Major League Baseball

• World Series
  1937 World Series
  The 1937 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees and the New York Giants in a rematch of the 1936 Series. The Yankees won the Series in five games for their second championship in a row and their sixth in fifteen years. It also broke a tie that they had reached in 1936, with...
  
  : New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
   over New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
   (4-1)
• All-Star Game
  Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers...
  
  , July 7 at Griffith Stadium
  Griffith Stadium
  Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street, and between W Street and Florida Avenue, NW. An earlier wooden baseball park had been built on the same site in 1891...
  
  : American League, 8-3

Awards and honors

• MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award is an annual Major League Baseball award, given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers Association of America...
  
  
  • American League: Charlie Gehringer
    Charlie Gehringer
    Charles Leonard Gehringer , nicknamed “The Mechanical Man,” was a German-American Major League Baseball second baseman who played 19 seasons for the Detroit Tigers...
    
    , Detroit Tigers, 2B
  • National League: Joe Medwick
    Joe Medwick
    Joseph Michael Medwick , nicknamed "Ducky", was an American Major League Baseball player. A left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals during the "Gashouse Gang" era of the 1930s, he also played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , New York Giants , and Boston Braves...
    
    , St Louis Cardinals, OF
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  This is a list of the Major League Baseball players chosen by The Sporting News since 1936 as recipients of the TSN Player of the Year Award. Until 1969, it was the only major award given to a single player from MLB, rather than to a player in each league. In 1969, Baseball Digest began its Player...
  
  
  • Johnny Allen
    Johnny Allen (baseball)
    John Thomas Allen was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers, and New York Giants....
    
     Cleveland Indians
    Cleveland Indians
    The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
    
    

• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award was established in 1936 by The Sporting News and was given annually to one manager in Major League Baseball...
  
  
  • Bill McKechnie
    Bill McKechnie
    William Boyd McKechnie was an American third baseman, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. He was the first manager to win World Series titles with two different teams , and remains one of only two managers to win pennants with three teams, also capturing the National League title in 1928...
    
     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....
    
    

Statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro National League final standings

• Homestead beat Pittsburgh in a one-game play-off for the Pennant.

January - June

• January 17 - The St. Louis Browns trade Ivy Andrews
  Ivy Andrews
  Ivy Paul Andrews was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. From through , he played for the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Browns and Cleveland Indians . Andrew batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 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...
  
   and Moose Solters
  Moose Solters
  Julius Joseph "Moose" Solters was a major league outfielder between 1934 and 1943.-Career:...
  
   to the Cleveland Indians
  Cleveland Indians
  The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
  
   for Oral Hildebrand
  Oral Hildebrand
  Oral Clyde Hildebrand was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1931 to 1940. He played for the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, and New York Yankees.-Early life:...
  
  , Bill Knickerbocker
  Bill Knickerbocker
  William Hart Knickerbocker was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians , St. Louis Browns , New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics...
  
   and Joe Vosmik
  Joe Vosmik
  Joseph Franklin Vosmik born in Cleveland, Ohio was an Outfielder for the Cleveland Indians , St. Louis Browns , Boston Red Sox , Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators . He helped the Dodgers win the 1941 National League Pennant.He was voted to the 1935 American League All-Star Team as a Right...
  
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• April 4 - The Washington Senators
  Minnesota Twins
  The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
  
   purchase Al Simmons
  Al Simmons
  Aloysius Harry Simmons , born Aloisius Szymanski in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was an American baseball player. He played for two decades in the major leagues as an outfielder, and had his best years as a member of Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics during the 1930's...
  
  ' contract from the Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
   for $15,000.

• April 19 - Opening day, 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...
  
   sweep the Boston Bees in a double header
  Doubleheader (baseball)
  A doubleheader is a set of two baseball games played between the same two teams on the same day in front of the same crowd. In addition, the term is often used unofficially to refer to a pair of games played by a team in a single day, but in front of different crowds and not in immediate...
  
  , and the Philadelphia Athletics
  Oakland Athletics
  The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
  
   defeat the Washington Senators, 4-3, in the only games on the schedule.

• April 20 - In the Boston Red Sox
  Boston Red Sox
  The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
  
  's 11-5 victory over the Philadelphia A's, Bobby Doerr
  Bobby Doerr
  Robert Pershing Doerr is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and coach. He played his entire 14-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox . He led American League second basemen in double plays five times, tying a league record, in putouts and fielding percentage four times each, and...
  
   makes his major league debut at second base, going three-for-five with a run scored.

• May 3 - The New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
   play an entire nine inning game with the Boston Bees without a single chance for their outfielder
  Outfielder
  Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...
  
  s. The Bees outfield
  Outfield
  The outfield is a sporting term used in cricket and baseball to refer to the area of the field of play further from the batsman or batter than the infield...
  
   only had three chances themselves. Boston wins the game by a final score of 3-1.

• May 9 - In 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....
  
  ' 21-10 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, Reds catcher
  Catcher
  Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...
  
   Ernie Lombardi
  Ernie Lombardi
  Ernesto Natali "Ernie" Lombardi , was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Robins, the Cincinnati Reds, the Boston Braves and the New York Giants during a Hall of Fame career that spanned 17 years, from 1931 to 1947. He had several nicknames, including "Schnozz", "Lumbago", "Bocci",...
  
   ties the modern Major League record with six hits
  Hit (baseball)
  In baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....
  
   in six consecutive times at bat.

• May 19 - In pitchers' duel between Dizzy Dean
  Dizzy Dean
  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. Dean was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953....
  
   and Carl Hubbell
  Carl Hubbell
  Carl Owen Hubbell was an American baseball player. He was a member of the New York Giants in the National League from 1928 to 1943, and remained on the Giants' payroll for the rest of his life, long after their move to San Francisco.Twice voted the National League's Most Valuable Player, Hubbell...
  
  , Dean is called for a balk in the sixth inning, resulting in a run
  Run (baseball)
  In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured...
  
   for the Giants. Enraged, he begins throwing at New York batters, hitting Johnny McCarthy and inciting a bench-clearing brawl. Dean is fined $50.

• May 25 - Detroit Tigers player/manager Mickey Cochrane
  Mickey Cochrane
  Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane was a professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers...
  
   hits a third inning home run to tie the ballgame with the New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
  , 1-1. In his next at-bat, Yankees pitcher
  Pitcher
  In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
  
   Bump Hadley
  Bump Hadley
  Irving Darius Hadley was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, he played the major leagues for the Washington Senators , Chicago White Sox , St...
  
   srikes Cochrane on the left side of the head with a fastball, ending his playing career. Del Baker
  Del Baker
  Delmer David Baker was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he led the 1940 Detroit Tigers to the American League pennant...
  
   assumes managerial duties, as Cochrane does not return to the helm until . The Yankees win the game, 4-3.

• May 27 - The New York Giants' Mel Ott
  Mel Ott
  Melvin Thomas Ott , nicknamed "Master Melvin", was a Major League Baseball right fielder. He played his entire career for the New York Giants . Ott was born in Gretna, Louisiana. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  's ninth-inning home run helps Carl Hubbell
  Carl Hubbell
  Carl Owen Hubbell was an American baseball player. He was a member of the New York Giants in the National League from 1928 to 1943, and remained on the Giants' payroll for the rest of his life, long after their move to San Francisco.Twice voted the National League's Most Valuable Player, Hubbell...
  
   win a record 24th straight game in a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
   at Crosley Field
  Crosley Field
  Crosley Field was a Major League Baseball park located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the home field of the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1912 through June 24, 1970, and the original Cincinnati Bengals football team, members of the second and third American Football League...
  
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• June 1 - Bill Dietrich
  Bill Dietrich
  William John "Bullfrog" Dietrich is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1933-1948. He would play for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics.In 16 seasons, Dietrich posted a 108-128 career record...
  
   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"...
  
   in an 8-0 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...
  
   victory over the St. Louis Browns.

• June 8 - The Chicago White Sox defeat the New York Yankees 5-4, completing a ten game winning streak, and moving into a first place tie with the Yankees.

• June 11 - The Boston Red Sox
  Boston Red Sox
  The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
  
   trade brothers Rick
  Rick Ferrell
  Richard Benjamin Ferrell was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and executive. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from to for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators. Ferrell was regarded as one of the best catchers in baseball during the...
  
   and Wes Ferrell
  Wes Ferrell
  Wesley Cheek Ferrell was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball from 1927 through 1941. Primarily a starting pitcher, Ferrell played for the Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators , New York Yankees , Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves...
  
  , along with Mel Almada
  Mel Almada
  Baldomero "Mel" Almada was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators , St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Dodgers...
  
  , to the Washington Senators for Ben Chapman and Bobo Newsom
  Bobo Newsom
  Louis Norman Newsom was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Also known as "Buck", Newsom played for a number of teams from 1929 through 1953...
  
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• June 12 - The Pittsburgh Pirates sell Waite Hoyt
  Waite Hoyt
  Waite Charles Hoyt was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, one of the dominant pitchers of the 1920s, and the winningest pitcher for the New York Yankees during that decade...
  
  's contract to the Brooklyn Dodgers.

• June 15 - The New York Giants obtain Wally Berger
  Wally Berger
  Walter Anton Berger was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for four National League teams, primarily the Boston Braves. One of the league's top sluggers of the early 1930s, in his initial season he hit 38 home runs, a record for rookies which stood until . He still...
  
   from the Boston Bees for Frank Gabler and $35,000.

July - September

• July 7 - 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...
  
   defeats the National League
  National League
  The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
  
  , 8-3, in the All-Star Game
  1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  The 1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the fifth playing of the mid-summer classic between the all-stars of the American League and National League , the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 7, 1937, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., the home of...
  
  , held at Griffith Stadium
  Griffith Stadium
  Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street, and between W Street and Florida Avenue, NW. An earlier wooden baseball park had been built on the same site in 1891...
  
  , home of the Washington Senators
  Minnesota Twins
  The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
  
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• July 15 - Philadelphia Athletics pitcher
  Pitcher
  In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
  
   George Caster
  George Caster
  George Jasper Caster nicknamed "Ug," was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics , St. Louis Browns , and Detroit Tigers . Born in Colton, California, Ug appeared in 376 major league games and compiled a record of 76-100 in 1377-2/3 innings pitched...
  
   holds the Chicago White Sox to just four hits as the A's beat the ChiSox 2-1, snapping a fifteen game losing streak.

• July 25 - Washington Senators lead-off hitter Mel Almada
  Mel Almada
  Baldomero "Mel" Almada was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators , St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Dodgers...
  
   ties a major league record by scoring five runs
  Run (baseball)
  In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured...
  
   in the second game of a double header
  Doubleheader (baseball)
  A doubleheader is a set of two baseball games played between the same two teams on the same day in front of the same crowd. In addition, the term is often used unofficially to refer to a pair of games played by a team in a single day, but in front of different crowds and not in immediate...
  
   with the St. Louis Browns. He'd scored four runs in the first game, giving him nine for the day.

• August 3 - 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...
  
   catcher
  Catcher
  Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...
  
   Mickey Owen
  Mickey Owen
  Arnold Malcolm "Mickey" Owen was a catcher for St. Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball. Between 1937 and 1954, Owen played for the St. Louis Cardinals , Brooklyn Dodgers , Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox...
  
   pulls off an unassisted double play in the Cards' 5-2 over the Boston Bees at Sportsman's Park
  Sportsman's Park
  Sportsman's Park was the name of several former Major League Baseball ballpark structures in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, all but one of which were located on the same piece of land, the northwest corner of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street on the north side of the city.- History :From...
  
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• August 8 - John Whitehead
  John Whitehead (baseball)
  John Henderson Whitehead , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from –. He played for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
  
   and 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...
  
   shut out
  Shut Out
  "Shut Out" is a single from the Paul Jabara album of the same name and features special guest vocals by Donna Summer. On the album, it is used as the first half of a medley another with another song called "Heaven is a Disco."...
  
   the Boston Red Sox 13-0 in the second game of a double header to end the BoSox twelve game winning streak (excluding one tie on August 1).

• August 14 - The Detroit Tigers score 34 runs in a double header with the St. Louis Browns.

• September 11 - The St. Louis Browns win the second game of a double header with the Cleveland Indians, 8-3, to snap a twelve game losing streak.

• September 22 - The St. Louis Browns lose 4-1 to the New York Yankees for their 100th loss of the season.

• September 29 - After scoring fifteen runs in the first game a double header, the New York Yankees manage just one hit off Philadelphia A's pitcher Eddie Smith
  Eddie Smith
  Edgar Smith was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox . Smith was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed...
  
   in the second game, losing 3-0. It is only the second time all season the Yankees are shut out (May 8).

• September 30 - The Boston Bees sweep a double header from the Dodgers to bring Brooklyn's losing streak to fourteen games.

October - December

• October 3 - On the final day of the season, the Cincinnati Reds are swept in a double header by the Pittsburgh Pirates to end the season with a fourteen game losing streak.

• October 4 - The Brooklyn Dodgers trade Jim Bucher
  Jim Bucher
  James Quinter Bucher was an infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox . A native of Manassas, Virginia, Bucher batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  , Johnny Cooney
  Johnny Cooney
  John Walter Cooney was a pitcher, outfielder and first baseman, then a longtime coach, in American Major League Baseball. Listed at 5' 10" and 165 pounds , Cooney batted right-handed but threw left-handed...
  
  , Roy Henshaw
  Roy Henshaw
  Roy Knikelbine Henshaw , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1933-1944. He played collegiately for the University of Chicago. Henshaw spent eight seasons in the Major Leagues as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, St...
  
   and Joe Stripp
  Joe Stripp
  Joseph Valentine Stripp , is a former professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues from 1928-1938. He would play for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, and St...
  
   to the St. Louis Cardinals for Leo Durocher
  Leo Durocher
  Leo Ernest Durocher , nicknamed Leo the Lip, was an American infielder and manager in Major League Baseball. Upon his retirement, he ranked fifth all-time among managers with 2,009 career victories, second only to John McGraw in National League history. Durocher still ranks tenth in career wins by...
  
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• October 6 - Having gotten just one hit, the New York Yankees finally get to Carl Hubbell in the sixth inning. Joe DiMaggio
  Joe DiMaggio
  Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio , nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak , a record that still stands...
  
  's single with the bases loaded drives in two, as the Yankees go on to score seven runs that inning. Lefty Gomez
  Lefty Gómez
  Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez was an American left-handed major league pitcher who played in the American League for the New York Yankees between 1930 and 1942. Considered one of the great pitchers of the day, Gomez was a seven-time All-Star and a five-time World Series Champion with the Yankees...
  
  , meanwhile, gives up just one run to carry the Yankees to an 8-1 victory in Game one of the rematch of the 1936 World Series
  1936 World Series
  The 1936 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the New York Giants, with the Yankees winning in six games to earn their fifth championship....
  
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• October 7 - The Yankees win game two of the 1937 World Series
  1937 World Series
  The 1937 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees and the New York Giants in a rematch of the 1936 Series. The Yankees won the Series in five games for their second championship in a row and their sixth in fifteen years. It also broke a tie that they had reached in 1936, with...
  
   by the same score, 8-1. Red Ruffing
  Red Ruffing
  Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing was a Major League Baseball pitcher most remembered for his time with the highly successful New York Yankees teams of the 1930s and 1940s...
  
   is the winning pitcher, and goes two-for-four with a double
  Double (baseball)
  In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....
  
   and three runs batted in.

• October 8 - For the third game in a row, Yankees pitching gives up just one run, as Monte Pearson
  Monte Pearson
  Montgomery Marcellus Pearson was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians , New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds . Pearson batted and threw right-handed...
  
   pitches the Yankees to a 5-1 victory in game three.

• October 9 - On the brink of elimination, New York Giants bats finally erupt, as they score six runs in the second inning on their way to a 7-3 victory in game four of the World Series
  World Series
  The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...
  
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• October 10 - The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants, 4-2, in Game five of the World Series to win their Major-League-record sixth 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 game to one. The Yankees had been tied with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox for most championships (they each had five). By the time either of those teams won their next Series, the Yankees had far outdistanced them, with 20 wins as of , and 26 wins as of , respectively.

• October 28 - Tony Lazzeri
  Tony Lazzeri
  Anthony Michael "Tony" Lazzeri was an American Major League Baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s, predominantly with the New York Yankees. He was part of the famed "Murderers' Row" Yankee batting lineup of the late 1920s , along with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Bob Meusel...
  
   joins the Chicago Cubs.

• November 2 - American League batting champion Charlie Gehringer
  Charlie Gehringer
  Charles Leonard Gehringer , nicknamed “The Mechanical Man,” was a German-American Major League Baseball second baseman who played 19 seasons for the Detroit Tigers...
  
   of the Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
   is named Most Valuable Player, receiving 78 out of a possible 80 points. Joe DiMaggio
  Joe DiMaggio
  Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio , nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak , a record that still stands...
  
   of the New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
   is a close second four points behind while Gehringer teammate Hank Greenberg
  Hank Greenberg
  Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg , nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank" or "The Hebrew Hammer," was an American professional baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s. A first baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg was one of the premier power hitters of his generation...
  
  , who collected 183 RBI, is a distant third. Gehringer also becomes the third Detroit player in four years to receive MVP honors.

• November 9 - 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...
  
   Triple Crown
  Triple crown (baseball)
  In Major League Baseball, a player earns the Triple Crown when he leads a league in three specific statistical categories. For batters, a player must lead the league in home runs, run batted in , and batting average; pitchers must lead the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average...
  
   winner Joe Medwick
  Joe Medwick
  Joseph Michael Medwick , nicknamed "Ducky", was an American Major League Baseball player. A left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals during the "Gashouse Gang" era of the 1930s, he also played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , New York Giants , and Boston Braves...
  
   is named National League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

• December 2
  • The Detroit Tigers trade 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 ....
    
    , Mike Tresh
    Mike Tresh
    Michael "Mike" Tresh was a catcher in Major League Baseball. From 1938 through 1949, he played for the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians . Tresh batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania...
    
     and Gee Walker
    Gee Walker
    Gerald Holmes "Gee" Walker was a Major League Baseball outfielder. During his fifteen year career, he played with the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, and Cincinnati Reds...
    
     to the Chicago White Sox for Vern Kennedy
    Vern Kennedy
    Lloyd Vernon Kennedy was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1934 through 1945, he played for the Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , St. Louis Browns , Washington Senators , Cleveland Indians , Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds...
    
    , Tony Piet
    Tony Piet
    Anthony Francis Piet was an infielder in Major League Baseball from 1931 to 1938...
    
     and Dixie Walker
    Dixie Walker
    Fred E. "Dixie" Walker was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates...
    
    .
  • The St. Louis Browns trade Joe Vosmik
    Joe Vosmik
    Joseph Franklin Vosmik born in Cleveland, Ohio was an Outfielder for the Cleveland Indians , St. Louis Browns , Boston Red Sox , Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators . He helped the Dodgers win the 1941 National League Pennant.He was voted to the 1935 American League All-Star Team as a Right...
    
     to the Boston Red Sox for Red Kress
    Red Kress
    Ralph "Red" Kress was a shortstop and coach in Major League Baseball. From through , he played for the St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox , Washington Senators , Detroit Tigers and New York Giants . Kress batted and threw right-handed...
    
    , Buster Mills
    Buster Mills
    Colonel Buster Mills was an American outfielder, coach, scout and interim manager in Major League Baseball. A native of Ranger, Texas, Mills received a degree in geology from Oklahoma University in 1931...
    
     and Bobo Newsom
    Bobo Newsom
    Louis Norman Newsom was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Also known as "Buck", Newsom played for a number of teams from 1929 through 1953...
    
    .

• December 6 - The Boston Red Sox acquired the contract of nineteen year-old Ted Williams
  Ted Williams
  Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year Major League Baseball career as the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox...
  
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January-February

• January 8 - Don Dillard
  Don Dillard
  David Donald Dillard is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for six seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1959 to 1962 and the Milwaukee Braves in 1963 and 1965.-External links:...
  
  
• January 10 - Jim O'Toole
  Jim O'Toole
  James Jerome O'Toole is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball during the early 1960s.-College and minor league:...
  
  
• January 11 - Jack Curtis
  Jack Curtis (baseball)
  Jack Patrick Curtis is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for three seasons. He played for the Chicago Cubs from 1961 to 1962, the Milwaukee Braves in 1962, and the Cleveland Indians in 1963....
  
  
• January 12 - Phil Mudrock
  Phil Mudrock
  Philip Ray Mudrock is a retired American professional baseball player. Mudrock was a right-handed pitcher who spent a decade as a professional, but who appeared in only one inning of one Major League game on April 19, 1963.Mudrock batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed...
  
  
• January 14 - Sonny Siebert
  Sonny Siebert
  Wilfred Charles Siebert is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1964 to 1975. He finished with a record of 140-114 and a 3.21 ERA. He threw a no-hitter on June 10, 1966 against the Washington Senators. He was originally drafted simultaneously by the Cleveland Indians and the St...
  
  
• January 15 - Bob Sadowski
  Bob Sadowski (third baseman)
  Robert Frank Sadowski is a retired American professional baseball player and manager. Primarily a third baseman and outfielder during his brief Major League Baseball career, he was a second baseman and shortstop coming through the minor leagues. Sadowski batted left-handed, threw right-handed,...
  
  
• January 16 - Moe Morhardt
  Moe Morhardt
  Meredith Goodwin "Moe" Morhardt is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played parts of the 1961 and 1962 seasons with the Chicago Cubs...
  
  
• January 21 - Bill Graham
  Bill Graham (baseball)
  William Albert Graham was an American professional baseball player who was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for two seasons in the 1960s...
  
  
• February 2 - Don Buford
  Don Buford
  Donald Alvin Buford is a former Major League Baseball player. An infielder/outfielder, the switch-hitting Buford played for the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles ....
  
  
• February 7 - Juan Pizarro
  Juan Pizarro
  Juan Ramon Pizarro Cordova is a former major league baseball pitcher.-Milwaukee Braves:Juan Pizarro signed with the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1956. After going 27-6 with a 2.06 earned run average in the minors, he made his major league debut on May 4, 1957 against the Pittsburgh...
  
  
• February 9 - Clete Boyer
  Clete Boyer
  Cletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer was a Major League Baseball player.A third baseman who also played shortstop and second base occasionally, Boyer played for the Kansas City Athletics , New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves...
  
  
• February 12 - Stan Johnson
  Stan Johnson
  Stanley Lucius Johnson is a former professional baseball outfielder. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, for the Chicago White Sox and for the Kansas City Athletics...
  
  
• February 21 - Ted Savage
  Ted Savage
  Theodore Edmund Savage, Jr., born as Ephesian Savage on February 21, 1936 in Venice, Illinois, was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1962-1971.-Biography:Ted Savage played for eight teams in a nine-year major league career...
  
  
• February 27 - Carl Warwick
  Carl Warwick
  Carl Wayne Warwick is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played from 1961 to 1966.He appeared in the 1964 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals, and tied a World Series record with three pinch hits...
  
  

March-April

• March 8 - Jim Small
  Jim Small (baseball)
  James Arthur Patrick Small is a former professional baseball player who played Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1958 for the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Athletics....
  
  
• March 20 - Kenny Kuhn
  Kenny Kuhn
  Kenneth Harold Kuhn was an infielder in Major League Baseball for three seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from to , playing mostly as a shortstop and second baseman, and was classified as a "Bonus Baby"....
  
  
• March 21 - Dave Thies
  Dave Thies
  David Robert Thies is former Major League Baseball pitcher. Thies played for the Kansas City Athletics in . He batted and threw right-handed.-External links:*...
  
  
• March 24 - Dick Egan
  Dick Egan (pitcher)
  Richard Wallis Egan is a retired professional baseball player who played 4 seasons for the Detroit Tigers, California Angels, and Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• March 24 - Bob Tillman
  Bob Tillman
  John Robert Tillman was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, he threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed ....
  
  
• April 2 - Dick Radatz
  Dick Radatz
  Richard Raymond Radatz , nicknamed "The Monster" or "Moose", was an American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who had a scorching but short-lived period of dominance for the Boston Red Sox . Radatz also played for the Cleveland Indians , Chicago Cubs , Detroit Tigers and...
  
  
• April 4 - Gary Geiger
  Gary Geiger
  Gary Merle Geiger was a major league outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, and Houston Astros from . He was born in Sand Ridge, Illinois. His offseason home while a major leaguer was Murphysboro, Illinois. His wife Lyn's parents were St...
  
  
• April 4 - Al Kenders
  Al Kenders
  Albert Daniel George Kenders is a retired American professional baseball player. A catcher, he played for eight seasons in the Philadelphia Phillies' farm system, with a ten-game, 23-at bat Major League trial for the 1961 Phillies...
  
  
• April 5 - Roger Marquis
• April 6 - Phil Regan
• April 10 - Fritz Ackley
  Fritz Ackley
  Florian Frederick Ackley was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox for two years. After staying in the minors for a time, he was called up in . He was purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals after the season, but didn't make it back to the Majors.-External links:...
  
  
• April 17 - Roberto Peña
  Roberto Pena
  Roberto Cesar Peña is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Chicago Cubs , Philadelphia Phillies , San Diego Padres , Oakland Athletics , and Milwaukee Brewers .He died of accidental alcohol poisoning.- External links :...
  
  
• April 21 - Bill Haywood
  Bill Haywood (baseball)
  William Kiernan Haywood is an American former pitcher, coach, manager and farm system official in professional baseball, and a longtime coach in college baseball...
  
  
• April 21 - Gary Peters
• April 24 - Duke Carmel
  Duke Carmel
  Leon James "Duke" Carmel is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball, between 1959 and 1965, for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, and New York Yankees, primarily as an outfielder.-External links:...
  
  

May-June

• May 7 - Claude Raymond
• May 8 - Mike Cuellar
  Mike Cuellar
  Miguel Ángel Cuellar Santana [KWAY-ar] was a Cuban left-handed starting pitcher who spent fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball with the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles and California Angels...
  
  
• May 8 - Art López
  Art López
  Arturo López Rodríguez is a former professional baseball player. He played one season in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the New York Yankees in 1965. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball from 1968 until 1973.During his lone major league season, López played in 38 games in his...
  
  
• May 10 - Jim Hickman
• May 18 - Brooks Robinson
  Brooks Robinson
  Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. is a former American professional baseball player. He played his entire 23-year major league career for the Baltimore Orioles . Nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner", he is generally acclaimed as the greatest defensive third-basemen in major league history...
  
  
• May 20 - Bob Giallombardo
  Bob Giallombardo
  Robert Paul Giallombardo was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in six games for the Los Angeles Dodgers during the 1958 baseball season.-External links:...
  
  
• May 22 - George Spriggs
  George Spriggs
  George Herman Spriggs is an American former professional baseball player who played parts of four seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Kansas City Royals....
  
  
• June 3 - Phyllis Baker
  Phyllis Baker
  Phyllis J. Baker [Wise] was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• June 8 - Joe Grzenda
  Joe Grzenda
  Joseph Charles Grzenda is a retired Major League baseball pitcher. He pitched for six different teams in eight seasons during a career that spanned from 1961 to 1972....
  
  
• June 9 - Jake Jacobs
  Jake Jacobs
  Lamar Gary "Jake" Jacobs was a professional baseball outfielder. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, and , Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins. Listed at 6' 0", 175 lb., he batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• June 14 - John Weekly
• June 19 - Larry Miller
  Larry Miller (baseball)
  Larry Don Miller was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1964-1966 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets. Before the 1959 season he was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent. Miller was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the New York Mets for Dick...
  
  
• June 22 - Jim O'Rourke
• June 22 - Jake Wood
  Jake Wood (baseball)
  Jacob "Jake" Wood Jr. , was a Major League Baseball player who played seven seasons in the Major Leagues with the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds . Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Wood was the Tigers' starting second baseman from 1961-1963. After 1963, Wood was a utility infielder and backup...
  
  
• June 23 - Tom Haller
  Tom Haller
  Thomas Frank Haller was an American professional baseball player and baseball executive. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the San Francisco Giants , Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• June 24 - Jim Campbell
  Jim Campbell (catcher)
  James Robert Campbell is a former professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues for the Houston Colt .45s in 1962 and 1963.-External links:*...
  
  
• June 28 - Cal Emery
  Cal Emery
  Calvin Wayne Emery was a former Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Philadelphia Phillies. He was 6'2", 205 pounds, and he threw and batted left-handed. Emery chose to attend Penn State University....
  
  
• June 28 - Ron Luciano
  Ron Luciano
  Ronald Michael Luciano was an American Major League Baseball umpire from 1969 to 1979 in the American League...
  
  

July-August

• July 1 - Ron Nischwitz
  Ron Nischwitz
  Ronald Lee Nischwitz is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played from 1961 to 1963 and in 1965 for the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians. A switch hitter, he threw left-handed, was 6'3" tall and he weighed 205 pounds.Prior to playing professional baseball, he attended Fairview...
  
  
• July 4 - Gordon Seyfried
  Gordon Seyfried
  Gordon Clay Seyfried is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1963 to 1964 for the Cleveland Indians. He was 6'0" tall and he weighed 185 pounds. Prior to playing professionally, he attended Woodrow Wilson High School.Seyfried was signed by the Detroit Tigers in 1956....
  
  
• July 7 - George Smith
  George Smith (second baseman)
  George Cornelius Smith was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1963 through 1966 for the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox . He played in the Negro leagues for the Indianapolis Clowns and the Chicago American Giants in 1952 and 1956–1957. Listed at 5' 10", 170 lb.,...
  
  
• July 9 - Gordon Mackenzie
  Gordon Mackenzie
  Henry Gordon Mackenzie is a former a Major League Baseball player. In 1956, he was signed as an amateur free agent by the Kansas City Athletics. Mackenzie made his major league debut on August 13, 1961 against the Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• July 9 - Marty Springstead
  Marty Springstead
  Martin John Springstead is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1966 to 1985 and has since worked as an umpire supervisor...
  
  
• July 10 - Larry Burright
  Larry Burright
  Larry Allen Burright is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played from 1962-1964 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets.-Career:...
  
  
• July 11 - Verle Tiefenthaler
  Verle Tiefenthaler
  Verle Matthew Tiefenthaler , is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox in 1962. He batted left and threw right-handed. Tiefenthaler had a 0-0 record, with a 9.82 ERA, in three games, in his one year career.He was signed by the New York Giants in 1955 as an...
  
  
• July 16 - Lee Elia
  Lee Elia
  Lee Constantine Elia is a former professional baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball. He was a manager of the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies . Additionally, he has served as a coach for the Phillies, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Baltimore...
  
  
• July 23 - Dean Look
  Dean Look
  Dean Zachary Look was an American college and Professional Football player. A quarterback at Michigan State and for the American Football League New York Titans, a Major League Baseball outfielder, and American football official in the National Football League...
  
  
• July 26 - Pete Ward
  Pete Ward
  Peter Thomas Ward is a retired professional baseball player who played 9 seasons for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees of Major League Baseball...
  
  
• July 31 - Fred Van Dusen
  Fred Van Dusen
  Frederick William Van Dusen is a former Major League Baseball player. Van Dusen played for Philadelphia Phillies in the 1955 season...
  
  
• August 4 - Frank Kostro
  Frank Kostro
  Frank Jerry Kostro is a former professional baseball player who played seven seasons for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball. Following his major league career, he played in Japan in for the Hankyu Braves.-References:...
  
  
• August 5 - Bill Pleis
  Bill Pleis
  William Pleis is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1961 to 1966 for the Minnesota Twins.On April 22, 1961, Pleis notched the first ever win for the Minnesota Twins in Minnesota...
  
  
• August 5 - Dwight Siebler
  Dwight Siebler
  Dwight Leroy Siebler is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of five seasons from until , all for the Minnesota Twins.-External links:...
  
  
• August 6 - Cam Carreon
  Cam Carreon
  Camilo Carreon was an American Major League Baseball player from 1959 to 1966 for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles. His son Mark was also a Major League player....
  
  
• August 6 - Joe Schaffernoth
  Joe Schaffernoth
  Joseph Arthur Schaffernoth is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for three seasons. The right-handed pitcher appeared in 74 games, all but one as a relief pitcher, for the Chicago Cubs from 1959 to 1961 and the Cleveland Indians in 1961...
  
  
• August 6 - Wayne Schurr
  Wayne Schurr
  Wayne Allen Schurr is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who pitched for the Chicago Cubs in 1964.-External links:*...
  
  
• August 9 - Ray Blemker
  Ray Blemker
  Raymond Blemker was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Kansas City Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• August 14 - Bert Cueto
  Bert Cueto
  Dagoberto Cueto Concepción was a Cuban pitcher in Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched in seven games for the Minnesota Twins during the 1961 season.-External links:*...
  
  
• August 14 - Joe Horlen
  Joe Horlen
  Joel Edward Horlen is a right-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher. Horlen pitched for the Chicago White Sox from to , and the Oakland Athletics in ....
  
  
• August 17 - Diego Seguí
  Diego Seguí
  Diego Pablo Seguí González is a Cuban former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was known for his forkball.During a 16-year baseball career, Seguí played for the Kansas City Athletics , Washington Senators , Oakland Athletics , Seattle Pilots , Boston Red Sox , and Seattle Mariners . He batted and...
  
  
• August 19 - Jim Lehew
  Jim Lehew
  James Anthony Lehew is an American former professional baseball player who played in eight games for the Baltimore Orioles during the and seasons....
  
  
• August 21 - Jack Damaska
  Jack Damaska
  Jack Lloyd Damaska was a major league baseball player, minor league baseball player and minor league manager....
  
  
• August 25 - Choo-Choo Coleman
  Choo-Choo Coleman
  Clarence "Choo-Choo" Coleman was a Major League Baseball player who played catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets.-Career:...
  
  
• August 28 - Bob Hartman
  Bob Hartman (baseball)
  Robert Louis Hartman was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched three games for the Milwaukee Braves in 1959 and eight games for the Cleveland Indians in 1962. Hartman was both born and died in Kenosha, Wisconsin.-External links:...
  
  
• August 29 - Jack Damaska
  Jack Damaska
  Jack Lloyd Damaska was a major league baseball player, minor league baseball player and minor league manager....
  
  
• August 31 - Tracy Stallard
  Tracy Stallard
  Evan Tracy Stallard is a retired American professional baseball player, a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1960 to 1966. He played with the Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and St...
  
  

September-October

• September 2 - Peter Ueberroth
  Peter Ueberroth
  Peter Victor Ueberroth is an American executive. He served as the sixth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1989. He was recently the chairman of the United States Olympic Committee; he was replaced by Larry Probst in October 2008....
  
  
• September 5 - Karl Kuehl
  Karl Kuehl
  Karl Otto Kuehl was an American scout, farm system official, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. He also was the co-author of two books on the mental approach to baseball: The Mental Game of Baseball: A Guide to Peak Performance and A Champion's State of Mind .Kuehl was born in Monterey...
  
  
• September 15 - Charley Smith
  Charley Smith
  Charles William Smith was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for a number of teams in his career which lasted from 1960-1969. His most notable fact is that on December 8, 1966 the St. Louis Cardinals traded him to the New York Yankees straight up for Roger Maris.-External links:...
  
  
• September 17 - Orlando Cepeda
  Orlando Cepeda
  Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes is a former Puerto Rican Major League Baseball first baseman.Cepeda was born to a poor family. His father, Pedro Cepeda, was a baseball player in Puerto Rico, which influenced his interest in the sport from a young age. His first contact with professional baseball was...
  
  
• September 19 - Chris Short
  Chris Short
  Christopher Joseph "Style" Short was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies , and in his final year, for the Milwaukee Brewers . He was a left-handed pitcher, but batted righty. He was born in Milford, Delaware.Short was considered a top pitcher from 1964 through 1968 with...
  
  
• October 1 - Alan Brice
  Alan Brice
  Alan Healey Brice was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1961.-External links:...
  
  
• October 10 - Gordie Sundin
  Gordie Sundin
  Gordon Vincent Sundin is a retired American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher whose professional career lasted for six seasons , but who made only one appearance in Major League Baseball — failing to record an out — for the Baltimore Orioles...
  
  
• October 13 - Lou Clinton
  Lou Clinton
  Luciean Louis Clinton was a Major League Baseball outfielder who batted and threw right-handed, spanning 8 seasons, debuting in and playing his final season in , during which he played for five American League teams in the 1960s: Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles/California Angels, Kansas City...
  
  
• October 19 - Walt Bond
  Walt Bond
  Walter Franklin Bond was an American professional baseball player who appeared in six Major League Baseball seasons between and for the Cleveland Indians, Houston Colt .45s/Astros and Minnesota Twins...
  
  
• October 20 - Juan Marichal
  Juan Marichal
  Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Playing for the San Francisco Giants most of his career, Marichal was known for his high leg kick, pinpoint control and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters'...
  
  
• October 23 - Bob Allen
• October 23 - Cecil Butler
  Cecil Butler
  Cecil Dean "Slewfoot" Butler is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He started his career in 1962 with the Milwaukee Braves. After only about 2 months, however, he suffered a severe elbow injury, and was very slow to recover. Butler made two appearances with the Braves in 1964, but retired...
  
  
• October 24 - John Goetz
  John Goetz
  John Hardy Goetz was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he appeared in four games for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball, but had an 11-year career in minor league baseball...
  
  
• October 25 - Chuck Schilling
  Chuck Schilling
  Charles Thomas Schilling is an American former second baseman in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox from 1961-65...
  
  
• October 31 - Dave Tyriver
  Dave Tyriver
  David Burton Tyriver was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in four games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1962 season.Tyriver died of a heart attack at age 50.-External links:...
  
  

November-December

• November 11 - Dave Hill
  Dave Hill (baseball)
  David Burnham Hill was a Major League Baseball pitcher.Hill signed with the Kansas City Athletics in 1957 as a Bonus Baby, under the Bonus Rule. He debuted for the A's without playing in the minor leagues, appearing in only two games. He played in the minors from 1958 to 1961.-External links:...
  
  
• November 14 - Jim Brewer
  Jim Brewer
  James Thomas Brewer was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1960 through 1976, Brewer played for the Chicago Cubs , Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels...
  
  
• November 15 - Bob Farley
  Bob Farley
  Robert Jacob Farley is a retired American professional baseball player. He was a first baseman and outfielder who played part of and all of in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• November 15 - Ray Webster
• November 21 - Tony Balsamo
  Tony Balsamo
  Anthony Alred Balsamo is a former Major League Baseball player. He was born November 21, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York. He went to Fordham University, where he pitched on the baseball team....
  
  
• November 26 - Bob Lee
  Bob Lee (baseball)
  Robert Dean Lee , is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1964-1968. During his career he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles/California Angels, and Cincinnati Reds....
  
  
• November 27 - Bill Short
  Bill Short
  William Ross Short is an American retired professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball between 1960 and 1969....
  
  
• November 28 - Purnal Goldy
  Purnal Goldy
  Purnal William Goldy was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Detroit Tigers. Listed at 6' 5", 200 lb., Goldy batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• November 28 - Corky Withrow
  Corky Withrow
  Raymond Wallace "Corky" Withrow is a retired American professional baseball player, an outfielder who played from 1956 through 1966 in minor league baseball. He had one audition in the Major Leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals, but went hitless in six games played and nine at bats, mostly as a...
  
  
• November 29 - George Thomas
  George Thomas (baseball)
  George Edward Thomas, Jr. was a Major League Baseball outfielder. His Major League career lasted from to ; he compiled a career batting average of .255. After playing for the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels, he was traded to the Boston Red Sox for Bill Monbouquette in 1965...
  
  
• December 6 - Freddie Velázquez
  Freddie Velázquez
  Federico Antonio Velázquez Velásquez is a Dominican former Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Seattle Pilots and Atlanta Braves ....
  
  
• December 8 - Jim Pagliaroni
  Jim Pagliaroni
  James Vincent Pagliaroni was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1955-1969 for the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Pilots....
  
  
• December 12 - Pedro González
  Pedro González (baseball)
  Pedro González Olivares is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. In 407 career games with the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians , he had 264 hits with a batting average of .244.-External links:...
  
  
• December 13 - Ron Taylor
  Ron Taylor (baseball)
  Ronald Wesley Taylor is a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of 11 seasons with the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, New York Mets and San Diego Padres. Taylor was a member of two World Series-winning teams: the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals and the...
  
  
• December 22 - Tony Curry
  Tony Curry
  George Anthony Curry was a Bahamian professional baseball player, an outfielder who appeared in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians ....
  
  
• December 22 - Charlie James
  Charlie James
  Charles Wesley James, born on December 22, 1937, in St. Louis, Missouri, is a former professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of six seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds. James was a member of the Cardinals when they won the World Series in 1964...
  
  
• December 23 - Tim Harkness
  Tim Harkness
  Thomas William Harkness is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1961 to 1964 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets....
  
  
• December 27 - Bobby Klaus
  Bobby Klaus
  Robert Francis Klaus is a former right-handed Major League Baseball infielder who played from 1964 to 1965 for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets. He is the brother of the late MLB infielder Billy Klaus....
  
  
• December 29 - George Perez

Deaths

• January 18 - Michael Sexton, 73, president of the minor leagues from 1909 to 1931, during which time the minors expanded to record size and success, peaking with 47 leagues
• February 7 - Charlie Bell
  Charlie Bell (baseball)
  Charles C. Bell was an American professional baseball pitcher who pitched in the American Association. Bell was 1-0 with the Kansas City Cowboys , 2-6 for the Louisville Colonels , and 1-0 for the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers .He pitched in 12 games, completed 10 out of 11 starts, and had an ERA of...
  
  , 68, pitcher for two major league seasons, 1889 and 1891.
• April 14 - Ned Hanlon, 79, manager of the Baltimore Orioles teams which won NL pennants in 1894-95-96 with their aggressive play, then of the Brooklyn champions of 1899-1900; pioneer of various offensive tactics, previously a center fielder for Detroit Wolverines
• April 15 - Emmett McCann
  Emmett McCann
  Robert Emmett McCann was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in and Boston Red Sox in . Listed at 5' 11", 150 lb., McCann batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 35, shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox in the 1920s; later a minor league manager from 1931 to 1935
• April 18 - Hick Carpenter
  Hick Carpenter
  Warren William "Hick" Carpenter was an American Major League Baseball third baseman from Grafton, Massachusetts. He travelled around the National League with several clubs before getting the starting third base job with the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association...
  
  , 81, third baseman who played in twelve seasons, eight with the Cincinnati Red Stockings
  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....
  
   of the American Association
  American Association (19th century)
  The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...
  
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• May 23 - Danny Clark
  Danny Clark (baseball)
  Daniel Curren Clark was a backup infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played between 1922 and 1927 for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals . Listed at 5' 9", 167 lb., Clark batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  , 43, infielder for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals, between 1922 and 1927
• May 27 - Frank Grant
  Frank Grant
  * , Personal profiles at Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. – identical to Riley -External links:* – unknown content, URL confirmed 2010-04-16...
  
  , 71, second baseman widely considered to have been the 19th century's greatest black player
• June 9 - Bill Watkins
  Bill Watkins
  William Henry "Wattie" Watkins was a Canadian baseball player and manager. In 1887, he led the Detroit Wolverines to the first professional sports championship for Detroit, Michigan. The Wolverines won the 1887 National League championship and went on to defeat the St. Louis Browns in a 15-game...
  
  , 79, played one season in American Association, and managed another nine, including the 1887 NL champions Detroit Wolverines.
• August 16 - Bunk Congalton
  Bunk Congalton
  William Millar "Bunk" Congalton was a Major League Baseball right fielder. A native of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, he stood 5'11" and weighed 190 lbs....
  
  , 62, Canadian-born outfielder who finished fourth in the American League batting race with a .320 average
• August 21 - George Wright, 90, pioneer of the sport who starred as a shortstop on the first professional team in 1869, then as captain of the powerhouse Boston teams from 1871-78; managed Providence to NL pennant in 1879
• September 20 - Harry Stovey
  Harry Stovey
  Harry Duffield Stovey, born Harry Duffield Stowe was a 19th century Major League Baseball player and the first player in major league history to hit 100 home runs...
  
  , 80, first baseman and outfielder who was among the American Association's leading hitters; won five home run titles, led league in slugging, runs and triples multiple times; first player to hit 100 home runs, was seventh all-time in hits and first in runs upon retirement
• October 1 - Mickey Devine, 45, catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and New York Giants between 1918 and 1925
• October 31 - Ed Walsh, Jr., 37, pitcher for 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...
  
  , and son of Hall of Famer Ed Walsh
  Ed Walsh
  Edward Augustine Walsh was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He holds the record for lowest career ERA, 1.82.-Baseball career:Born in Plains Township, Pennsylvania, Walsh had a brief though remarkable major league career...
  
  . Stopped Joe Dimaggio
  Joe DiMaggio
  Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio , nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak , a record that still stands...
  
  's 61 game minor league record hitting streak.
• November 12 - Peek-A-Boo Veach
  Peek-A-Boo Veach
  William Walter "Peek-A-Boo" Veach was an American Major League Baseball player born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Veach began his career with the ill-fated Union Association in when he joined the Kansas City Cowboys as a pitcher/outfielder...
  
  , 75, pitcher and first baseman for three seasons; 1884,1887, and 1890.
• November 16 - Dick Burns
  Dick Burns
  Richard Simon "Dick" Burns was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder, born in Holyoke, Massachusetts...
  
  , 73, pitcher/outfielder for three seasons. Pitched no-hitter on August 26, 1884.
• November 19 - Cub Stricker
  Cub Stricker
  John A. "Cub" Stricker, born John A. Streaker , was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for seven different teams during his 11-season career, the bulk of his playing time being with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Blues/Spiders.-Career:Born in Philadelphia,...
  
  , 78, second baseman from 1882 to 1893 who had 1106 hits in his 11 season career.
• November 21 - Al Pratt
  Al Pratt (baseball)
  Albert G. Pratt , nicknamed "Uncle Al", was an American right-handed pitcher and outfielder in the National Association for the Cleveland Forest Citys, and was a manager in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the American Association.A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pratt...
  
  , 90, pitched two seasons for the Cleveland Forest Citys, later became the first manager in 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...
  
   franchise history.
• November 23 - Welday Walker
  Welday Walker
  Welday Wilberforce Walker was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball, born in Steubenville, Ohio. He, along with his brother Moses Fleetwood Walker, became the first black baseball players to play in the major leagues when they played for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American...
  
  , 77, he and his brother Moses Fleetwood Walker
  Moses Fleetwood Walker
  Moses Fleetwood Walker [″Fleet″] was an American Major League Baseball player and author who is credited with being the first African American to play professional baseball.-Baseball career:...
  
   are officially recognized as the first African-Americans to play Major League Baseball. He played in five games for the Toledo Blue Stockings
  Toledo Blue Stockings
  The Toledo Blue Stockings formed as a minor league baseball team in Toledo, Ohio in 1883. They won the Northwestern League championship in 1883. Their home ballpark was League Park....
  
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• December 10 - Joe Battin
  Joe Battin
  Joseph V. Battin was a 19th century Major League Baseball player. Battin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
  
  , 85, infielder for 10 seasons during the time period of 1871 to 1890.