Major Leagues

• World Series MVP: Brooks Robinson
  Brooks Robinson
  Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. is a former American professional baseball player. He played his entire 23-year major league career for the Baltimore Orioles . Nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner", he is generally acclaimed as the greatest defensive third-basemen in major league history...
  
  
• All-Star Game
  1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  The 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 41st midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League and the National League , the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 14, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, home of the...
  
  , July 14 at Riverfront Stadium
  Cinergy Field
  Riverfront Stadium , later known as Cinergy Field , was the home of the Cincinnati Reds National League baseball team and the Cincinnati Bengals National Football League team. Located on the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati, the stadium was best known as the home of "The Big Red Machine," as the...
  
  : National League, 5-4 (12 innings); Carl Yastrzemski
  Carl Yastrzemski
  Carl Michael Yastrzemski is a former American Major League Baseball left fielder and first baseman. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year baseball career with the Boston Red Sox . He was primarily a left fielder, with part of his later career...
  
  , MVP

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...
  
  : Navegantes del Magallanes
  Navegantes del Magallanes
  The Navegantes del Magallanes are a baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. Based in Valencia, the Navegantes have won ten LVBP championships and two Caribbean World Series.-Pitchers:...
  
   (Venezuela)
• 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,...
  
  : USC
  University of Southern California
  The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
  
  
• 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 Lotte Orions
  Chiba Lotte Marines
  The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by the Lotte conglomerate.-History:...
  
   (4-1)
• 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...
  
  : American, Wayne, New Jersey

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...
  
  
  • Boog Powell
    Boog Powell
    John Wesley Powell is a former major league first baseman who played for the Baltimore Orioles , Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers...
    
     (AL)
  • Johnny Bench
    Johnny Bench
    Johnny Lee Bench is a former professional baseball catcher who played in the Major Leagues for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983 and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame...
    
     (NL)
• Cy Young Award
  Cy Young Award
  The Cy Young Award is an honor given annually in baseball to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball , one each for the American League and National League . The award was first introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, who died in 1955...
  
  
  • Jim Perry
    Jim Perry (baseball)
    James Evan Perry, Jr. is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched for 1959-1975 for four different teams. During a 17-year baseball career, Perry compiled 215 wins, 1,576 strikeouts, and a 3.45 earned run average....
    
     (AL)
  • Bob Gibson
    Bob Gibson
    Robert "Bob" Gibson is a retired American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Hoot" and "Gibby", he was a right-handed pitcher who played his entire 17-year Major League Baseball career with St. Louis Cardinals...
    
     (NL)
• Rookie of the Year
  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...
  
  
  • Thurman Munson
    Thurman Munson
    Thurman Lee Munson was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played his entire 11-year career for the New York Yankees...
    
     (AL)
  • Carl Morton
    Carl Morton
    Carl Wendle Morton was a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos and Atlanta Braves...
    
     (NL)

Statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

January–April

• January 16 - Curt Flood
  Curt Flood
  Curtis Charles Flood was a Major League Baseball player who spent most of his career as a center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. A defensive standout, he led the National League in putouts four times and in fielding percentage twice, winning Gold Glove Awards in his last seven full seasons...
  
  , Gold Glove outfielder of 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...
  
  , files a civil lawsuit challenging Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
  
  's reserve clause
  Reserve clause
  The reserve clause is a term formerly employed in North American professional sports contracts. The reserve clause, contained in all standard player contracts, stated that, upon the contract's expiration the rights to the player were to be retained by the team to which he had been signed...
  
  , a suit that will have historic implications. Flood refused to report to 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...
  
   after he was traded by the Cardinals three months ago, contending the baseball rule violates federal antitrust laws.

• January 17 - The Sporting News
  The Sporting News
  Sporting News is an American-based sports magazine. It was established in 1886, and it became the dominant American publication covering baseball — so much so that it acquired the nickname "The Bible of Baseball"...
  
  names Willie Mays
  Willie Mays
  Willie Howard Mays, Jr. is a retired American professional baseball player who played the majority of his major league career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his...
  
   as Player of the Decade for the 1960s.

• January 20 - Lou Boudreau
  Lou Boudreau
  Louis "Lou" Boudreau was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970...
  
   is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America
  Baseball Writers Association of America
  The Baseball Writers' Association of America is a professional association for baseball journalists writing for daily newspapers, magazines and qualifying Web sites. The BBWAA was founded on October 14, 1908, to improve working conditions for sportswriters in the early part of the 20th century...
  
   on 232 of 300 ballots. Ralph Kiner
  Ralph Kiner
  Ralph McPherran Kiner is an American former Major League Baseball player and has been an announcer for the New York Mets since the team's inception. Though injuries forced his retirement from active play after 10 seasons, Kiner's tremendous slugging outpaced nearly all of his National League...
  
   finishes second with 167, 58 votes short.

• February 1 - The Hall of Fame Special Committee on Veterans selects former commissioner Ford Frick
  Ford Frick
  Ford Christopher Frick was an American sportswriter and executive who served as president of the National League from to and as the third Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1951 to . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970...
  
   and former players Earle Combs
  Earle Combs
  Earle Bryan Combs was an American professional baseball player, who played his entire career for the New York Yankees . Combs batted leadoff and played center field on the Yankees' fabled 1927 team...
  
   and Jesse Haines
  Jesse Haines
  Jesse Joseph "Pop" Haines, was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher and knuckleballer. He played briefly in 1918, then from 1920 to 1937.-Career:...
  
   for enshrinement.

• February 19 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn
  Bowie Kuhn
  Bowie Kent Kuhn was an American lawyer and sports administrator who served as the fifth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from February 4, , to September 30,...
  
   announces the suspension of 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...
  
   pitcher Denny McLain
  Denny McLain
  Dennis Dale "Denny" McLain is a former American professional baseball player, and the last major league pitcher to win 30 or more games during a season —a feat accomplished by only thirteen players in the 20th century....
  
  , effective April 1, for McLain's alleged involvement in a bookmaking operation. The suspension is indefinite, but will later be set at three months.

• April 1 - The Milwaukee Brewers
  Milwaukee Brewers
  The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
   organization, headed by Bud Selig
  Bud Selig
  Allan Huber "Bud" Selig is the ninth and current Commissioner of Major League Baseball, having served in that capacity since 1992 as the acting commissioner, and as the official commissioner since 1998...
  
  , purchases the Seattle Pilots franchise for $10,800,000. Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bankrupt. Brewers tickets go on sale the next day. Team equipment is shipped to Milwaukee County Stadium
  Milwaukee County Stadium
  Milwaukee County Stadium was a ballpark in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1953 to 2000. It was primarily used as a baseball stadium for the Milwaukee Braves and Brewers, but was also used for football games, ice skating, religious services, concerts and other large events...
  
  , where the Pilots insignia is ripped off of the uniforms, since there is no time for new uniforms to be made.

• April 7 - Major league baseball returns to Wisconsin
  Wisconsin
  Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
  
   after a 4-year absence as the Brewers play their first game in Milwaukee, losing to the California Angels
  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
  The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
  
   12–0 before a crowd of 37,237.

• April 7 - Pitcher Dave McNally
  Dave McNally
  David Arthur "Dave" McNally was a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher from until . He was signed by the Baltimore Orioles and played with them every season except for his final season with the Montreal Expos.McNally has the unique distinction as the only pitcher in Major League...
  
   struck out 13 in nine innings as the Baltimore Orioles ripped the Indians, 8-2, in Opening Day at Cleveland Stadium. The attack was led by Paul Blair
  Paul Blair (baseball)
  Paul L. D. Blair is a former outfielder who spent seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball with the Baltimore Orioles , New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds...
  
  , who drove in a pair of runs and scored three times. McNally held the Indians to two runs on four hits and three walks to get the win. Rookie Roy Foster belted a two-run home run for the only offense for Cleveland.

• April 11 - At Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
  
  , Danny Walton
  Danny Walton
  Daniel James Walton is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Houston Astros , Seattle Pilots , Milwaukee Brewers , New York Yankees , Minnesota Twins , Los Angeles Dodgers , Taiyo Whales , and Texas Rangers...
  
   hits the first two 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...
  
  s in Milwaukee Brewers
  Milwaukee Brewers
  The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
   history, both two-run shots coming against White Sox
  Chicago White Sox
  The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
  
   starter
  Starting pitcher
  In baseball or softball, a starting pitcher is the pitcher who delivers the first pitch to the first batter of a game. A pitcher who enters the game after the first pitch of the game is a relief pitcher....
  
   Billy Wynne
  Billy Wynne
  Billy Vernon Wynne Billy Vernon Wynne Billy Vernon Wynne (born July 31, 1943, at Williamston, North Carolina is a retired American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he appeared in 42 games played, 30 as a starting pitcher, for the New York Mets, Chicago White Sox and California...
  
  . The Brewers win for the first time, 8-4.

• April 22 - The New York Mets
  New York Mets
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
  
  ' Tom Seaver
  Tom Seaver
  George Thomas "Tom" Seaver , nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched from 1967-1986 for four different teams in his career, but is noted primarily for his time with the New York Mets...
  
   strikes out 19 San Diego Padres
  San Diego Padres
  The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...
  
  , including the last 10 in succession, in winning 2-1 for the Mets. Mike Corkins
  Mike Corkins
  Michael Patrick Corkins is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-hander was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent before the 1965 season, and later drafted by the San Diego Padres from the Giants as the 31st pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft...
  
   takes the loss. In this century, no one had ever struck out 10 in a row, a major league record. Counting the 10 whiffs, the Pads have struck out 29 times in two games, a National League record that will be topped in 1998
  1998 in baseball
  -Headline events of the year:*Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Greg Vaughn all hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break and engage in a historic chase for Roger Maris's single-season record of 61 home runs...
  
   when the Houston Astros miss 31 times in two days. Jerry Grote
  Jerry Grote
  Gerald Wayne Grote is a former professional baseball player. He played the majority of his Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the New York Mets and was regarded as one of the best defensive catchers of his era.-Early life:...
  
   adds one foul fly catch to his 19 putouts via K's.

May–August

• May 10 - Hoyt Wilhelm
  Hoyt Wilhelm
  James Hoyt Wilhelm was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985....
  
   makes his 1,000th pitching appearance; the first pitcher in history to do so.

• May 12 - At Chicago's 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...
  
  , Ernie Banks
  Ernie Banks
  Ernest "Ernie" Banks , nicknamed "Mr. Cub", is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and first baseman. He played his entire 19-year baseball career with the Chicago Cubs . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.-High school years:Banks was a letterman and standout in football,...
  
   becomes the 8th member of the 500 home run club, connecting off Atlanta 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....
  
   pitcher Pat Jarvis
  Pat Jarvis (baseball)
  Robert Patrick Jarvis is a retired American professional baseball player. He was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played eight seasons for the Atlanta Braves and the Montreal Expos from to in the National League. Jarvis, who stood tall and weighed , is best known for being Nolan...
  
   during a 4-3 11-inning 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...
  
   win over the Braves. It his 1,600th career RBI. Ex-Cub Frank Secory
  Frank Secory
  Frank Edward Secory was an American left fielder and umpire in Major League Baseball who played 186 games from 1940 to 1946 for the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago Cubs. His best season was , when he batted .321 in 22 games for the Cubs, the team for which he played nearly his entire...
  
   is umpiring this game; he was one of the umpires in the 1953
  1953 in baseball
  -Major League Baseball:*World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers *All-Star Game, July 14 at Crosley Field: National League, 5-1-Other champions:*Caribbean World Series: Cangrejeros de Santurce *College World Series: Michigan...
  
   game in which Banks hit his first home run. Billy Williams' homer in the 9th ties the game and Ron Santo
  Ron Santo
  Ronald Edward Santo was an American professional baseball player and long-time radio sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1974, most notably as the third baseman for the Chicago Cubs. A nine-time All-Star, he was a powerful hitter who was also a good defensive...
  
  's RBI single in the 11th wins it. Atlanta's Rico Carty
  Rico Carty
  Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo Carty is a former professional baseball player. Nicknamed Beeg Boy, he played mostly as an outfielder in Major League Baseball from to...
  
   meanwhile, has three singles and has hit in 30 consecutive games.

• May 17 - In the second game of a double header, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta 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....
  
   gets his 3000th career hit, and is the founding member of the 3000-500 Club.

• June 12 - In the first game of a doubleheader at San Diego Stadium
  Qualcomm Stadium
  Qualcomm Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in San Diego, California, in the Mission Valley area....
  
  , 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...
  
   of the Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
  
   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 San Diego Padres
  San Diego Padres
  The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...
  
   2-0. Years later, Ellis would claim that he was under the influence of LSD the entire game.

• June 21 - The Detroit Tigers' César Gutiérrez
  César Gutiérrez
  César Dario Gutiérrez [goo-te-ER-rez] , also nicknamed "Cocoa", was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers .-Major League career:Gutiérrez was born in Coro, Falcón State...
  
   gets seven hits
  Hit (baseball)
  In baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....
  
   in seven at bats in 12 innings against the Cleveland Indians, setting an American League
  American League
  The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
  
   mark and tying a major league record for most hits in one game.

• June 24 - The Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
   defeat the San Francisco 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....
  
  , 5-4 in the final game that the Reds will play 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...
  
  .

• June 26 - Frank Robinson
  Frank Robinson
  Frank Robinson , is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He played from 1956–1976, most notably for the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. He is the only player to win league MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues...
  
   of the Baltimore Orioles
  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...
  
   hits grand slams in consecutive innings, the fourth and fifth, in a 12-2 victory over the Washington Senators
  Texas Rangers (baseball)
  The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
  
   at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
  Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
  Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Washington, D.C., United States, and the current home of MLS's D.C. United....
  
  . The same runners are on base both times: Dave McNally
  Dave McNally
  David Arthur "Dave" McNally was a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher from until . He was signed by the Baltimore Orioles and played with them every season except for his final season with the Montreal Expos.McNally has the unique distinction as the only pitcher in Major League...
  
   on third, Don Buford
  Don Buford
  Donald Alvin Buford is a former Major League Baseball player. An infielder/outfielder, the switch-hitting Buford played for the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles ....
  
   on second and Paul Blair
  Paul Blair (baseball)
  Paul L. D. Blair is a former outfielder who spent seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball with the Baltimore Orioles , New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds...
  
   on first.

• June 28 - The Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
  
   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...
  
   in both games of a doubleheader, 3-2 and 4-1, in the last two games played at Forbes Field
  Forbes Field
  Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...
  
  .

• June 30 - Riverfront Stadium opens with the Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
   losing to the Atlanta 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....
  
  , 8-2.

• July 2 - Against 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...
  
   at Tiger Stadium, Joe Niekro
  Joe Niekro
  Joseph Franklin Niekro was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He was the younger brother of pitcher Phil Niekro, and the father of Minor League Baseball pitcher Lance Niekro. A native of Blaine, Ohio, Niekro attended Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, Ohio and attended West...
  
   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...
  
   has 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"...
  
   broken up with one out in the ninth on a Horace Clarke
  Horace Clarke
  Horace Meredith Clarke was a Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees and the San Diego Padres from 1965 to 1974....
  
   single, the only hit Niekro will allow in a 5-0 Tiger victory. This is the third no-hit bid Clarke has broken up in the ninth inning in less than a month; he had foiled bids by Jim Rooker
  Jim Rooker
  James Phillip Rooker is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and broadcaster.A left-hander, Rooker pitched for the Detroit Tigers , Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates ....
  
   on June 4 and by Sonny Siebert
  Sonny Siebert
  Wilfred Charles Siebert is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1964 to 1975. He finished with a record of 140-114 and a 3.21 ERA. He threw a no-hitter on June 10, 1966 against the Washington Senators. He was originally drafted simultaneously by the Cleveland Indians and the St...
  
   (who had already pitched a no-hitter in ) on June 19.

• July 3 - Clyde Wright
  Clyde Wright
  Clyde Wright , nicknamed "Skeeter", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched for the California Angels , Milwaukee Brewers and Texas Rangers . He also pitched three seasons in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants...
  
   of the California Angels
  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
  The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
  
   has a doubly memorable day. In a ceremony before the Angels' game against the Oakland 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....
  
   at Anaheim Stadium
  Angel Stadium of Anaheim
  Angel Stadium of Anaheim is a modern-style ballpark located in Anaheim, California. It is the home ballpark to Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of the American League, and was previously home to the NFL's Los Angeles Rams...
  
  , the former star pitcher at Carson-Newman College
  Carson-Newman College
  Carson–Newman College is a historically Baptist liberal arts college located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States. Enrollment as of 2006-2007 was about 2,050. The college's students come from 44 U.S. states and 30 other countries. Studies are offered in approximately 90 different academic...
  
   (with whom he won an NAIA Baseball World Series
  NAIA Baseball World Series
  The NAIA Baseball World Series is a double-elimination tournament held annually in Lewiston, Idaho, to determine the baseball champion of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics .-Results:...
  
   title in ) is inducted into the NAIA
  National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
  The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
  
   Hall of Fame. He then 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 Athletics 4-0, the first no-hitter in the stadium's history.

• July 14 - At Riverfront Stadium, 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 eighth straight 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...
  
  , a thrilling 12-inning 5–4 victory. Pete Rose
  Pete Rose
  Peter Edward Rose , nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. Rose played from 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989....
  
   crashes into 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...
  
   catcher Ray Fosse
  Ray Fosse
  Raymond Earl Fosse is a former professional baseball player who was a catcher in the Major Leagues. He was drafted in the first round of the 1965 amateur draft by the Cleveland Indians. Fosse also holds the distinction of being the Indians' first ever draft pick, as 1965 was the first year of the...
  
   to score the controversial winning run on Jim Hickman's single. Fosse, who never had the ball, hurts his right shoulder and is taken to the hospital. The game is scoreless until the 6th inning, with the NL limited to three hits in the first eight innings. In the 9th, the NL tees off on Catfish Hunter
  Catfish Hunter
  James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter , was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 15-year baseball career, he pitched from 1965-1979 for both the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees...
  
  , driving in three runs to tie. Dick Dietz
  Dick Dietz
  Richard Allen Dietz was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Atlanta Braves from 1966 to 1973. Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Dietz enjoyed his best season in 1970 with the Giants, when he batted .300 with 22 home runs and...
  
   hits a leadoff home run in the inning. Claude Osteen
  Claude Osteen
  Claude Wilson Osteen , nicknamed "Gomer" because of his resemblance to Gomer Pyle, is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched for six different teams: the Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds , Washington Senators , Los Angeles Dodgers , Houston Astros , St...
  
   pitches the 10th for the win, and Carl Yastrzemski
  Carl Yastrzemski
  Carl Michael Yastrzemski is a former American Major League Baseball left fielder and first baseman. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year baseball career with the Boston Red Sox . He was primarily a left fielder, with part of his later career...
  
   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"...
  
   captures the MVP trophy for the American League.

• July 16 - Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
  
  's Three Rivers Stadium
  Three Rivers Stadium
  Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...
  
   was opened to the public, but the Cincinnati Reds spoiled the party as they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 before a crowd of 48,846. The first hit at Three Rivers Stadium was a single by Pittsburgh's Richie Hebner
  Richie Hebner
  Richard Joseph Hebner is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played from 1968 to 1985 in Major League Baseball. He played with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, and Chicago Cubs, all of the National League, and the Detroit Tigers of the American...
  
  . The first home run at Three Rivers Stadium was hit by Cincinnati's Tony Perez
  Tony Pérez
  Atanasio Pérez Rigal , more commonly known as Tony Pérez, is a former Major League Baseball player. He was also known by the nickname "Big Dog," "Big Doggie," and "Doggie."...
  
  .

• July 18 - Willie Mays
  Willie Mays
  Willie Howard Mays, Jr. is a retired American professional baseball player who played the majority of his major league career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his...
  
   of the San Francisco 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....
  
   records his 3000th career hit.

• July 20 - At Dodger Stadium
  Dodger Stadium
  Dodger Stadium, also sometimes called Chavez Ravine, is a stadium in Los Angeles. Located adjacent to Downtown Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium has been the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers team since 1962...
  
  , Bill Singer
  Bill Singer
  William Robert Singer is a former baseball pitcher with a 14-year career from 1964 to 1977. He played primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the California Angels , spending his final two seasons with the Texas Rangers , Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays .-Los Angeles Dodgers:Singer made...
  
   of the Los Angeles 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...
  
   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 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...
  
   5-0. Singer's catcher, Jeff Torborg, had caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game
  Sandy Koufax's perfect game
  Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game in Major League Baseball against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium on September 9, 1965. Koufax, by retiring 27 consecutive batters without allowing any to reach base, became the sixth pitcher of the modern era, eighth overall, to...
  
   in , and will later catch the first of Nolan Ryan
  Nolan Ryan
  Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. , nicknamed "The Ryan Express", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently principal owner, president and CEO of the Texas Rangers....
  
  's seven no-hitters, in .

• July 26 - Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds hit three straight homers off Steve Carlton
  Steve Carlton
  Steven Norman Carlton , nicknamed "Lefty", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965-1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards...
  
   of the St. Louis Cardinals. On the same day, Orlando Cepeda
  Orlando Cepeda
  Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes is a former Puerto Rican Major League Baseball first baseman.Cepeda was born to a poor family. His father, Pedro Cepeda, was a baseball player in Puerto Rico, which influenced his interest in the sport from a young age. His first contact with professional baseball was...
  
   of the Atlanta Braves connected for three consecutive homers in an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

• August 1 - At Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
  Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
  Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, often shortened to "Fulton County Stadium," was a multi-purpose stadium that formerly stood in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.-History:...
  
  , Willie Stargell
  Willie Stargell
  Wilver Dornell "Willie" Stargell , nicknamed "Pops" in the later years of his career, was a Major League Baseball left fielder and first baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
   of the Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
  
   hits three doubles and two home runs in the Pirates' 20-10 win over the Atlanta 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....
  
  . He becomes the third player in modern-day Major League history to collect five extra-base hits in one game, Lou Boudreau
  Lou Boudreau
  Louis "Lou" Boudreau was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970...
  
   and Joe Adcock
  Joe Adcock
  Joseph Wilbur "Billy Joe" Adcock was an American first baseman and right-handed batter in Major League Baseball, best known for his years with the powerful Milwaukee Braves teams of the 1950s, whose career included numerous home run feats...
  
   having done so in and respectively.

• August 11 - Philadelphia's Jim Bunning
  Jim Bunning
  James Paul David "Jim" Bunning is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and politician.During a 17-year baseball career, he pitched from 1955 to 1971, most notably with the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies. When he retired, he had the second-highest total of career...
  
   beats the Houston Astros
  Houston Astros
  The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
  
   6-5 to become the first pitcher to win 100 games in both leagues since Cy Young
  Cy Young
  Denton True "Cy" Young was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 22-year baseball career , he pitched for five different teams. Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937...
  
  .

September–December

• September 3 - Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs
  Chicago Cubs
  The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
  
   asks to be kept out of the lineup, snapping his 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...
  
   record of 1,117 consecutive games played
  Games played
  Games played is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated ; the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.-Baseball:In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, prior to a game,...
  
  . His record was broken in 1983
  1983 in baseball
  -Major League Baseball:*World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies ; Rick Dempsey, MVP*American League Championship Series MVP: Mike Boddicker*National League Championship Series MVP: Gary Matthews...
  
   by Steve Garvey
  Steve Garvey
  Steven Patrick Garvey , nicknamed "Mr. Clean" because of the squeaky clean image he held throughout his career in baseball, is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and current Southern California businessman...
  
  .

• September 21 - At Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Vida Blue
  Vida Blue
  Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. During a 17-year career, he pitched for the Oakland Athletics , San Francisco Giants , and Kansas City Royals He won the American League Cy Young award and Most Valuable Player Award in 1971...
  
   of the Oakland 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....
  
   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 Minnesota Twins
  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...
  
   6-0, the only baserunner coming on Harmon Killebrew
  Harmon Killebrew
  Harmon Clayton Killebrew , nicknamed "Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon", was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. During his 22-year career in Major League Baseball , he played for the Washington Senators, a team which later became the Minnesota Twins, and...
  
  's second-inning walk. The no-hitter caps a season that witnesses four no-hitters, all pitched in California
  California
  California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
  
  -based Major League stadiums; Candlestick Park is the only one of the five not to have a no-hitter pitched in it.

• October 1 - Vic Davalillo
  Vic Davalillo
  Víctor José Davalillo Romero [da-va-LEE-yo] , is a former Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the Cleveland Indians , California Angels , St. Louis Cardinals , Pittsburgh Pirates , Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
   of 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...
  
   against the Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
  
   breaks 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...
  
   single-season pinch hitting record and ties the Major League record with his 24th pinch hit of the year. Also, the Phillies defeated the Montreal Expos
  Montreal Expos
  The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
  
   2-1 in 10 innings in the final game at Shibe Park (Connie Mack Stadium). The occasion was marred by people literally dismantling the stadium while the game was still in progress. A special post-game ceremony — including a helicopter delivery to Veterans Stadium of home plate — was cancelled.

• October 15 - For the third time in the 1970 World Series
  1970 World Series
  -Game 1:Saturday, October 10, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, OhioThe Jackson 5 performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" prior to the game, which almost became an embarrassment when the group realized shortly before their performance that they weren't familiar with the lyrics...
  
  , the Baltimore Orioles
  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...
  
   overcome a 3–0 deficit to bury the Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
   9–3, and win the World Championship four games to one. Frank Robinson
  Frank Robinson
  Frank Robinson , is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He played from 1956–1976, most notably for the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. He is the only player to win league MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues...
  
   and Merv Rettenmund
  Merv Rettenmund
  Mervin Weldon Rettenmund is a former Major League Baseball player and coach. He played thirteen seasons with the Baltimore Orioles , the Cincinnati Reds , the San Diego Padres and the California Angels ....
  
   each homer and drive in two runs. Third baseman Brooks Robinson
  Brooks Robinson
  Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. is a former American professional baseball player. He played his entire 23-year major league career for the Baltimore Orioles . Nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner", he is generally acclaimed as the greatest defensive third-basemen in major league history...
  
  , the "human vacuum cleaner", easily wins the Series MVP award.

• November 25 - 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...
  
   catcher Thurman Munson
  Thurman Munson
  Thurman Lee Munson was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played his entire 11-year career for the New York Yankees...
  
   receives 23 of 24 first-place votes and is named American League Rookie of the Year. Munson batted .302 with six home runs and 53 RBI during the regular season. 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...
  
   outfielder Roy Foster (.268, 23, 60) is also named on a first place ballot.

• November 27 - Pitcher Carl Morton
  Carl Morton
  Carl Wendle Morton was a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos and Atlanta Braves...
  
  , who posted a 18-11 record with 154 strikeouts and a 3.60 ERA for the last-place Montréal Expos
  Montreal Expos
  The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
  
  , receives the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Morton beats out Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
   outfielder Bernie Carbo
  Bernie Carbo
  Bernardo 'Bernie' Carbo is a former outfielder and designated hitter who played from through for the Cincinnati Reds , St. Louis Cardinals , Boston Red Sox , Milwaukee Brewers , Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  , who hit .310 with 21 home runs and 63 RBI.

• 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 second baseman Mike Andrews
  Mike Andrews
  Michael Jay Andrews is a retired American Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics. He is currently the chairman of The Jimmy Fund, an event fundraising organization affiliated with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston,...
  
   and shortstop Luis Alvarado
  Luis Alvarado
  Luis César Alvarado Martínez , born in Lajas, Puerto Rico, was a utility infielder in Major League Baseball....
  
   to the Chicago White Sox
  Chicago White Sox
  The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
  
   in exchange for future Hall of Fame shortstop Luis Aparicio
  Luis Aparicio
  Luis Ernesto Aparicio Montiel is a former shortstop in professional baseball. His career in Major League Baseball spanned three decades, from through . Aparicio played for the Chicago White Sox , Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  .

January–March

• January 2 - Royce Clayton
  Royce Clayton
  Royce Spencer Clayton is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop and occasional actor.-Baseball career:Clayton was born in Burbank, California. He was drafted out of St...
  
  
• January 5 - Brian Runge
  Brian Runge
  Brian Edward Runge is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the National League in 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He wears uniform number 18. He has worked in the 2004 and 2007 American League Division Series...
  
  
• January 9 - T.J. Mathews
• January 14 - Steve Cooke
  Steve Cooke
  Steven Cooke is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1992–1994 and 1996-1998. He was named as the LHP in the Topps All-Star Rookie Team in 1993.-Life:...
  
  
• January 16 - Ron Villone
  Ron Villone
  Ronald Thomas Villone Jr. is a Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher who is currently with the Somerset Patriots. He has not been on the same team for more than two years in his major league career and due to his many baseball travels, some of his teammates have affectionately referred...
  
  
• January 19 - Rick Krivda
  Rick Krivda
  Rick Michael Krivda pitched 12 years in professional baseball and won a gold medal in the 2000 Olympics....
  
  
• January 20 - Marvin Benard
  Marvin Benard
  Marvin Larry Benard [buh-NARD] is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who batted and threw left-handed....
  
  
• January 23 - Alan Embree
  Alan Embree
  Alan Duane Embree is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently a free agent. Previously, Embree played with the Cleveland Indians , Atlanta Braves , Arizona Diamondbacks , San Francisco Giants , Chicago White Sox , San Diego Padres , Boston Red Sox , New York...
  
  
• January 23 - Mark Wohlers
  Mark Wohlers
  Mark Edward Wohlers is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the Atlanta Braves from to...
  
  
• January 27 - Jessie Hollins
  Jessie Hollins
  Jessie Edward Hollins was a professional baseball player who was a pitcher in the Major Leagues in 1992. He played for the Chicago Cubs. Hollins's body was recovered floating in Lake Livingston on July 10, 2009 after he was reported missing on July 9.-External links:...
  
  
• February 1 - Edwin Hurtado
  Edwin Hurtado
  Edwin Amilgar Hurtado [oor-TAH-doh] is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played with the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners and who is currently coaching in the Mexican Triple-A League for the Quintana Roo Tigres.In a three-season major league career, Hurtado...
  
  
• February 6 - Mark Hutton
  Mark Hutton
  Mark Steven Hutton , was a right-handed pitcher who last played in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds on 21 May 1998....
  
  
• February 4 - John Frascatore
  John Frascatore
  John Vincent Frascatore , is a former professional baseball pitcher who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1994-2001. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals , Arizona Diamondbacks and Toronto Blue Jays...
  
  
• February 10 - Alberto Castillo
• February 10 - Bobby J. Jones
  Bobby J. Jones
  Robert Joseph Jones is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. His career spanned from 1993 through 2002. He pitched for two teams, the New York Mets, and the San Diego Padres...
  
  
• February 13 - Kevin Stocker
  Kevin Stocker
  Kevin Douglas Stocker is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitter. Stocker played with the Philadelphia Phillies , Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Anaheim Angels ....
  
  
• February 14 - Takashi Saito
  Takashi Saito
  is a Japanese professional baseball player.Saito previously pitched for the Yokohama BayStars in the Japanese Central League, compiling a record of 87–80 over 13 seasons...
  
  
• February 14 - Kelly Stinnett
  Kelly Stinnett
  Kelly Lee Stinnett is a retired Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of 14 seasons in the majors, from until .-High school years:...
  
  
• February 18 - Tyler Green
  Tyler Green
  Tyler Scott Green , is a retired professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1993-1998.-External links:...
  
  
• March 6 - Scott Stahoviak
  Scott Stahoviak
  Scott Edmund Stahoviak is a former Minnesota Twins first baseman. He was born on March 6, 1970, in Waukegan, Illinois. He attended Creighton University, and was an integral part of Creighton's NCAA College World Series appearance in 1991...
  
  
• March 11 - Pedro Castellano
  Pedro Castellano
  Pedro Orlando Castellano Arrieta , is a former Major League Baseball third baseman/first baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Colorado Rockies...
  
  
• March 13 - Jorge Fábregas
  Jorge Fabregas
  Jorge Fábregas is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for eight teams during a nine-year major league career. He is an alumnus of the University of Miami....
  
  
• March 14 - Brent Gates
  Brent Gates
  Brent Robert Gates is a former Major League Baseball second and third baseman. He is an alumnus of the University of Minnesota....
  
  
• March 23 - Ricky Gutiérrez
  Ricky Gutiérrez
  Ricardo "Ricky" Gutiérrez a Cuban-American is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from through for the San Diego Padres , Houston Astros , Chicago Cubs , Cleveland Indians , New York Mets and Boston Red Sox . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• March 24 - Wilson Alvarez
  Wilson Alvarez
  Wilson Eduardo Álvarez Fuenmayor is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher...
  
  

April–June

• April 1 - Matt Herges
  Matt Herges
  Matthew Tyler Herges is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher.Herges is an alumnus of Illinois State University and is the brother-in-law of former Major League Baseball player Todd Hollandsworth....
  
  
• April 2 - Dennis Hocking
• April 2 - Jon Lieber
  Jon Lieber
  Jonathan Ray Lieber is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Chicago Cubs , New York Yankees , Philadelphia Phillies . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• April 5 - Ryan Karp
  Ryan Karp
  Ryan Jason Karp was a major league pitcher.-Baseball career:Karp was born Jewish, to Harvey Karp, a Beverly Hills commodities broker. Out of high school Karp was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 73rd round of the 1989 amateur player draft...
  
  
• April 10 - Rob Butler
  Rob Butler
  Robert Frank John Butler is a former Major League Baseball outfielder with the Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies. He is also a former baseball player with the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball club of the Intercounty Baseball League.Butler first signed with the Blue Jays as an amateur...
  
  
• April 11 - Sean Bergman
  Sean Bergman
  Sean Frederick Bergman is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, and Minnesota Twins between and...
  
  
• April 13 - Ricardo Rincón
  Ricardo Rincón
  Ricardo Rincón Espinoza was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher.Rincón was a left-handed specialist who spent nearly his entire career as a middle reliever and setup pitcher. In his 10-year career, Rincón never started a game and only accumulated 21 saves...
  
  
• April 14 - Steve Avery
  Steve Avery
  Steven Thomas Avery is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who was a young star with the Atlanta Braves in the early 1990s.-Young Gun:...
  
  
• April 18 - Rico Brogna
  Rico Brogna
  Rico Joseph Brogna is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, and Atlanta Braves in his career starting in 1992, and from 1994 to 2001...
  
  
• April 18 - Steve Dunn
  Steve Dunn (1990s first baseman)
  Steven Robert Dunn is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 1988 amateur draft, and played for the Twins in 1994 and 1995....
  
  
• April 29 - J. R. Phillips
  J. R. Phillips
  Charles Gene "J. R." Phillips , is a former professional baseball player who played first base in the Major Leagues from -...
  
  
• May 5 - Juan Acevedo
  Juan Acevedo
  Juan Carlos Acevedo is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He attended Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville, Illinois....
  
  
• May 7 - Brook Fordyce
  Brook Fordyce
  Brook Alexander Fordyce born is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the New York Mets , Cincinnati Reds , Chicago White Sox , Baltimore Orioles , and Tampa Bay Devil Rays ....
  
  
• May 7 - Mark Smith
• May 14 - Larry Sutton
  Larry Sutton
  Larry James Sutton is a former Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, and Florida Marlins. He attended Mater Dei High School and the University of Illinois....
  
  
• May 16 - Jim Mecir
  Jim Mecir
  James Jason Mecir is an American former baseball player. He played for five teams in an 11-year career, and retired from the Florida Marlins in . He was a right-handed pitcher....
  
  
• May 21 - Bryce Florie
  Bryce Florie
  Bryce Bettancourt Florie is a minor league pitching coach and former Major League Baseball pitcher....
  
  
• May 21 - Tom Martin
• May 23 - Ricky Gutiérrez
  Ricky Gutiérrez
  Ricardo "Ricky" Gutiérrez a Cuban-American is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from through for the San Diego Padres , Houston Astros , Chicago Cubs , Cleveland Indians , New York Mets and Boston Red Sox . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• May 25 - Joey Eischen
  Joey Eischen
  Joseph Raymond Eischen is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball.-High school:Joey Eischen attended West Covina High School in West Covina, California and was a letterman in football, basketball, baseball, and tennis...
  
  
• May 25 - Luis Ortiz
  Luis Ortiz (baseball)
  Luis Alberto Ortiz Galarza is a former third baseman/designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers . He also played one season in Japan for the Yakult Swallows...
  
  
• May 31 - Dilson Torres
  Dilson Torres
  Dilson Darío Torres is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played for the Kansas City Royals in 1995.Torres compiled a 1-2 record with 28 strikeouts and a 6.09 of ERA in 44.1 innings....
  
  
• June 2 - Mike Kelly
  Mike Kelly (outfielder)
  Michael Raymond Kelly was an outfielder for the Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Colorado Rockies....
  
  
• June 12 - Damon Buford
  Damon Buford
  Damon Buford is a retired Major League Baseball player. Buford played between 1993 and 2001 for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs.-College career:...
  
  
• June 23 - Juan Castillo
• June 25 - Aaron Sele
  Aaron Sele
  Aaron Helmer Sele is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who is currently the minor league pitching instructor for the Los Angeles Dodgers.-Early years:...
  
  
• June 27 - Jim Edmonds
  Jim Edmonds
  James Patrick "Jim" Edmonds is a former American Major League Baseball center fielder. He played for the California/Anaheim Angels, the St. Louis Cardinals, the San Diego Padres, the Milwaukee Brewers, the Chicago Cubs, and the Cincinnati Reds...
  
  
• June 30 - Mark Grudzielanek
  Mark Grudzielanek
  Mark James Grudzielanek is a retired Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop. Grudzielanek played six different teams during his 15-season career. He batted and threw right-handed.-Early years:...
  
  

July–September

• July 11 - Billy Ashley
  Billy Ashley
  Billy Manual Ashley in Trenton, Michigan, is a former Major League Baseball outfielder.Ashley was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1988 MLB Draft. He started his professional career with the Gulf Coast Dodgers in 1988 and 1989...
  
  
• July 14 - Mark Brandenburg
  Mark Brandenburg (baseball)
  Mark Clay Brandenburg is a former middle-relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox . Brandenburg batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• July 16 - William Van Landingham
  William Van Landingham
  William Joseph Van Landingham is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire Major League career with the San Francisco Giants.-Career:...
  
  
• July 31 - Mike Figga
  Mike Figga
  Michael Anthony Figga is a retired catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles. In a 3-year career, Figga hit .213 with 1 home run.- Early life and education :...
  
  
• August 8 - Rick Croushore
• August 9 - Pat Mahomes
  Pat Mahomes
  Patrick Lavon Mahomes is a professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He played in Major League Baseball from to for the Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates. He also pitched in two seasons in Nippon Professional...
  
  
• August 15 - Tony Rodríguez
  Tony Rodríguez (baseball)
  Luis Antonio Rodríguez is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 165 lb., Rodríguez batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• August 16 - Quinton McCracken
  Quinton McCracken
  Quinton Antoine McCracken is a former professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of twelve seasons in Major League Baseball, and was the Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise's first center fielder and batter on March 31, 1998....
  
  
• August 18 - Bobby Higginson
  Bobby Higginson
  Robert Leigh Higginson is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Detroit Tigers. He has a career batting average of .272. He attended Frankford High School and Temple University....
  
  
• August 19 - Jeff Tam
  Jeff Tam
  Jeffrey Eugene Tam is a former right-handed relief pitcher who pitched in the major leagues from 1998 to 2003.-Early years and college career:...
  
  
• August 21 - Craig Counsell
  Craig Counsell
  Craig John Counsell is a Major League Baseball infielder.Counsell grew up in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, and attended Whitefish Bay High School, where he played baseball. His father worked for the Milwaukee Brewers...
  
  
• August 25 - Doug Glanville
  Doug Glanville
  Douglas Metunwa Glanville is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and the Texas Rangers....
  
  
• August 27 - Jim Thome
  Jim Thome
  James Howard "Jim" Thome is a Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies. He is the eighth player to hit 600 home runs in the major leagues. He is widely considered a future Hall of Famer.-Cleveland Indians :...
  
  
• September 3 - Dave Berg
  Dave Berg (baseball)
  David Scott Berg is a former Major League Baseball utility player. Originally selected by the Florida Marlins in the 38th round of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft, Berg last played for the Triple-A Oklahoma RedHawks in the Texas Rangers organization...
  
  
• September 3 - Chad Fox
  Chad Fox
  Chad Douglas Fox is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Fox played for the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, Florida Marlins, and the Chicago Cubs. He won the 2003 World Series championship as a member of the Marlins...
  
  
• September 9 - Joey Hamilton
  Joey Hamilton
  Johns Joseph "Joey" Hamilton is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played professionally for nine seasons, recording a 74–73 win–loss record, a 4.44 earned run average and 894 strikeouts. He attended Statesboro High School in Georgia...
  
  
• September 9 - Dan Miceli
  Dan Miceli
  Daniel Miceli is former major league baseball relief pitcher.-Early career:Miceli was signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in , but never saw time at the major league level for Kansas City. Instead, he was dealt to the Pittsburgh Pirates with pitcher Jon Lieber in exchange...
  
  
• September 16 - Paul Shuey
  Paul Shuey
  Paul Kenneth Shuey , is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who last played for the Baltimore Orioles....
  
  
• September 18 - Ozzie Timmons
  Ozzie Timmons
  Osborne Llewellyn Timmons , is a former professional baseball player who played outfielder in the major leagues from -. Between and , Timmons played in the minor leagues. He is currently the hitting and first base coach for the Montgomery Biscuits, AA affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays.-External links:...
  
  
• September 20 - Chris Snopek
  Chris Snopek
  Christopher Charles Snopek is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He is an alumnus of the University of Mississippi....
  
  
• September 22 - Mike Matheny
  Mike Matheny
  Michael Scott Matheny is the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. He is also a former baseball catcher, playing for four different teams during his thirteen years in the major leagues...
  
  
• September 24 - Paul Spoljaric
  Paul Spoljaric
  Paul Nikola Spoljaric is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who last played in the major leagues for the Kansas City Royals in ....
  
  
• September 26 - Matt Murray
  Matt Murray
  Matthew William "Matt" Murray is an English former football goalkeeper who spent his entire career at Wolverhampton Wanderers. His career was plagued by injuries which eventually forced him to retire aged 29.-Career:...
  
  
• September 28 - Mike DeJean
  Mike DeJean
  Michael Dwain DeJean is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball.DeJean played shortstop during his college career at Mississippi Delta Community College and Livingston University. In , while playing for Livingston in the Division II College World Series, DeJean pitched to two...
  
  
• September 29 - Joe Hudson
  Joe Hudson
  Joseph Paul Hudson is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers . Listed at 6' 1", 175 lb., Hudson batted and threw right-handed...
  
  

October–December

• October 2 - Eddie Guardado
  Eddie Guardado
  Edward Adrian Guardado is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Throughout his career, Guardado had played with the Minnesota Twins , Seattle Mariners , Cincinnati Reds , and the Rangers .His common nickname is "Everyday Eddie", a testament to his durable arm during his first stint with the...
  
  
• October 3 - Roger Bailey
  Roger Bailey
  Charles Roger Bailey is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of Florida State University....
  
  
• October 6 - Darren Oliver
  Darren Oliver
  Darren Christopher Oliver is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher.Oliver was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft, and has had three separate stints with the club.-Early life:...
  
  
• October 8 - Sandy Martínez
  Sandy Martínez
  Angel Sandy Martínez Martínez is a retired Major League Baseball catcher. Previously, Martínez played for the Toronto Blue Jays , Chicago Cubs , Florida Marlins , Montreal Expos , Cleveland Indians , and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• October 8 - Olmedo Saenz
  Olmedo Sáenz
  Olmedo Sáenz Sánchez is a former Major League Baseball player. Though primarily a pinch hitter, he occasionally played first base or third base.-Chicago White Sox:...
  
  
• October 12 - Tanyon Sturtze
  Tanyon Sturtze
  Tanyon James Sturtze is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.He attended Saint Peter-Marian High School then Quinsigamond Community College and was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft. In , he was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the minor league portion of...
  
  
• October 17 - John Mabry
  John Mabry
  John Steven Mabry is a former Major League Baseball player. He had 898 career hits in 3409 at bats , with 96 home runs and 446 RBI...
  
  
• October 18 - Doug Mirabelli
  Doug Mirabelli
  Douglas Anthony Mirabelli is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the San Francisco Giants , Texas Rangers , Boston Red Sox , and San Diego Padres before returning to the Red Sox to end his eleven year career...
  
  
• October 25 - Terrell Lowery
  Terrell Lowery
  Quenton Terrell Lowery was an outfielder for the Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and San Francisco Giants. During his college basketball career at Loyola Marymount he appeared in an Elite Eight losing to UNLV and was a teammate of Bo Kimble and the person who fed the allyoop to Hank Gathers...
  
  
• October 31 - Steve Trachsel
  Steve Trachsel
  Stephen Christopher Trachsel , nicknamed "The Human Rain Delay", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is known for the long amount of time he takes to deliver the ball to home plate in between pitches. Games in which he pitches are known to be considerably longer than most games, leading...
  
  
• November 5 - Javy López
  Javy López
  Javier López Torres is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Atlanta Braves , Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• November 9 - Chad Ogea
  Chad Ogea
  Chad Wayne Ogea is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He made his MLB debut in and played his final game in .-Professional playing career:...
  
  
• November 13 - Vic Darensbourg
  Vic Darensbourg
  Victor Anthony "Vic" Darensbourg is a journeyman Major League Baseball pitcher, who currently plays for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League...
  
  
• November 18 - Allen Watson
  Allen Watson
  Allen Kenneth Watson is a high school baseball coach and former left-handed starting pitcher in professional baseball. He is a graduate of Christ The King Regional High School in Middle Village, New York and attended New York Institute of Technology-Baseball career:Allen Watson was picked by the St...
  
  
• November 29 - Steve Rodriguez
• December 1 - Kirk Rueter
  Kirk Rueter
  Kirk Wesley Rueter is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, and is the winningest left-hander in San Francisco Giants history. Rueter played for the Montreal Expos and the Giants and made most of his career appearances as a starter. Rueter attended and played for Murray State...
  
  
• December 3 - Paul Byrd
  Paul Byrd
  Paul Gregory Byrd is an American professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher who is currently a free agent. He pitched in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009. He is known as being the "nicest guy in baseball"...
  
  
• December 9 - Tony Tarasco
  Tony Tarasco
  Anthony Giacinto Tarasco is a former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, and New York Mets from 1993 to 2002....
  
  
• December 15 - Robert Ellis
  Robert Ellis (baseball)
  Robert Randolph Ellis is a former starting pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between and . He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• December 15 - Rick Helling
  Rick Helling
  Richard Allen Helling is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.-High school and college:...
  
  
• December 19 - Tom Wilson
• December 30 - Chad Fairchild
  Chad Fairchild
  Chadwick Jarrett Fairchild is an umpire in Major League Baseball. He wears number 75.Fairchild has worked in both Major Leagues since umpiring his first game on September 30,...
  
  

January–February

• January 7 - Jumbo Elliott
  Jumbo Elliott (baseball)
  James Thomas "Jumbo" Elliott was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher, playing in the major leagues over parts of ten seasons with the St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Robins, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves. He was the National League wins leader in 1931 with...
  
  , 69, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Robins, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves between 1923 and 1934, who led the National League with 19 wins in 1931
• January 9 - Ray Collins, 82, pitcher for the Red Sox from 1909 to 1915, later coach at University of Vermont
• January 14 - Johnny Murphy
  Johnny Murphy
  John Joseph Murphy was an All-Star American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who later became a front office executive in the game.-Formative relief pitcher:...
  
  , 61, general manager of the New York Mets, formerly a relief pitcher for the Yankees who held the career saves record from 1946 to 1962
• January 21 - Casper Asbjornson
  Casper Asbjornson
  Robert Anthony Asbjornson was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds . Asbjornson batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 60, catcher who played from 1928 to 1932 for the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds
• January 21 - Harry Shriver
  Harry Shriver
  Harry Graydon Shriver was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Brooklyn Robins during the 1922 and 1923 baseball seasons. He attended West Virginia Wesleyan College.-External links:...
  
  , 73, pitcher for the 1921-22 Brooklyn Robins
• January 17 - Alex Mustaikis
  Alex Mustaikis
  Alexander Dominick Mustaikis was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 3", 180 lb., Mustaikis batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 60, pitcher for the 1940 Boston Red Sox
• February 5 - Rudy York
  Rudy York
  Preston Rudolph York was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics . York was born in Ragland, Alabama...
  
  , 56, 7-time All-Star first baseman who had six 100-RBI seasons for the Tigers and Red Sox; hit record 18 homers in one month as a rookie, had two grand slams in a 1946 game
• February 21 - Tom Carey
  Tom Carey (second baseman)
  Thomas Francis Aloysius Carey was a second baseman who played in Major League Baseball between and . Carey batted and threw right-handed. He was nicknamed "Scoops"....
  
  , 63, infielder for the St. Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox between 1935 and 1946, later a coach with the Red Sox
• February 21 - Joe Shaute
  Joe Shaute
  Joseph Benjamin Shaute was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1922 to 1934, and during his 13-year career, he played primarily for the Cleveland Indians...
  
  , 70, pitcher who won 99 games from 1922 to 1934 for the Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Robins/Dodegers and Cincinnati Reds

March–April

• March 18 - Frosty Thomas
  Frosty Thomas
  Forrest "Frosty" Thomas was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.Born in Faucett, Missouri, Frosty was a 6'0" right-hander who played for the Minneapolis Millers of the Western League from 1903–1907, with a brief two-game Major League stopover with the Detroit Tigers in May 1905...
  
  , 88, pitcher for the 1905 Detroit Tigers, who also collected 85 wins with the Minneapolis Millers (WL) from 1902–07
• March 20 - Jack Flater
  Jack Flater
  John William Flater was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics just at the end of the 1908 season . The 5'10", 175 lb. right-hander was a native of Sandymount, Maryland....
  
  , 86, pitcher for the 1908 Philadelphia Athletics
• April 8 - Lee Handley
  Lee Handley
  Lee Elmer Handley was a second baseman/third baseman who played in Major League Baseball between and . Nicknamed "Jeep", Handley batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Clarion, Iowa. His younger brother, Gene, also played in major league from 1946-47.Listed at 5' 7", 160 lb., Handley...
  
  , 57, an infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates during eight seasons, who also played with the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies
• April 11 - Joe Heving
  Joe Heving
  Joseph William Heving was a professional baseball player. Heving played as a pitcher for the New York Giants, Chicago White Sox , Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves .In 1944, Heving led all American League pitchers in appearances with 63, despite being the only grandfather...
  
  , 69, a pitcher for the Giants, White Sox, Indians, Red Sox and Braves between 1930 and 1945, who led American League pitchers with 63 appearances in 1944, despite being the only grandfather playing in the majors
• April 11 - Sailor Stroud
  Sailor Stroud
  Ralph Vivian "Sailor" Stroud was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers in 1910 and the New York Giants in 1915 and 1916. Born in Ironia, New Jersey, Stroud was a 6'0" right-handed pitcher. He played in 28 games for the Detroit Tigers in 1910, 15 of them as a starter. In his...
  
  , 84, pitcher who posted a 5-7 record with a 3.25 ERA and three shutouts for the Detroit Tigers (1915) and New York Giants (1916)
• April 12 - Red Shannon
  Red Shannon
  Maurice Joseph "Red" Shannon born in Jersey City, New Jersey was an infielder for the Boston Braves , Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators and Chicago Cubs .In parts of seven seasons, he played in 310 games and had 1,070 At Bats, 124 Runs, 277 Hits, 38 Doubles, 22...
  
  , 73, backup infielder who played from 1917 to 1921 with the Braves, Athletics, Red Sox, Senators and Cubs
• April 14 - John Donaldson, 78, star pitcher in the Negro Leagues, mainly with the All Nations team and Kansas City Monarchs
• April 15 - Ripper Collins
  Ripper Collins
  James Anthony "Rip" Collins was a Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates....
  
  , 66, All-Star first baseman who led NL in homers in 1934, then batted .367 in World Series
• April 16 - Mal Eason
  Mal Eason
  Malcolm Wayne Eason was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Orphans , Boston Beaneaters , Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Superbas . Eason batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Brookville, Pennsylvania.From 1901-02 Eason went 8-17 and 10-12, while pitching...
  
  , 91, pitcher for the Chicago Orphans, Boston Beaneaters, Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Superbas in the early 1900s
• April 17 - Dick Brown
  Dick Brown (baseball)
  Richard Ernest Brown was a catcher in American Major League Baseball during the 1950s and 1960s. The native of Shinnston, West Virginia, attended Florida State University and batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 35, part-time catcher who hit 62 home runs with 223 RBI in 636 games for the Indians, White Sox, Tigers and Orioles
• April 18 - Tony York
  Tony York
  Tony Batton York was a Major League Baseball shortstop/third baseman who played for the Chicago Cubs in 1944. The 31-year-old rookie stood 5'10" and weighed 165 lbs....
  
  , 57, infielder for the 1944 Chicago Cubs, and one of many major leaguers who only played during World War II
• April 26 - Yats Wuestling
  Yats Wuestling
  George "Yats" Wuestling , was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played two seasons with the Detroit Tigers and one season with the New York Yankees . Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Yats played in 83 Major League games, 77 at shortstop. He was a career .189 hitter. He died in 1970 in St....
  
  , 66, backup shortstop who played from 1929 to 1930 for the Tigers and Yankees

May–June

• May 13 - Urbane Pickering
  Urbane Pickering
  Urbane Henry "Pick" Pickering was a baseball player for the Boston Red Sox.-Biography:Pickering was born on June 3, 1899, in Hoxie, Kansas....
  
  , 70, backup infielder who hit .257 with 11 home runs and 92 RBI for the 1921-22 Red Sox
• May 16 - Dutch Ruether
  Dutch Ruether
  Walter Henry Ruether was an American baseball player who pitched for five different Major League teams...
  
  , 76, pitcher who won opener of 1919 World Series for Cincinnati, later a scout for the Giants
• May 19 - Ray Schalk
  Ray Schalk
  Raymond William Schalk was a professional baseball player, coach, manager and scout. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox for the majority of his career. Known for his fine handling of pitchers and outstanding defensive ability, Schalk was considered the...
  
  , 77, Hall of Fame catcher for the Chicago White Sox who was noted for his defensive brilliance, setting records for career games, putouts and double plays at the position
• May 24 - Bill Lamar
  Bill Lamar
  William Harmong Lamar [Good Time Bill] was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox , Brooklyn Robins and Philadelphia Athletics . Listed at 6' 1", 185 lb., Lamar batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  , 73, outfielder for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Robins and Philadelphia Athletics (1917–1927), who collected a .310 average including a .356 in 1925
• May 31 - Zip Zabel
  Zip Zabel
  George Washington Zabel was a Major League relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.Zabel attended Baker University, in Baldwin City, Kansas....
  
  , 79, Chicago Cubs reliever who set a major league record with most innings pitched in relief (18⅓) in the season
• June 1 - George Watkins, 69, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers in the early 1930s, who owns the major league season-record for a rookie with a .373 batting average
• June 3 - Jakie May
  Jakie May
  Frank Spruiell "Jakie" May was a former professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of fourteen seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs...
  
  , 74, relief pitcher from 1917–32, who posted a 72-95 record with a 3.88 ERA in 410 appearances for the Cardinals, Reds and Cubs
• June 14 - Webbo Clarke
  Webbo Clarke
  Vibert Ernesto Clarke was a professional baseball player who played 1 season for the Washington Senators of Major League Baseball.-References:...
  
  , 42, Panamanian pitcher who played for the 1955 Washington Senators
• June 23 - Ross Reynolds
  Ross Reynolds
  Ross Ernest Reynolds was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers in 1914 and 1915. He appeared in 30 games, nine of which as a starter. Reynolds had an earned run average of 2.08 in 1914 with 5 wins and 3 losses. In 1915, his ERA was 6.35. Reynolds was born in Barksdale, Texas and...
  
  , 82, pitcher who posted a 5-4 record with a 2.62 ERA for the 1914-15 Detroit Tigers

July–August

• July 7 - Harry Wolter
  Harry Wolter
  Harry Meiggs Wolter was an outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds , Pittsburgh Pirates , St. Louis Cardinals , Boston Red Sox , New York Highlanders/New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs ....
  
  , 85, outfielder/pitcher from 1907-17 for the Reds, Pirates, Cardinals, Red Sox, Highlanders, Yankees and Cubs
• July 25 - Herb Hunter
  Herb Hunter
  Herbert Harrison Hunter was an utility infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played parts of four seasons between and . Listed at 6' 0.5", 165 lb., Hunter batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  , 74, utility IF/OF for the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals between 1916 and 1921
• July 29 - Charley Moore
  Charley Moore
  Charles Wesley Moore was a Major League Baseball infielder who played in five games for the 1912 Chicago Cubs. He later managed in the minor leagues.-External links:...
  
  , 85, infielder for the 1912 Chicago Cubs
• August 11 - 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...
  
  , 49, fine defensive catcher for the Cubs in the early 1940s, who hit home runs both in his first and last major league at-bats
• August 15 - Ray Bates
  Ray Bates
  Raymond Bates was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for 2 seasons. He played for the Cleveland Naps in 1913 and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1917....
  
  , 80, third baseman for the Cleveland Naps (1913) and Philadelphia Athletics (1917)
• August 26 - Eddie Rommel
  Eddie Rommel
  Edwin Americus Rommel was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent his entire career with the Philadelphia Athletics from 1920 to 1932. He is considered to be the "father" of the modern knuckleball...
  
  , 72, pitcher who won 171 games for the Philadelphia Athletics, later worked 22 years as an AL umpire
• August 31 - Heinie Odom
  Heinie Odom
  Herman Boyd "Heinie" Odom was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played a single game with the New York Yankees in 1925. He was born and died in Rusk, Texas. He was born Herman Boyd, and later changed his name.After attending the University of Texas, Odom played his only major...
  
  , 69, third baseman for the 1925 New York Yankees

September–October

• September 19 - Dave Danforth
  Dave Danforth
  David Charles "Dauntless Dave" Danforth was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of ten seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a 71-66 record in 286 appearances, with a 3.89 earned run...
  
  , pitcher who posted a 71-66 record with a 3.89 ERA from 1911-25 for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns
• September 30 - Lou Novikoff
  Lou Novikoff
  Lou Novikoff was a Major League Baseball player in the 1940s. He played mostly for the Chicago Cubs and closed his career with the Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  , 54, outfielder for the Phillies and Cubs in the early 1940s
• September 30 - Hank Patterson
  Hank Patterson (baseball)
  Henry Joseph Colquit Patterson was a catcher in Major League Baseball. Listed at 5' 11.5", 170 lb., Patterson batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 63, catcher for the 1932 Boston Red Sox
• October 10 - Lefty Leifield
  Lefty Leifield
  Albert Peter "Lefty" Leifield , was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1905-1920. He played for the St. Louis Browns, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs.-Baseball career:...
  
  , 87, pitcher who averaged 17 wins for Pittsburgh from 1906 to 1911, including a career-high 20 wins in 1907
• October 13 - Fred Mitchell
  Fred Mitchell (baseball)
  Frederick Francis Mitchell, born Frederick Francis Yapp , was an American right-handed pitcher, catcher and manager in Major League Baseball. After pitching for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, and Brooklyn Superbas from to , he returned to the major leagues as a...
  
  , 92, manager who won 1918 pennant with Chicago Cubs, was coach at Harvard for 30 years
• October 22 - Billy Sianis
  Billy Sianis
  William Sianis , better known as Billy Sianis , was a Chicago, Illinois tavern owner, who went on to become part of baseball lore because of the famed Curse of the Billy Goat he supposedly put on the Chicago Cubs after he and his goat were tossed out of game four of the 1945 World...
  
  , 70?, Chicago Tavern owner who took his pet goat to Game 4 of the 1945 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...
  
   (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...
  
   vs. 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...
  
  ), who was later ejected from Wrigley Field, thus putting a curse on the Cubs a.k.a. The Curse of the Billy Goat
  Curse of the Billy Goat
  The curse of the Billy Goat was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs in 1945 when Billy Goat Tavern owner Billy Sianis was asked to leave a World Series game against the Detroit Tigers at the Cubs' home ground of Wrigley Field because his pet goat's odor was bothering other fans...
  
  
• October 23 - Sherry Robertson
  Sherry Robertson
  Sherrard Alexander Robertson was a Canadian-American outfielder, second baseman and front office executive in Major League Baseball.-Member of Griffith baseball dynasty:...
  
  , 51, Canadian outfielder/infielder from 1940-52 for the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics, who later became a MLB executive

November–December

• November 5 - Dave Robertson
  Dave Robertson
  Davis Aydelotte Robertson is a former professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of 9 seasons with the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1916 and 1917 he tied for the National League lead in home runs while playing for New York...
  
  , 89, outfielder from 1912-22 for the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates, who led twice the National League in home runs (1916–17)
• November 5 - Charlie Root
  Charlie Root
  Charles Henry Root was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs for sixteen seasons from 1926 through 1941. He holds the club record for games, innings pitched, and career wins with 201....
  
  , 71, pitcher who won a club-record 201 games for the Chicago Cubs, surrendered Babe Ruth
  Babe Ruth
  George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...
  
  's supposed "called shot" in 1932 World Series
• November 24 - Ivy Andrews
  Ivy Andrews
  Ivy Paul Andrews was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. From through , he played for the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Browns and Cleveland Indians . Andrew batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 63, pitcher for three American League teams from 1931–38 and a member of the New York Yankees 1932 World Champions, who later became the first pitching coach for Double-A Birmingham Barons
• December 10 - Johnny Mostil
  Johnny Mostil
  John Anthony Mostil was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago White Sox . Born in Chicago, Illinois, he had a career batting average of .301.-Career:...
  
  , 74, center fielder for the Chicago White Sox whose promising career was derailed by a 1927 suicide attempt
• December 12 - Doug Taitt
  Doug Taitt
  Douglas John Taitt [Poco] was a right fielder in Major League Baseball and a player/manager in the Minor leagues. Listed at 6' 0", 176 lb., Taitt batted left-handed and threw right-handed....
  
  , 68, right fielder for the Red Sox, White Sox and Phillies from 1938 to 1932, who later became a successfully hitter and manager in the minor leagues
• December 13 - Chick Gandil
  Chick Gandil
  Charles Arnold "Chick" Gandil was a professional baseball player. He played for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, and Chicago White Sox of the American League. He is best known as the ringleader of the players involved in the 1919 Black Sox scandal...
  
  , 83, first baseman and the reported ringleader among the eight players who threw the 1919 World Series
• December 16 - Jim Winford
  Jim Winford
  James Head Winford , was a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1932-1938 for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers....
  
  , 61, pitcher from 1932-38 for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers