti
  Lindo Ivan Storti was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Browns from 1930 to 1933.-External links:...
  
  
• December 7 – Tony Piet
  Tony Piet
  Anthony Francis Piet was an infielder in Major League Baseball from 1931 to 1938...
  
  
• December 10 – Bots Nekola
  Bots Nekola
  Francis Joseph Nekola was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Nekola played for the New York Yankees in and the Detroit Tigers in . In 11 career games, he had a 0-0 record with a 5.85 ERA. He batted and threw left-handed.Following his playing career, he was the Boston Red Sox' longtime amateur...
  
  
• December 15 – Tom Kane
  Tom Kane (baseball)
  Thomas Joseph Kane was a professional baseball player. He was a second baseman for one season with the Boston Bees. For his career, he collected no hits in four at-bats....
  
  
• December 18 – Dick Coffman
  Dick Coffman
  Samuel Richard Coffman was a middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1927 through 1945, he played for the Washington Senators , St. Louis Browns , New York Giants , Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies . Coffman batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• December 19 – Tom Sullivan
  Tom Sullivan (catcher)
  Thomas Brandon Sullivan is a former Major League Baseball catcher. In 1925 he appeared in his one and only major league game for the Cincinnati Reds....
  
  
• December 28 – Tommy Bridges
  Tommy Bridges
  Thomas Jefferson Davis Bridges was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with the Detroit Tigers from 1930 to 1946...
  
  
• December 30 – Ray Prim
  Ray Prim
  Raymond Lee "Ray" Prim , nicknamed "Pop," was an American pitcher who played Major League Baseball during the 1930s and 1940s. During his professional career, he also pitched for the Los Angeles Angels of the AAA-Class Pacific Coast League...
  
  

Deaths

• January 26 – Fred Underwood
  Fred Underwood
  Frederick Theodore Underwood was a Major League Baseball pitcher during part of the 1894 season. He was a native of St. Louis County, Missouri....
  
  , 37, pitcher for the 1894 Brooklyn Grooms;

• February 16 – Yale Murphy
  Yale Murphy
  -External links:...
  
  , 36, shortstop and outfielder who played from 1894 through 1897 for the New York Giants.

• february 18 – Charlie Ingraham
  Charlie Ingraham
  Charles W. Ingraham was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the 1883 Baltimore Orioles of the American Association. He appeared in one game for the Orioles on July 4, 1883 and recorded one hit in four at bats.-Sources:...
  
  , 45, catcher for the 1883 Baltimore Orioles.

• February 27 – John Peltz
  John Peltz
  John Peltz was a professional baseball player in the 19th century. Peltz first played with the Indianapolis Hoosiers, in 1884 at the age of 23. He batted .219 and surrendered 38 errors in the outfield. Peltz did not appear in major league baseball until 1890, except for a brief one-game appearance...
  
  , 44, outfielder who played with the Hoosiers, Orioles, Gladiators, Stars and Maunees between the 1884 and 1890 seasons.

• March 25 – Joe Cassidy
  Joe Cassidy (baseball)
  Joseph Phillip Cassidy was an American Major League Baseball player from Chester, Pennsylvania who mainly played shortstop for the Washington Seantors from 1904 to 1905...
  
  , 23, shortstop for the Senators since 1904 who led AL with 19 triples as a rookie, led league in assists in 1905.

• March 27 – Toad Ramsey
  Toad Ramsey
  Thomas H. "Toad" Ramsey was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched in the Majors from to . Ramsey spent his entire career in the American Association, split between two different teams. He played for the Louisville Colonels, and later, the St. Louis Browns...
  
  , 41, pitcher for Louisville who topped 35 wins in both 1886 and 1887, with strikeout totals of 499 and 355.

• June 14 – Mike Sullivan
  Mike Sullivan (pitcher)
  Michael Joseph Sullivan born in Boston, Massachusetts was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals , Chicago Colts , Philadelphia Athletics , New York Giants , Cincinnati Reds , Washington Senators , Cleveland Spiders and Boston Beaneaters .He led the National League...
  
  , 39, pitcher who posted a 54–65 record and a 5.04 ERA with eight teams from 1889 to 1899.

• June 15 – Sandy Nava
  Sandy Nava
  Vincent Irwin "Sandy" Nava was an American 19th century Major League Baseball player for five seasons from through...
  
  , 56, catcher and first known Mexican American
  Mexican American
  Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...
  
   to play in the Majors.

• June 24 – Joe Strauss
  Joe Strauss
  Joseph Strauss , was a professional baseball pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1884-86. He played for the Kansas City Cowboys, Brooklyn Grays, and Louisville Colonels....
  
  , 47, left fielder/catcher/pitcher for the Colonels/Cowboys/Grays from 1884 to 1886.

• August 16 – Tom Carey
  Tom Carey (shortstop)
  Thomas Joseph Carey , born J. J. Norton, was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he played a total of nine seasons, five of which were in the National Association , and the other four in the National League...
  
  , 60, 19th century infielder
  Infielder
  An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field.-Standard arrangement of positions:In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles...
  
   and player-manager.

• October 20 – Buck Ewing
  Buck Ewing
  William "Buck" Ewing was a Major League Baseball player and manager, and is widely regarded as the best catcher of his era and is often argued to be the best player of the 19th century...
  
  , 47, catcher, most notably for the New York Giants, who batted .303 lifetime and led NL in home runs and triples once each; captain of 1888–89 NL champions batted .346 in 1888. championship series; in 1883 was one of first two players to hit 10 home runs in a season; led NL in assists three times and double plays twice, was later Cincinnati manager.

• September – Matthew Porter
  Matthew Porter (baseball)
  Matthew Sheldon Porter , was an American Major League Baseball player who, for a short time in , managed and played for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association...
  
  , 47, player-manager for the Kansas City Cowboys
  Kansas City Cowboys (Union Association)
  The Kansas City Cowboys were a team in the Union Association during its only season, . Referred to as the "Cowboys" mostly by historians, they had no official nickname during their short life and were most frequently referred to by local press of the day as the "Unions" and by the press of other...
  
   of the Union Association
  Union Association
  The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for only one season in 1884. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season...
  
  .

• August 31 – Alex Voss
  Alex Voss
  Alexander Voss , was a Major League Baseball pitcher in . He played for the Washington Nationals and Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association.-External links:...
  
  , 48, utility for the Nationals and Cowboys in the 1884 season.

• September 22 – George Davies
  George Davies (baseball)
  George Washington Davies , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues in -. He would play for the Cleveland Spiders, New York Giants, and Milwaukee Brewers.-External links:...
  
  , 38, pitcher who posted a 18–24 record and a 3.32 ERA for the Spiders, Brewers and Giants from 1891 to 1893.

• November 22 – Tom Cotter
  Tom Cotter (baseball)
  Thomas Benedict Cotter was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for one season. He played for the Boston Reds in six games in 1891, helping lead the Reds to the American Association title.-External links:...
  
  , 40, catcher who played six games for the 1891 Boston Reds.

• October 25 – Marty Swandell
  Marty Swandell
  John Martin Swandell played in Major League Baseball in the 19th century.-Sources:...
  
  , 65, infielder/outfielder for the Eckfords and Resolutes from 1872 to 1873.

• November 22 – Tom Cotter
  Tom Cotter (baseball)
  Thomas Benedict Cotter was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for one season. He played for the Boston Reds in six games in 1891, helping lead the Reds to the American Association title.-External links:...
  
  , 40, catcher for the 1891 Champions Boston Reds.

• November 27 – Julius Willigrod
  Julius Willigrod
  Julius Willigrod was an American professional baseball player who played outfielder and shortstop in 1882 for the Cleveland Blues and Detroit Wolverines of the National League.-External links:...
  
  , 49, outfielder/shortstop who played with the Wolverines and Blues in the 1882 season.

• December 19 – Ed Pinkham
  Ed Pinkham
  Edwin B. Pinkham , is a former professional baseball player. He played one season of Major League Baseball as an infielder in 1871. for the Chicago White Stockings.-External links:...
  
  , 60, third baseman for the 1871 Chicago White Stockings.

• December 30 – Henry Porter
  Henry Porter (baseball)
  Walter Henry Porter was an American Major League Baseball player born in Vergennes, Vermont who pitched for three different teams during his six year career.-Career:...
  
  , 48, pitcher for three teams in the 1880s, who set a major league record for a 18-strikeout game for a losing pitcher in 1884 and also threw a no-hitter in 1888.