Major League Baseball

• World Series
  1945 World Series
  -Game 1:Wednesday, October 3, 1945 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan-Game 2:Thursday, October 4, 1945 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan-Game 3:Friday, October 5, 1945 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan...
  
  : 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...
  
   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...
  
   (4-3)
• 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...
  
   cancelled due to flight restrictions. However, inter-league games were played during the All-Star break.

Other champions

• Negro League World Series
  Negro League World Series
  The Negro League World Series was a post-season baseball tournament which was held from 1924-1927 and from 1942-1948 between the champions of the Negro leagues, matching the mid-western winners against their east coast counterparts....
  
  : Cleveland Buckeyes
  Cleveland Buckeyes
  The Cleveland Buckeyes were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. They were established in 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio . The following season, the team moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where they played their games at League Park...
  
   over Homestead Grays
  Homestead Grays
  The Homestead Grays were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues in the United States. The team was formed in 1912 by Cumberland Posey, and would remain in continuous operation for 38 seasons. The team was based in Homestead, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Pittsburgh.-Franchise...
  
   (4-0)
• Negro League Baseball All-Star Game
  Negro League Baseball All-Star Game
  The East-West All-Star Game was an annual all-star game for Negro league baseball players. The game was the brainchild of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords. In 1933 he decided to match the Major League Baseball All-Star Game with Negro league players...
  
  : West, 9-6
• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a women's professional baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. During the league's history, over 600 women played ball.-History:...
  
  : Rockford Peaches
  Rockford Peaches
  The Rockford Peaches were a team in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League playing out of Rockford, Illinois for the entire existence of the league from 1943 to 1954....
  
  

Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award is an annual Major League Baseball award, given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers Association of America...
  
  
  • Hal Newhouser
    Hal Newhouser
    Harold "Prince Hal" Newhouser was an American pitcher for Major League Baseball who played 17 seasons from 1939 to 1955, mostly with the Detroit Tigers of the American League...
    
     (AL) - P, Detroit Tigers
  • Phil Cavarretta
    Phil Cavarretta
    Philip Joseph Cavarretta was an American Major League Baseball first baseman, outfielder, and manager.Cavarretta spent almost his entire baseball career with the Chicago Cubs. He was voted the National League Most Valuable Player after leading the Cubs to the pennant while winning the batting...
    
     (NL) - 1B, Chicago Cubs
• 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...
  
  
  • Hal Newhouser
    Hal Newhouser
    Harold "Prince Hal" Newhouser was an American pitcher for Major League Baseball who played 17 seasons from 1939 to 1955, mostly with the Detroit Tigers of the American League...
    
     - P, Detroit Tigers
• The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
  The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
  The Sporting News established The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award in 1929. The award was given annually to the player judged by TSN baseball experts as being the most valuable in each league. The awards were discontinued in 1946....
  
  
  • Eddie Mayo
    Eddie Mayo
    Edward Joseph Mayo , nicknamed "Hotshot" and "Steady Eddie," was a professional baseball infielder...
    
     (AL) - 2B, Detroit Tigers
  • Tommy Holmes
    Tommy Holmes
    Thomas Francis Holmes was an American right and center fielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played nearly his entire career for the Boston Braves...
    
     (NL) - OF, Boston Braves
• The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
  The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
  Before there was a Cy Young Award, there was the Pitcher of the Year Award, established by The Sporting News in 1944, though no awards were given in 1946 or 1947. The award is given annually to the pitcher in each league judged by TSN baseball experts as having had the most outstanding season...
  
  
  • Hal Newhouser
    Hal Newhouser
    Harold "Prince Hal" Newhouser was an American pitcher for Major League Baseball who played 17 seasons from 1939 to 1955, mostly with the Detroit Tigers of the American League...
    
     (AL) - Detroit Tigers
  • Hank Borowy
    Hank Borowy
    Henry Ludwig Borowy was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1942 through 1951, Borowy played for the New York Yankees , Chicago Cubs , Philadelphia Phillies , Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers...
    
     (NL) - Chicago Cubs
• 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...
  
  
  • Ossie Bluege
    Ossie Bluege
    Oswald Louis "Ossie" Bluege was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Washington Senators from 1922 through 1939...
    
     - Washington Senators

MLB statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro National League final standings

January - July

• April 17 - Amputee Pete Gray
  Pete Gray
  Pete Gray was a professional baseball player best known for playing in the major leagues despite having lost his right arm in a childhood accident.-Early life:...
  
   makes his major league debut with the St. Louis Browns
  Baltimore Orioles
  The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
  
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• May 17 - For the fourth time in four days, every American League game was postponed due to rain.
• July 21 - 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...
  
   and Philadelphia A's battle for 24 innings, ending the game tied at one. Tigers starter Les Mueller
  Les Mueller
  Leslie Clyde Mueller is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers in 1941 and 1945. He was born in Belleville, Illinois....
  
   pitches 19.2 innings, while his A's counterpart, Russ Christopher
  Russ Christopher
  Russell Ormand Christopher was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for seven seasons in the American League with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians...
  
  , lasts thirteen.

August - September

• August 1 - 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...
  
   hits the 500th home run
  Home run
  In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...
  
   of his major league career.
• August 4
  • World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
    
     amputee Bert Shepard
    Bert Shepard
    Robert Earl "Bert" Shepard was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who pitched in one game for the Washington Senators in 1945 after having had his right leg amputated after his fighter plane was shot down in Germany during World War II while he was serving as a pilot in the...
    
     pitches in a game for 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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  • Tom McBride
    Tom McBride (baseball)
    Thomas Raymond McBride was a professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators . He also played extensively in minor league baseball...
    
     of 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"...
    
     ties a major league record with 6 RBI in the 4th inning
    Inning
    Inning is a municipality in the district of Erding in Bavaria in Germany....
    
     of a game with the Washington Senators.
  • Senators pitcher Joe Cleary
    Joe Cleary
    Joseph Christopher Cleary was a Major League Baseball pitcher for one game in 1945. The right-hander was born in Cork, and he was the last native of Ireland to appear in a major league game...
    
     becomes the last native of Ireland
    Ireland
    Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
    
     to appear in a major league game.
• September 9 - 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...
  
   first baseman
  First baseman
  First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team...
  
   Mickey Rocco
  Mickey Rocco
  Michael Dominick Rocco was a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Indians from 1943 to 1946. He was the Tribe's regular first baseman for the majority of the World War II years....
  
   leads the way to a doubleheader sweep 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...
  
   with two home runs, two doubles, and two singles. A crowd of 72,252 is on hand at Yankee Stadium to see their team lose 10-3 and 4-3.
• September 9 - In the second game of a doubleheader
  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...
  
  , Dick Fowler
  Dick Fowler
  Richard John Fowler was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics . Fowler batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
  
   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"...
  
   as 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 St. Louis Browns
  Baltimore Orioles
  The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
  
  , 1-0.
• September 29 - 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...
  
   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...
  
   Paul Gillespie
  Paul Gillespie
  For the Irish Times columnist, see Paul Gillespie Paul Allen Gillespie was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Chicago Cubs in 1942, 1944, and 1945. A native of Sugar Valley, Georgia, he stood 6'3" and weighed 195 lbs.Gillespie is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major...
  
   homers in his final major league at bat. In 1942 he homered in his first major league at bat. He is the only the second player in MLB history to do both. John Miller
  John Miller (baseball hitter)
  John Allen Miller was a Major League Baseball player for the 1966 New York Yankees and 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers. He is made famous by the fact he is one of only two players to hit a home run in his first and last major league at-bats. The other is Paul Gillespie...
  
   is the second.

October - December

• October 10 - 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...
  
   defeat 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...
  
  , 9-3, in Game 7 of the World Series
  1945 World Series
  -Game 1:Wednesday, October 3, 1945 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan-Game 2:Thursday, October 4, 1945 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan-Game 3:Friday, October 5, 1945 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan...
  
   to win their second World Series, four games to three. To date, the Cubs have not won another National League pennant
  Pennant (sports)
  A pennant is a commemorative flag typically used to show support for a particular athletic team. Pennants have been historically used in all types of athletic levels: high school, collegiate, professional etc. Traditionally, pennants were made of felt and fashioned in the official colors of a...
  
   and have not won the World Series since 1908
  1908 World Series
  The 1908 World Series matched the defending champion Chicago Cubs against the Detroit Tigers in a rematch of the 1907 Series. In this first-ever rematch of this young event, the Cubs won in five games for their second consecutive title....
  
  , these are the longest such droughts in the history of baseball.
• October 23 - Jackie Robinson
  Jackie Robinson
  Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947...
  
   is signed by the Dodgers; he is later assigned to the Montreal Royals
  Montreal Royals
  The Montreal Royals were a minor league professional baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, that existed from 1897–1917 and from 1928–60 as a member of the International League and its progenitor, the original Eastern League...
  
   for the 1946 season.

January-March

• January 3 - Larry Barnett
  Larry Barnett
  Lawrence Robert Barnett is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1969 to 1999 before becoming the major leagues' supervisor of umpires in 2000-2001.-Career:...
  
  
• January 7 - Tony Conigliaro
  Tony Conigliaro
  Anthony Richard Conigliaro , nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig", was a Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox and California Angels . He was born in Revere, Massachusetts, and was a 1962 graduate of St. Mary's High School...
  
  
• January 20 - Dave Boswell
  Dave Boswell
  David Wilson Boswell was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the American League for the Minnesota Twins from 1964-1971....
  
  
• January 25 - Wally Bunker
  Wally Bunker
  Wallace Edward Bunker is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. A right-hander, Bunker pitched for the Baltimore Orioles from to and Kansas City Royals from to .-Biography:...
  
  
• January 29 - Dick Mills
  Dick Mills (baseball)
  Richard Alan Mills is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Mills had originally been drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1965 amateur draft and by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the January 1966 draft, but did not sign with a major league team until he was drafted by his...
  
  
• February 9 - Jim Nash
  Jim Nash
  James Edwin Nash , commonly nicknamed Jim Nash, is a retired American professional baseball pitcher. He debuted on July 3, 1966 against the Detroit Tigers after then Kansas City Athletics signed him as a free agent...
  
  
• February 11 - John Paciorek
  John Paciorek
  John Francis Paciorek is an American baseball player with three career Major League at-bats, all for the Houston Colt .45s in 1963.He is famous for having arguably the greatest one-game career in baseball history...
  
  
• February 12 - Don Wilson
  Don Wilson (baseball player)
  Donald Edward "Don" Wilson, , was a Major League Baseball pitcher for nine seasons with the Houston Astros.-Career:...
  
  
• March 11 - Dock Ellis
  Dock Ellis
  Dock Phillip Ellis, Jr. was a professional baseball player who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, among other teams in Major League Baseball. His best season was 1971, when he won 19 games for the World Series champion Pirates and was the starting pitcher for the National League in the All-Star...
  
  
• March 12 - Horacio Piña
  Horacio Piña
  Horacio Piña García [pee'-nyah] is a former relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between and . Piña also played professionally in Mexico for several years...
  
  

April-June

• April 2 - Mike Kekich
  Mike Kekich
  Michael Dennis Kekich was a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, and Seattle Mariners between 1965 and 1977...
  
  
• April 2 - Reggie Smith
  Reggie Smith
  Carl Reginald Smith is a former Major League Baseball outfielder, coach and front office executive. During a 17-year big league career , Smith appeared in 1,987 games, hit 314 home runs and batted .287. He was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed. In his prime, he had one of the strongest...
  
  
• April 2 - Don Sutton
• April 11 - Mike Kilkenny
  Mike Kilkenny
  Michael David Kilkenny is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Born in Bradford, Ontario, Canada, the left-hander was signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent before the 1964 season. He played for the Tigers , Oakland Athletics , San Diego Padres , and Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• April 15 - Ted Sizemore
  Ted Sizemore
  Ted Crawford Sizemore was a second baseman for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers , St...
  
  
• May 3 - Davey Lopes
  Davey Lopes
  David Earle Lopes is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. He batted and threw right-handed. He is currently the first base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.He is of Cape Verdean descent.-Playing:...
  
  
• May 4 - Rene Lachemann
  Rene Lachemann
  Rene George Lachemann is a former coach, catcher and manager in Major League Baseball. Lachemann served as the first manager in the history of the Florida Marlins and also skippered the Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers...
  
  
• May 26 - Al Yates
  Al Yates
  Albert Arthur "Al" Yates born in Jersey City, New Jersey, is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Yates played 24 games for the Milwaukee Brewers in the season.-References:...
  
  
• May 29 - Blue Moon Odom
  Blue Moon Odom
  Johnny Lee Odom was a Major League Baseball pitcher who won three consecutive World Series championships with the Oakland Athletics in , and .-Early years:...
  
  
• May 29 - Clyde Mashore
  Clyde Mashore
  Clyde Wayne Mashore is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played in 241 games over five seasons for the Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos of the National League. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• June 25 - Dick Drago
  Dick Drago
  Richard Anthony "Dick" Drago is a former American League relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City Royals , Boston Red Sox , California Angels , Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners...
  
  

July-September

• July 1 - Billy Rohr
  Billy Rohr
  William Joseph Rohr is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in the American League for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians . Listed at 6' 3", 170 lb., he batted and threw left-handed....
  
  
• July 7 - Chuck Goggin
  Chuck Goggin
  Charles Francis Goggin is a former utility player in Major League Baseball who played from to for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox ....
  
  
• July 7 - Bill Melton
  Bill Melton
  William Edwin Melton , nicknamed "Beltin' Bill" or "Beltin' Melton", is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Chicago White Sox, California Angels and Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• July 10 - Hal McRae
  Hal McRae
  Harold Abraham McRae is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Royals . Utilized as a designated hitter for most of his career, McRae batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• July 27 - Larry Biittner
  Larry Biittner
  Lawrence David Biittner is a former professional baseball player whose 14 seasons in Major League Baseball were spread out amongst several teams...
  
  
• July 29 - Roy Foster
• August 6 - Andy Messersmith
  Andy Messersmith
  John Alexander "Andy" Messersmith is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He was the 12th overall pick of the 1966 amateur draft by the California Angels...
  
  
• August 15 - Duffy Dyer
  Duffy Dyer
  Donald Robert "Duffy" Dyer is a former American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the New York Mets , Pittsburgh Pirates , Montreal Expos , and Detroit Tigers .-Playing career:Dyer played alongside Sal Bando and Rick Monday as a member of...
  
  
• August 21 - Jerry DaVanon
  Jerry DaVanon
  Frank Gerald DaVanon is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as an infielder.- First Cardinals stint :...
  
  
• September 8 - Ossie Blanco
  Ossie Blanco
  Oswaldo Carlos Blanco Díaz , better known as Ossie Blanco, is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• September 13 - Rick Wise
  Rick Wise
  Richard Charles Wise is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for 18 seasons...
  
  
• September 16 - Ed Sprague
• September 25 - Steve Arlin
  Steve Arlin
  Steven Ralph Arlin is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. In six major league seasons, Arlin pitched for the San Diego Padres and Cleveland Indians .-College Star:...
  
  
• September 26 - Dave Duncan
  Dave Duncan (baseball)
  David Edwin Duncan is an American former professional baseball player and current pitching coach for the St. Louis Cardinals...
  
  

October-December

• October 1 - Rod Carew
  Rod Carew
  Rodney Cline "Rod" Carew is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, second baseman and coach. He played from 1967 to 1985 for the Minnesota Twins and the California Angels and was elected to the All-Star game every season except his last. In 1991, Carew was inducted into the National...
  
  
• October 14 - Tom Silverio
  Tom Silverio
  Tomás Roberto Silverio Veloz was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for three seasons. He played for the California Angels from 1970 to 1972, playing in 31 career games. His son, Nelson Silverio, was a coach for the New York Mets in 2004.-External links:...
  
  
• October 15 - Jim Palmer
  Jim Palmer
  James Alvin "Jim" Palmer , nicknamed "Cakes", is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 20-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in .As of 2008, Palmer and his wife Susan have homes in Palm Beach, Florida, and...
  
  
• October 27 - Mike Lum
  Mike Lum
  Michael Ken-Wai Lum was an Outfielder and First Baseman for the Atlanta Braves , Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs...
  
  
• November 3 - Ken Holtzman
  Ken Holtzman
  Kenneth Dale Holtzman is a left-handed former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics...
  
  
• November 19 - Bobby Tolan
  Bobby Tolan
  Robert Tolan is a former center and right fielder in Major League Baseball. Tolan, who batted and threw left-handed, played for the St. Louis Cardinals , Cincinnati Reds , San Diego Padres , Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• November 20 - Jay Johnstone
  Jay Johnstone
  John William Johnstone Jr. is an American former professional baseball player, active from 1966 to 1985 for the California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs...
  
  
• November 20 - Rick Monday
  Rick Monday
  Robert James "Rick" Monday, Jr. is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball and is currently a broadcast announcer. From 1966 through 1984, Monday, a center fielder for most of his career, played for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics , Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
  
• December 6 - Larry Bowa
  Larry Bowa
  Lawrence Robert Bowa is a former middle infielder, playing mainly as a shortstop, and manager in Major League Baseball.-Early life:...
  
  
• December 12 - Ralph Garr
  Ralph Garr
  Ralph Allen Garr is a former Major League Baseball player who played outfield for the Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox and California Angels. He batted left-handed and threw right...
  
  
• December 14 - Greg Goossen
  Greg Goossen
  Gregory Bryant Goossen was an American catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball, playing from 1965 through 1970 for four different clubs in the American and National leagues...
  
  
• December 19 - Art Kusnyer
  Art Kusnyer
  Arthur William Kusnyer is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 37th round of the 1966 amateur draft...
  
  
• December 19 - Geoff Zahn
  Geoff Zahn
  Geoffery Clayton Zahn is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 13-year career, he pitched from 1973-1985 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs of the National League and the Minnesota Twins and California Angels of the American League...
  
  

Deaths

• February 21 - Paul Radford
  Paul Radford
  Paul Revere Radford was a Major League Baseball player in the late 19th century. Paul, nicknamed "Shorty", played with many teams over his 12-season career, but his best performance was with the Cleveland Infants, when he batted .292. His career batting average was .242. Radford died in Boston,...
  
  , 83, outfielder/shortstop who had 1206 hits in a 12-season career.

• May 25 - Charlie Frye
  Charlie Frye (baseball)
  Charles Andrew Frye was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1940 season...
  
  , 30, pitcher for the 1940 Philadelphia Phillies
  1940 Philadelphia Phillies season
  The Philadelphia Phillies season was the 58th season in the history of the franchise. The team, managed by Doc Prothro, began their third season at Shibe Park and were picked by 73 of 76 writers in the pre-season Associated Press poll of baseball writers to finish last...
  
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• May 27 - Walter Carlisle
  Walter Carlisle
  Walter Carlisle [Rosy] was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1908 season. Carlisle was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...
  
  , 63, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, who entered the records books as the only outfielder ever to make an unassisted triple play in organized baseball, while playing in the Pacific Coast League.

• June 18 - Sid Mercer
  Sid Mercer
  James Sidney Mercer was an American sports writer who covered mostly boxing and baseball in St. Louis, Missouri and in New York City....
  
  , 64, sportswriter for New York newspapers since 1905, previously in St. Louis; also an official with the St. Louis Browns from 1903-05

• June 29 - Clarence Winters
  Clarence Winters
  Clarence John Winters was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. He was born in Detroit, Michigan....
  
  , 45, pitcher for the 1924 Boston Red Sox
  1924 Boston Red Sox season
  The 1924 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 87 losses.- Opening Day lineup :- Roster :- Starters by position :...
  
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• August 7 - Bobby Veach
  Bobby Veach
  Robert Hayes "Bobby" Veach was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played fourteen seasons for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees and Washington Senators ....
  
  , 57, left fielder for the Tigers who batted .310 lifetime, led AL in RBI three times and doubles twice.

• September 13 - Cy Blanton
  Cy Blanton
  Darrell Elijah Blanton was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies . Blanton batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Waurika, Oklahoma...
  
  , 37, All-Star pitcher who played for the Pirates and Phillies in the 1940s and twice led National League in shutouts.

• September 27 - Lou Nordyke
  Lou Nordyke
  Louis Ellis Nordyke was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the St. Louis Browns for one season, from April 18 to June 27, 1906. He was sold to the Browns by the Tacoma Tigers of the Pacific Coast League, after having previously been on their Champion 1904-1905 team...
  
  , 69, first baseman who played one season for the St. Louis Browns
  Baltimore Orioles
  The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
  
   in 1906.

• September 29 - George Van Haltren
  George Van Haltren
  100px|thumb|left|Van Haltren in 1904George Edward Martin Van Haltren was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who also pitched and occasionally played shortstop. He batted and threw left-handed...
  
  , 79, center fielder, primarily with the New York Giants, who batted .316 lifetime and ranked sixth all-time in both hits (2500+) and runs upon retirement; led NL in triples and steals once each, also won 40 games as pitcher, including a six-inning no-hitter.

• October 16 - Hack Eibel
  Hack Eibel
  Henry Hack Eibel was an utility in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Naps and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 11", 220 lb., Eibel batted and threw left-handed...
  
  , 51, versatile player for the 1912 Cleveland Naps and 1920 Boston Red Sox.

• December 27 - Hugh Fullerton
  Hugh Fullerton
  thumb|Hugh Fullerton III was an influential American sportswriter of the first half of the 20th century. He was one of the founders of the Baseball Writers Association of America. He is best remembered for his role in uncovering the 1919 "Black Sox" Scandal...
  
  , 72, Chicago sportswriter who helped break the story of the Black Sox scandal; an early advocate of the value of statistics, he first gained wide attention for correctly predicting the White Sox' upset of the Cubs in the 1906 World Series, even getting right the winner of each game and the day of a rainout.