Major League Baseball

• World Series
  1953 World Series
  The 1953 World Series matched the four-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in a rematch of the 1952 Series. The Yankees won in six games for their fifth straight title—a mark which has not been equalled—and their sixteenth overall...
  
  : 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 Brooklyn Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
   (4-2)
• 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 14 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...
  
  : National League, 5-1

Other champions

• Caribbean World Series
  Caribbean World Series
  The Caribbean Series , also called the Caribbean World Series is the highest baseball tournament at club level in Latin America. The league winners from the Winter Leagues of Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela participate in the tournament...
  
  : Cangrejeros de Santurce
  Santurce Crabbers (baseball)
  The Cangrejeros de Santurce were a professional baseball team based in Santurce, the largest barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The franchise joined the Puerto Rico Baseball League since it was the semi-professional Liga de Béisbol Semi-Profesional de Puerto Rico...
  
   (Puerto Rico)
• College World Series
  College World Series
  The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...
  
  : Michigan
  University of Michigan
  The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
  
  
• Japan Series
  Japan Series
  , or is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan. It is a seven-game series between the winning clubs of the league's two circuits, the Central League and the Pacific League....
  
  : Yomiuri Giants
  Yomiuri Giants
  The are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top level of professional play in Japan. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The English-language press occasionally calls the...
  
   over Nankai Hawks (4-2)
• Little League World Series
  Little League World Series
  The Little League Baseball World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old. It was originally called the National Little League Tournament and was later renamed for the World Series in Major League Baseball. It was first held in 1947 and is held every August in South...
  
  : Southside, Birmingham, Alabama
  Birmingham, Alabama
  Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  : Grand Rapids Chicks
  Grand Rapids Chicks
  The Grand Rapids Chicks were a women's professional baseball team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1945 to 1954, winning championships in 1947 and 1953....
  
  

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...
  
  
  • Al Rosen
    Al Rosen
    Albert Leonard Rosen , nicknamed "Al", "Flip", and the "Hebrew Hammer", is a former American professional baseball player who was a third baseman and right-handed slugger in the Major Leagues for ten seasons in tthe 1940s and 1950s.He played his entire 10-year career with the Cleveland Indians in...
    
     (unanimous), 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...
    
    , 3B
  • Roy Campanella
    Roy Campanella
    Roy Campanella , nicknamed "Campy", was an American baseball player, primarily at the position of catcher, in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball...
    
    , Brooklyn Dodgers
    Los Angeles Dodgers
    The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
    
    , C
• MLB Rookie of the Year Award
  MLB Rookie of the Year Award
  In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is annually given to one player from each league as voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America . The award was established in 1940 by the Chicago chapter of the BBWAA, which selected an annual winner from 1940 through 1946...
  
  
  • Harvey Kuenn
    Harvey Kuenn
    Harvey Edward Kuenn was an American player, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. As a shortstop and outfielder, he played with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , San Francisco Giants , Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies . He batted and threw right-handed...
    
    , 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...
    
    , SS
  • Jim Gilliam
    Jim Gilliam
    James William Gilliam was an American second and third baseman and coach in Negro League and Major League Baseball who spent his entire major league career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. He was named the National League Rookie of the Year, and was a key member of ten NL championship...
    
    , Brooklyn Dodgers
    Los Angeles Dodgers
    The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
    
    , 2B
• 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...
  
  
  • Al Rosen
    Al Rosen
    Albert Leonard Rosen , nicknamed "Al", "Flip", and the "Hebrew Hammer", is a former American professional baseball player who was a third baseman and right-handed slugger in the Major Leagues for ten seasons in tthe 1940s and 1950s.He played his entire 10-year career with the Cleveland Indians in...
    
    , 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 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...
  
  
  • Bob Porterfield
    Bob Porterfield
    Erwin Coolidge "Bob" Porterfield is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for twelve seasons between 1948 and 1959 for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs...
    
    , 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...
    
    
  • Warren Spahn
    Warren Spahn
    Warren Edward Spahn was an American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in the National League. He won 20 games each in 13 seasons, including a 23-7 record when he was age 42...
    
    , Milwaukee 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....
    
    
• 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...
  
  
  • Casey Stengel
    Casey Stengel
    Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel , nicknamed "The Old Perfessor", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in ....
    
    , 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...
    
    

Statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

January-March

• January 21 - The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted former 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...
  
   pitcher 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 former 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....
  
   slugger 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...
  
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• February - Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch
  Anheuser-Busch
  Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. , is an American brewing company. The company operates 12 breweries in the United States and 18 in other countries. It was, until December 2009, also one of America's largest theme park operators; operating ten theme parks across the United States through the...
  
   purchases the St. Louis Cardinals
  St. Louis Cardinals
  The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
  
   franchise, an ownership that would last until the start of , when William DeWitt, Jr.
  William DeWitt, Jr.
  William O. DeWitt, Jr. is an American businessman and currently the managing partner and chairman of the St. Louis Cardinals. He served on the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board during the George W...
  
   took over. 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...
  
   is renamed Busch Stadium.

• March 13 - 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....
  
   owner, Lou Perini, announced he was moving the team to Milwaukee, where the Braves had their top farm club, in time for the 1953 season.

April-June

• April 13 - In Cincinnati over 30,000 see the Milwaukee 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....
  
   win their first game, 2-0, behind the pitching of Max Surkont
  Max Surkont
  Matthew Constantine "Max" Surkont was an American professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Giants...
  
  

• April 17 - 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...
  
   Mickey Mantle
  Mickey Mantle
  Mickey Charles Mantle was an American professional baseball player. Mantle is regarded by many to be the greatest switch hitter of all time, and one of the greatest players in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.Mantle was noted for his hitting...
  
   hit the longest home run in 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...
  
   history, a 565-feet shot off 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...
  
   Chuck Stobbs
  Chuck Stobbs
  Charles Klein Stobbs was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox , Chicago White Sox , Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins and St...
  
  . The Yankees win, 7-3.

• April 30 - The Little-Bigger League changes its name to the Babe Ruth League.

• May 6 - 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...
  
  , Bobo Holloman
  Bobo Holloman
  Alva Lee "Bobo" Holloman was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns in . Holloman pitched in just 22 games in his lone year, with three wins against seven losses. However, he pitched a no-hitter in his first major league start against the Philadelphia...
  
   of 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...
  
   no-hits
  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"...
  
   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....
  
   6-0 in his very first Major League start. Holloman will only post two more victories in his Major League career, in which his final appearance is on July 19 of this season.

• June 3 - Congress
  United States Congress
  The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
  
   cites the research of New York City librarian Robert Henderson in proving that Alexander Cartwright
  Alexander Cartwright
  Alexander Joy Cartwright, Jr. is one of several people sometimes referred to as a "father of baseball". Cartwright is thought to be the first person to draw a diagram of a diamond shaped baseball field, and the rules of the modern game are based on the Knickerbocker Rules developed by Cartwright...
  
   "founded" baseball and not Abner Doubleday
  Abner Doubleday
  Abner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his...
  
  . His 1947 book Bat, Ball and Bishop documents Cartwright's contributions to the origins of the game of the baseball.

• June 14 - 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...
  
   sweep 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...
  
  , 6-2 and 3-0, before 74,708 at Cleveland Stadium
  Cleveland Stadium
  Cleveland Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in Cleveland, Ohio. In its final years, the stadium seated 74,438, for baseball and 81,000, for football. It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums, built to accommodate both baseball and football...
  
   to extend their winning streak at 18 games.

• June 18 - In a 23-3 thrashing 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...
  
   at Fenway Park
  Fenway Park
  Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...
  
  , 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"...
  
   set a still-standing Major League record by scoring 17 runs in one inning. After scoring twice in the sixth to break a 3-3 tie, the Red Sox go on their record-breaking run-scoring output in the seventh. 11 Red Sox players score in the inning, with Sammy White
  Sammy White (baseball)
  Sammy Charles White was a Major League Baseball catcher and right-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox , Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies .White was born in Wenatchee, Washington...
  
   scoring three times and Gene Stephens
  Gene Stephens
  Glen Eugene Stephens was an Outfielder for the Boston Red Sox , Baltimore Orioles , Kansas City Athletics and Chicago White Sox...
  
   (who also collects three hits in the inning, becoming the first Major Leaguer in modern history to do so), Tom Umphlett
  Tom Umphlett
  Thomas Mullen Umphlett is a former center and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1953 to 1955 with the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators....
  
  , Dick Gernert
  Dick Gernert
  Richard Edward Gernert was a first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Chicago Cubs , Detroit Tigers , Cincinnati Reds and Houston Colt .45's . He threw and batted right-handed...
  
   and winning pitcher Ellis Kinder
  Ellis Kinder
  Ellis Raymond Kinder , also nicknamed "Old Folks", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns , Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox...
  
   scoring twice.

• June 25 - Ted Kazanski
  Ted Kazanski
  Theodore Stanley Kazanski is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Phillies. Listed at 6' 1" , 175 lb., he batted and threw right-handed....
  
   collects three hits and four runs batted in in his majors debut to lead 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...
  
   to a 13–2 victory over 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...
  
   at Wrigley Field
  Wrigley Field
  Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales...
  
  . Kazanski becomes the first player in Major League history to drive in at least four runs as a shortstop
  Shortstop
  Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...
  
   in his major league debut, according to the Elias Sports Bureau
  Elias Sports Bureau
  The Elias Sports Bureau is an American company that provides historical research and statistical services in the field of professional sports.In 1913, Al Munro Elias and his brother Walter established the Al Munro Elias Bureau in New York City...
  
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July-September

• July 14 - 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...
  
   wins its fourth All-Star Game
  All-star game
  An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league, except in the circumstances of professional sports systems in which a democratic voting system is used...
  
   in a row, 5-1 in Cincinnati's 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...
  
   behind the stellar pitching of Robin Roberts
  Robin Roberts (baseball player)
  Robin Evan Roberts was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who pitched primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies . He spent the latter part of his career with the Baltimore Orioles , Houston Astros , and Chicago Cubs...
  
   and Warren Spahn
  Warren Spahn
  Warren Edward Spahn was an American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in the National League. He won 20 games each in 13 seasons, including a 23-7 record when he was age 42...
  
  . Cardinals OF Enos Slaughter
  Enos Slaughter
  Enos Bradsher Slaughter , nicknamed "Country", was an American Major League Baseball right fielder. During a 19-year baseball career, he played from 1938–1942 and 1946-1959 for four different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the St...
  
   gets two hits, scores twice and robs Harvey Kuenn
  Harvey Kuenn
  Harvey Edward Kuenn was an American player, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. As a shortstop and outfielder, he played with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , San Francisco Giants , Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
   of an extra-base hit.

• September 2 - The St. Louis Cardinals
  St. Louis Cardinals
  The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
  
   overcome a three-run inside-the-park home run
  Inside-the-park home run
  In baseball parlance, an inside-the-park home run, "leg home run", or "quadruple", is a play where a batter hits a home run without hitting the ball out of play.-Discussion:...
  
   by shortstop Ted Kazanski
  Ted Kazanski
  Theodore Stanley Kazanski is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Phillies. Listed at 6' 1" , 175 lb., he batted and threw right-handed....
  
   to beat 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...
  
  ‚ 10–7. Rip Repulski
  Rip Repulski
  Eldon John Repulski was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. From 1953 through 1961, he played with the St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Phillies , Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
   hits his 20th home run of the season for St. Louis‚ breaking the team's rookie record set by Johnny Mize
  Johnny Mize
  John Robert "Johnny" Mize was a baseball player who was a first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and New York Yankees...
  
   in . The Cardinals hammer 10 hits off Phillies starter Robin Roberts to hand him his 12th loss.

• September 12 - Carl Erskine
  Carl Erskine
  Carl Daniel Erskine is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through 1959...
  
   defeats the Braves 5-2, as the Brooklyn Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
   clinch the pennant earlier than any other team in history.

• September 13 - Pitcher Bob Trice
  Bob Trice
  Robert Lee Trice was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Athletics . A native of Newton, Georgia, the right-hander stood 6'3" and weighed 190 lbs.Trice was brought to Philadelphia in 1953 after winning 21 games for the Ottawa A's of the...
  
   becomes the first black player in 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....
  
   history.

• September 14 - 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...
  
   clinch their 5th straight pennant with an 8-5 win over 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...
  
  . Second baseman Billy Martin
  Billy Martin
  Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin, Jr. was an American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. He is best known as the manager of the New York Yankees, a position he held five different times...
  
   has 4 RBIs.

October-December

• October 5 - 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...
  
   defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-3, in Game 6 of the World Series
  1953 World Series
  The 1953 World Series matched the four-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in a rematch of the 1952 Series. The Yankees won in six games for their fifth straight title—a mark which has not been equalled—and their sixteenth overall...
  
  , to win their record-setting fifth consecutive 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...
  
   and sixteenth overall, four games to two. Billy Martin
  Billy Martin
  Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin, Jr. was an American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. He is best known as the manager of the New York Yankees, a position he held five different times...
  
   was the star of the Series with a record-setting 12 hits, including the game-winning single in the bottom of the 9th of Game 6 to clinch the title.

• October 7 - Bill Veeck
  Bill Veeck
  William Louis Veeck, Jr. , also known as "Sport Shirt Bill", was a native of Chicago, Illinois, and a franchise owner and promoter in Major League Baseball. He was best known for his publicity stunts to raise attendance. Veeck was at various times the owner of the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis...
  
  , facing dwindling attendance and revenue, is forced to sell 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...
  
   to a Baltimore
  Baltimore
  Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
  
  -based group led by attorney Clarence Miles and brewer Jerry Hoffberger
  Jerold Hoffberger
  Jerold Charles 'Jerry' Hoffberger was an American businessman. He was president of the National Brewing Company from 1946 to 1973. He was also part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles of the American League from 1954 to 1965, and majority owner from 1965 to 1979.-Biography:Hoffberger was a lifelong...
  
  . The Browns would move to Baltimore and be known as the Orioles starting in the season.

• November 9 - Reaffirming its earlier position, the United States Supreme Court rules, 7-2, that baseball is a sport and not a business and therefore not subject to antitrust laws. The ruling is made in a case involving 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...
  
   Minor League player George Toolson, who refused to move from Triple-A to Double-A.

• November 10 - 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....
  
   end their tour of Japan. It is reported that each Giants player received just $331 of the $3,000 they were promised.

• November 24 - The Brooklyn Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
   sign the relatively unknown Walter Alston
  Walter Alston
  Walter Emmons Alston , nicknamed "Smokey," was an American baseball player and manager. He was born in Venice, Ohio but grew up in Darrtown. He is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he lettered three years in both basketball and baseball and is a member of the University's Hall...
  
   to a one-year pact as their manager for 1954. Alston will manage the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers over the next 23 seasons, winning 2,040 games and four World Championships.

• December 1 - 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 for slugger Jackie Jensen
  Jackie Jensen
  Jack Eugene Jensen was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three American League teams from 1950 to 1961, most notably the Boston Red Sox...
  
  , sending P Mickey McDermott
  Mickey McDermott
  Maurice Joseph "Mickey" McDermott Jr. was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.-Pre-professional career:...
  
   and OF Tom Umphlett
  Tom Umphlett
  Thomas Mullen Umphlett is a former center and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1953 to 1955 with the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators....
  
   to 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...
  
  . Jensen will average 25 home runs a year for his seven seasons for Boston, lead the American League in RBI three times, and win the Most Valuable Player Award in . A fear of flying will end his career prematurely.

January-March

• January 1 - Lynn Jones
  Lynn Jones
  Lynn Morris Jones is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals...
  
  
• January 5 - Jim Gantner
  Jim Gantner
  James Elmer Gantner was a Major League Baseball player who spent his entire career with the Milwaukee Brewers .-Background:...
  
  
• January 8 - Bruce Sutter
  Bruce Sutter
  Howard Bruce Sutter is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. He was arguably the first pitcher to make effective use of the splitter....
  
  
• January 9 - Iván DeJesús
  Ivan DeJesus
  Iván Alvarez DeJesús is a former Major League Baseball player from 1974 to 1988 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, and Detroit Tigers. DeJesús was regarded as a good fielding but light hitting shortstop...
  
  
• January 12 - Terry Whitfield
  Terry Whitfield
  Terry Bertland Whitfield is a former Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Seibu Lions of the Japanese Baseball League, and the Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
  
• January 13 - Odell Jones
  Odell Jones
  Odell Jones was a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Seattle Mariners , Texas Rangers , Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers in Major League Baseball....
  
  
• January 17 - Mark Littell
  Mark Littell
  Mark Alan Littell , is a professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1973-1982 for the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals. Littell had a lifetime ERA of 3.32 and saved 56 games from 1976 to 1981...
  
  
• January 24 - Tim Stoddard
  Tim Stoddard
  Timothy Paul Stoddard is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is one of only two known men to have played in both a World Series and an NCAA basketball national championship game....
  
  
• February 4 - Rob Picciolo
  Rob Picciolo
  Robert Michael Picciolo is a former Major League Baseball player who currently serves as the bench coach of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He played nine seasons in the major leagues, from 1977–1985, for the Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, and California Angels, the predecessor of his...
  
  
• February 7 - Dan Quisenberry
  Dan Quisenberry
  Dan Raymond "Quiz" Quisenberry was an American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Kansas City Royals...
  
  
• February 11 - Tom Veryzer
  Tom Veryzer
  Thomas Martin Veryzer , is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played from 1973-1984 with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , New York Mets , and Chicago Cubs . Veryzer was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round of the 1971 amateur draft...
  
  
• February 12 - Dave Revering
  Dave Revering
  David Alvin Revering , is a former Major League Baseball first baseman from 1978-1982. Revering graduated from Bella Vista High School...
  
  
• February 17 - Jamie Easterly
  Jamie Easterly
  James Morris Easterly is a retired pitcher who played in the major leagues for the Atlanta Braves , Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Indians ....
  
  
• February 17 - Jim Umbarger
  Jim Umbarger
  James Harold Umbarger is a former American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher at Grant High School in Van Nuys, California, Umbarger was the 33rd pick in the 1971 Major League draft by the Cleveland Indians, but opted to attend Arizona State University. In 1974, The Sporting...
  
  
• February 27 - Ron Hassey
  Ron Hassey
  Ronald William Hassey is a retired Major League Baseball catcher. Hassey began his career with the Cleveland Indians after the Indians drafted him in the 18th round of the 1976 MLB amateur draft...
  
  
• March 8 - Jim Rice
  Jim Rice
  James Edward "Jim" Rice , nicknamed "Jim Ed", is a former Major League Baseball left fielder.Jim Rice played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox from 1974 to 1989...
  
  
• March 8 - Don Werner
  Don Werner
  Donald Paul Werner is a retired Major League Baseball catcher. He played during seven seasons at the major league level, playing for the Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers . In 1978, the Reds starting catcher, Johnny Bench, sat out 20 plus games with an injury which gave Don a starting role...
  
  
• March 23 - Bo Diaz
  Bo Diaz
  Baudilio José Díaz Seijas was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds between and...
  
  
• March 27 - Gary Alexander
  Gary Alexander (baseball)
  Gary Wayne Alexander is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants , Oakland Athletics , Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• March 29 - Tom Hume
  Tom Hume
  Thomas Hubert Hume is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies from 1977 to 1987...
  
  
• March 31 - Tom Hausman
  Tom Hausman
  Thomas Matthew Hausman is a United States baseball player.-Early career:Hausman was named to an All-State basketball team once during his high school years....
  
  

April-June

• April 2 - Héctor Cruz
• May 6 - Larry Andersen
• May 9 - Ron Jackson
  Ron Jackson
  Ronnie Damien Jackson is a coach and a former player in Major League Baseball. He was a hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox from 2003-2006...
  
  
• May 15 - George Brett
  George Brett (baseball)
  George Howard Brett , nicknamed "Mullet", is a former Major League Baseball third baseman, designated hitter, and first baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Kansas City Royals. Brett's 3,154 career hits are the most by any third baseman in major league history, and 15th...
  
  
• May 16 - Rick Rhoden
  Rick Rhoden
  Richard Alan Rhoden is a professional golfer and was a Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 16 year baseball career, he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers , Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros of the National League; and the New York Yankees of the American League.-Early years:Rhoden was...
  
  
• May 28 - Rafael Landestoy
  Rafael Landestoy
  Rafael Silvaido Landestoy Santana in Baní, Dominican Republic) was an eight year major league baseball veteran who played for the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, and Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
  
• June 6 - Dave Bergman
  Dave Bergman
  David Bruce Bergman was a Major League Baseball first baseman, designated hitter, and outfielder.Born in Evanston, Illinois, Bergman is an alumnus of Maine South High School and Illinois State University...
  
  
• June 10 - Francisco Barrios
  Francisco Barrios
  Francisco Javier Barrios was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox . Barrios batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• June 10 - Rick Camp
  Rick Camp
  Rick Lamar Camp , is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1976-1985. He played for the Atlanta Braves....
  
  
• June 14 - Luis Aponte
  Luis Aponte
  Luis Eduardo Aponte Yuripe is a former right-handed middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• June 21 - Charlie Moore
  Charlie Moore
  Charles William Moore Jr. , is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a catcher and outfielder from 1973-1987...
  
  
• June 22 - Roy Thomas

July-September

• July 3 - Frank Tanana
  Frank Tanana
  Frank Daryl Tanana is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He was the California Angels' 1st round draft pick in 1971....
  
  
• July 3 - John Verhoeven
  John Verhoeven
  John C Verhoeven is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played 4 seasons in the majors for the California Angels, Chicago White Sox, and Minnesota Twins.-References:...
  
  
• July 21 - Steve Smith
  Steve Smith (baseball)
  Steven John Smith is a Major League Baseball coach presently working as the third-base coach for the Cleveland Indians. Prior to his current assignment in Cleveland, he held the same position with the Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• July 25 - Biff Pocoroba
  Biff Pocoroba
  Biff Benedict Pocoroba is a former Major League Baseball catcher, who also played a few games at third base. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 17th round of the 1971 amateur draft....
  
  
• July 31 - Hank Small
  Hank Small (baseball)
  George Henry Small was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Atlanta Braves during the season. Listed at 6' 3", 205 lb., Small batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• August 5 - Rick Bosetti
  Rick Bosetti
  Richard Alan Bosetti is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder who played from to for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, and Oakland Athletics....
  
  
• August 5 - Rick Mahler
  Rick Mahler
  Richard Keith Mahler was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves , Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos...
  
  
• August 8 - Alvis Woods
  Alvis Woods
  Alvis "Al" Woods is a former left fielder who played in Major League Baseball between and . He batted and threw left-handed....
  
  
• August 10 - Tom Brookens
  Tom Brookens
  Thomas Dale Brookens is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , and Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• August 15 - Nino Espinosa
  Nino Espinosa
  Arnulfo Acevedo Espinosa was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher from the Dominican Republic signed as an amateur free agent with the New York Mets in September at the age of 17....
  
  
• August 16 - Nick Leyva
  Nick Leyva
  Nicholas Tomas Leyva is the current third base coach of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Leyva, who is of Mexican American descent, is a former minor league player and manager, and has spent over a decade as a Major League Baseball coach...
  
  
• August 24 - Luis Sánchez
  Luis Sánchez
  This article is about a baseball player; for other people with the same name, see Luis Sanchez Luis Mercedes Escobar Sánchez , nicknamed "Escoba" , was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels. He also played in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants...
  
  
• August 31 - Juan Bernhardt
  Juan Bernhardt
  Juan Ramón Bernhardt Coradin is a retired professional baseball player whose career spanned 13 seasons. Bernhardt spent parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees , and the Seattle Mariners...
  
  
• September 1 - Rob Wilfong
  Rob Wilfong
  Robert Donald Wilfong was a second baseman for the Minnesota Twins , California Angels and San Francisco Giants ....
  
  
• September 2 - Danny Goodwin
  Danny Goodwin
  Danny Kay Goodwin was a Major League Baseball player from 1975 to 1982 for the California Angels, Minnesota Twins, and Oakland Athletics. Goodwin, who played a majority of his games as a designated hitter, is the only player to be the first overall pick in the Major League draft in two separate...
  
  
• September 3 - Mike Paxton
  Mike Paxton
  Michael De Wayne Paxton is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• September 16 - Chris Knapp
  Chris Knapp (baseball)
  Robert Christian Knapp is a former right-handed pitcher for the Chicago White Sox and California Angels. After graduating from Central Michigan University, Knapp was selected in the first round of the 1975 amateur entry draft by the White Sox...
  
  
• September 23 - Tony Armas
  Tony Armas
  Antonio Rafael Armas Machado is a former Venezuelan professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He was one of the top sluggers in the American League in the early 1980s. Twice Armas led the league in home runs, and led all of Major League Baseball in RBIs in...
  
  
• September 29 - Warren Cromartie
  Warren Cromartie
  Warren Livingston Cromartie is a retired American baseball player.-Baseball career:Warren Cromartie debuted with the Montreal Expos of the Major Leagues on September 6, 1974 after being picked 6th in the 1973 amateur draft...
  
  
• September 29 - Carlos Tosca
  Carlos Tosca
  Carlos Tosca is the bench coach for the Atlanta Braves. He was the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays from 2002 to 2004.-Biography:Tosca managed the Portland Sea Dogs of the Eastern League until 1996....
  
  

October-December

• October 1 - Pete Falcone
  Pete Falcone
  Peter Frank "Pete" Falcone , is a left-handed former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1975–84.-High school and college:...
  
  
• October 14 - Kiko Garcia
  Kiko Garcia
  Alfonso Rafael "Kiko" Garcia is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He played ten seasons in the major leagues from until...
  
  
• October 16 - Rodney Scott
  Rodney Scott (baseball)
  Rodney Darrell Scott was a infielder in Major League Baseball. Primarily used as a second baseman and shortstop, Scott also played third base, designated hitter and outfield during his eight-year career....
  
  
• October 20 - Keith Hernandez
  Keith Hernandez
  Keith Barlow Hernandez is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He is currently a baseball analyst working for the New York Mets, for whom he played from –, on SportsNet New York and WPIX television broadcasts...
  
  
• October 21 - Juan Eichelberger
  Juan Eichelberger
  Juan Tyrone Eichelberger is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He graduated from Balboa High School of San Francisco, California in 1971, played collegiately at the University of California, Berkeley and pitched for the San Diego Padres , Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves...
  
  
• October 22 - Rich Wortham
  Rich Wortham
  Richard Cooper Wortham is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball, between 1978 and 1983, for the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics.- Amateur career :...
  
  
• October 23 - Bo McLaughlin
  Bo McLaughlin
  Michael Duane "Bo" McLaughlin was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher from 1976 to 1982 for the Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, and Oakland Athletics. He is currently the pitching coordinator for the Colorado Rockies...
  
  
• October 27 - Barry Bonnell
  Barry Bonnell
  Robert Barry Bonnell , is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball.He was a star athlete at Milford High School near Cincinnati, Ohio, where he played both varsity baseball and basketball on championship teams...
  
  
• October 27 - U L Washington
  U L Washington
  U L Washington is a former Major League Baseball player from 1977 to 1987 for the Kansas City Royals, Montreal Expos, and Pittsburgh Pirates. He also was the manager of Pittsburgh's minor team the Welland Pirates in 1989...
  
  
• November 2 - Paul Hartzell
  Paul Hartzell
  Paul Franklin Hartzell is a former professional baseball player who played six seasons for the California Angels, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• November 3 - Larry Herndon
  Larry Herndon
  Larry Darnell Herndon is a former Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals , San Francisco Giants , and Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• November 3 - Bobby Thompson
  Bobby Thompson (baseball)
  Bobby La Rue Thompson [″Bull″] was an outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at centerfield for the Texas Rangers during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 175 lb., Thompson was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...
  
  
• November 6 - John Candelaria
  John Candelaria
  John Robert Candelaria . He attended The Caton School P.S. 249. Nicknamed "The Candy Man," is a former professional left-handed pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, and Los Angeles...
  
  
• November 10 - Larry Christenson
  Larry Christenson
  Larry Richard 'L.C.' Christenson , is a former professional baseball pitcher who played his entire career for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1973-1983....
  
  
• November 10 - Larry Parrish
  Larry Parrish
  Larry Alton Parrish is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and right-handed batter who played with the Montreal Expos , Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• November 29 - Sixto Lezcano
  Sixto Lezcano
  Sixto Joaquin Lezcano Curras is a retired baseball player who played for 12 seasons as an outfielder in the Major Leagues between 1974 and 1985. He played for 5 different teams in the Majors and won a Gold Glove during his career.Lezcano was originally signed as an amateur in 1970 by the...
  
  
• December 6 - Gary Ward
  Gary Ward
  Gary Lamell Ward is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Minnesota Twins , Texas Rangers , New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers .Ward was signed by the Twins as an amateur free agent in 1972 and made his debut in the 1979 season...
  
  
• December 18 - Roy Howell
  Roy Howell
  Roy Lee Howell , is a former professional baseball player who played third base in Major League Baseball from 1974-1984...
  
  
• December 22 - Tom Underwood
  Tom Underwood
  Thomas Gerald Underwood was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies , St...
  
  
• December 23 - Jerry Manuel
  Jerry Manuel
  Jerry Manuel , nicknamed "The Sage" is a former major league manager. He previously managed the Chicago White Sox from 1998 to 2003 and the New York Mets from the middle of 2008 to 2010 and played in the majors for parts of five seasons in the 1970s and early 1980s.-Playing career:Manuel played...
  
  

Deaths

• January 11 - Doc Moskiman
  Doc Moskiman
  William Bankhead Moskiman was a first baseman/right fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 0", 170 lb., Moskiman batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 73, first baseman/right fielder for the 1910 Boston Red Sox
• January 24 - Ben Taylor
  Ben Taylor (Negro Leagues)
  Benjamin Harrison Taylor was an American first baseman and manager in baseball's Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006....
  
  , 64, star first baseman of the Negro Leagues, later a manager, coach and umpire
• February 13 - Happy Foreman
  Happy Foreman
  August G. Foreman was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox...
  
  , 53, relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox between 1924 and 1926
• March 6 - Tex Pruiett
  Tex Pruiett
  Charles Leroy Pruiett was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1907 through 1908 for the Boston Americans & Red Sox. Listed at 5' 8", 176 lb., Pruiett batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  , 69, pitcher for the Boston Americans/Red Sox from 1907 to 1908
• March 28 - Jim Thorpe
  Jim Thorpe
  Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe * Gerasimo and Whiteley. pg. 28 * americaslibrary.gov, accessed April 23, 2007. was an American athlete of mixed ancestry...
  
  , 65, tremendous all-around athlete who, despite hitting only .252 in his career, saw his batting average improve in each of his six seasons, lastly hitting .327 in 1919
• April 11 - Kid Nichols
  Kid Nichols
  Charles Augustus Nichols , better known as Kid Nichols, was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Admired for his steadfast consistency year-in and year-out, Nichols won 361 games, the 7th highest total in major league history...
  
  , 83, Hall of Fame pitcher who won 361 games, with 7 seasons of 30 victories
• April 18 - Harry Niles
  Harry Niles
  Herbert Clyde Niles was an outfielder/infielder in Major League Baseball who played for four different teams between the 1906 and 1910 seasons. Listed at 5' 8" 175 lb., Niles batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Buchanan, Michigan.Niles entered the majors in 1906 with the St...
  
  , 72, speedy infielder/outfielder for the St. Louis Browns, New York Highlanders, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Naps from 1906 to 1910, who also broke up the perfect game bid of pitcher Cy Young during the 1908 season
• May 19 - Sam Leever
  Sam Leever
  Samuel Leever , nicknamed "The Goshen Schoolmaster," was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He spent his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates....
  
  , 81, 4-time 20-game winner who compiled a career record of 194-100, all with Pittsburgh
• May 27 - Jesse Burkett
  Jesse Burkett
  Jesse Cail Burkett , nicknamed "The Crab", was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century...
  
  , 84, Hall of Fame outfielder who batted .338 in a 16-year career
• June 22 - Charlie Hemphill
  Charlie Hemphill
  Charles Judson "Eagle Eye" Hemphill was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for six different teams between and . Listed at 5'9", 160 lb., Hemphill batted and threw left-handed.-Biography:...
  
  , 77, outfielder for five teams, who also became the first Opening Day right fielder in Boston American League franchise's history in 1901
• December 13 - Klondike Douglass
  Klondike Douglass
  William Bingham "Klondike" Douglass was an American Major League Baseball player born in Boston, Pennsylvania, who split his time between first base, and at catcher for the St. Louis Browns and the Philadelphia Phillies from to . A good hitter, he had a career batting average of .274, including...
  
  , 81, 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...
  
  /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...
  
   for nine seasons.
• December 15 - Ed Barrow
  Ed Barrow
  Edward Grant Barrow was an American manager and executive in Major League Baseball, primarily with the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox...
  
  , 85, Hall of Fame executive who built the Yankees into a dynasty in the 1920s and 1930s
• December 24 - Pinch Thomas
  Pinch Thomas
  Chester David Thomas was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1912 through 1921 for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians . Listed at 5' 9.5", 173 lb., Thomas batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  , 65, catcher who won three World Series rings with the Boston Red in 1915-16 and Cleveland Indians in 1920
• December 25 - Patsy Donovan
  Patsy Donovan
  Patrick Joseph "Patsy" Donovan was an Irish-American right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from to , most notably the Pittsburgh Pirates and St...
  
  , 88, outfielder who batted .301 and went on to manage five teams