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See also: 1988 Major League Baseball season
1988 Major League Baseball season
In , the Major League Baseball season ended with the underdog Los Angeles Dodgers shocking the Oakland Athletics, who had won 104 games during the regular season, in the World Series. The most memorable moment of the series came in Game 1, when injured Dodger Kirk Gibson hit a dramatic pinch-hit...


Major League Baseball

  • World Series
    1988 World Series
    -Game 1:Saturday, October 15, 1988 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CaliforniaBecause of using ace Orel Hershiser in Game 7 of the NLCS, the Dodgers had to open with rookie Tim Belcher in Game 1. Meanwhile, Oakland sent a well-rested Dave Stewart to the mound. Both pitchers, however, would have...

    : 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...

     over 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....

     (4-1); Orel Hershiser
    Orel Hershiser
    Orel Leonard Hershiser IV is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN and a professional poker player for...

    , MVP


  • American League Championship Series
    1988 American League Championship Series
    -Game 1:Wednesday, October 5, 1988 at Fenway Park in Boston, MassachusettsIn an interview conducted before Game 1, José Canseco denied reports in that day's Washington Post by baseball reporter Thomas Boswell that he had used steroids...

     MVP: Dennis Eckersley
    Dennis Eckersley
    Dennis Lee Eckersley , nicknamed "Eck", is a former American Major League Baseball pitcher. Eckersley had success as a starter, but gained his greatest fame as a closer, becoming the first of only two pitchers in Major League history to have both a 20-win season and a 50-save season in a career .He...

  • National League Championship Series
    1988 National League Championship Series
    -Game 1:Tuesday, October 4, 1988 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CaliforniaThe series opened with a classic pitching matchup, pitting the Dodgers' Orel Hershiser, who had won 23 games during the regular season and carried a Major League record 59 consecutive scoreless innings into the game,...

     MVP: Orel Hershiser
    Orel Hershiser
    Orel Leonard Hershiser IV is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN and a professional poker player for...

  • All-Star Game
    Major League Baseball All-Star Game
    The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers...

    , July 12 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...

    : American League, 2-1; Terry Steinbach
    Terry Steinbach
    Terry Lee Steinbach is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for 14 years from to . He was drafted in 1980 out of New Ulm High School by the Cleveland Indians. He was the starting catcher for Oakland Athletics teams that won three straight American League pennants from 1988 to...

    , MVP

Other champions

  • Baseball World Cup
    1988 Baseball World Cup
    The 1988 Baseball World Cup took place in Italy from August 23 to September 7. Cuba defeated USA in the final to win the tournament.- Final standings :-External links:*...

    : Cuba
  • 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...

    : Leones del Escogido
    Leones del Escogido
    Leones del Escogido are a professional baseball team in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Established in , Leones are the third most successful teams from the Dominican Winter League, behind Tigres del Licey and Aguilas Cibaeñas, having won 13 national championships and 3 Caribbean Series.Leones...

     (Dominican Republic)
  • 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,...

    : Stanford
    Stanford University
    The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

  • 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....

    : Seibu Lions
    Seibu Lions
    The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based west of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Prince Hotels, which in turn is owned by the Seibu Group...

     over Chunichi Dragons
    Chunichi Dragons
    The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chubu region of Japan. The team is in the Central League. They won the 2007 Japan Series and 2007 Asia Series.-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...

    : Tai Ping, Taichung
    Taichung
    -Demographics:Taichung’s population was an estimated 1,040,725 in August 2006. There are slightly more females in the city than males.24.32% of residents are children, while 16.63% are young people, 52.68% are middle-age, and 6.73% are elderly....

    , Taiwan
    Taiwan
    Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

  • Summer Olympic Games
    Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
    Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the seventh time. Eight teams competed in Seoul in the baseball tournament. The format used was the same as the tournament of four years earlier. Five teams that had competed in the 1984 tournament returned.-Preliminary round:There...

     at Seoul
    Seoul
    Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

    , South Korea
    South Korea
    The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

     (demonstration sport
    Demonstration sport
    A demonstration sport is a sport which is played to promote itself, most commonly during the Olympic Games, but also at other sporting events.Demonstration sports were officially introduced in 1912 Summer Olympics, when Sweden decided to include glima, traditional Icelandic wrestling, in the...

    ): United States
    United States national baseball team
    The United States National Baseball team represents the United States in international baseball competition. The United States has won the previous two Baseball World Cups, having lost this title to the Netherlands in 2011, and is currently second in the IBAF World Rankings, behind Cuba.The team...

     (1st), Japan
    Japan national baseball team
    The Japan national baseball team is the national baseball team representing Japan in international competitions. They are one of the more successful baseball teams in the world, having won the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009...

     (2nd), Puerto Rico
    Puerto Rico national baseball team
    The Puerto Rico National Baseball Team is a team that is selected by the Puerto Rican Baseball Federation to compete in major international events in representation of Puerto Rico...

     (3rd)

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...

    • José Canseco
      José Canseco
      José Canseco Capas, Jr. is a Cuban-American professional baseball manager, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Yuma Scorpions of the North American League and former Major League Baseball player. He is the identical twin brother of former major league player and current teammate Ozzie Canseco...

      , 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....

      , OF (AL)
    • Kirk Gibson
      Kirk Gibson
      Kirk Harold Gibson is a former Major League Baseball player and currently the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. As a player, Gibson was an outfielder who batted and threw left-handed...

      , 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...

      , OF (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...

    • Frank Viola
      Frank Viola
      Frank John Viola, Jr. is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins , New York Mets , Boston Red Sox , Cincinnati Reds and Toronto Blue Jays . A three-time All-Star, he was named World Series MVP with the Twins in 1987 and won the AL Cy Young Award in 1988...

      , 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...

       (AL)
    • Orel Hershiser
      Orel Hershiser
      Orel Leonard Hershiser IV is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN and a professional poker player for...

      , 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...

       (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...

    • Walt Weiss
      Walt Weiss
      Walter William Weiss is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball.Weiss was a member of the National League All-Star Team...

      , 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....

      , SS (AL)
    • Chris Sabo
      Chris Sabo
      Christopher Andrew Sabo is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds , Baltimore Orioles , Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals . At 6'0" and 180 lb , he batted and threw right-handed...

      , 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....

      , 3B (NL)
  • Manager of the Year Award
    Manager of the Year Award
    In Major League Baseball, the Manager of the Year Award is an honor given annually since 1983 to the best managers in the American League and the National League . The winner is voted on by 28 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America . Each places a vote for first, second, and third...

    • Tony La Russa
      Tony La Russa
      Anthony "Tony" La Russa, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball manager and infielder, best known for his tenures as manager of the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals...

      , 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....

       (AL)
    • Tommy Lasorda
      Tommy Lasorda
      Thomas Charles Lasorda is a former Major League baseball player and manager. marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest non-continuous tenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully...

      , 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...

       (NL)

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  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...

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...

Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...

 
Wade Boggs
Wade Boggs
Wade Anthony Boggs is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He spent his 18-year baseball career primarily with the Boston Red Sox, but also played for the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays...

 BOS
.366 Tony Gwynn
Tony Gwynn
Anthony Keith "Tony" Gwynn, Sr. , nicknamed Mr. Padre and Captain Video, is a former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is statistically one of the best and most consistent hitters in baseball history. He played his entire 20-year baseball career for the San Diego Padres...

 SDP
.313
HR
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...

 
José Canseco
José Canseco
José Canseco Capas, Jr. is a Cuban-American professional baseball manager, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Yuma Scorpions of the North American League and former Major League Baseball player. He is the identical twin brother of former major league player and current teammate Ozzie Canseco...

 OAK
42 Darryl Strawberry
Darryl Strawberry
Darryl Eugene Strawberry is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder who is well-known both for his play on the field and for his controversial behavior off it...

 NYM
39
RBI  José Canseco
José Canseco
José Canseco Capas, Jr. is a Cuban-American professional baseball manager, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Yuma Scorpions of the North American League and former Major League Baseball player. He is the identical twin brother of former major league player and current teammate Ozzie Canseco...

 OAK
124 Will Clark
Will Clark
William Nuschler Clark, Jr. is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the San Francisco Giants from to .Will was known by the nickname of "Will the Thrill"...

 SFG
109
Wins
Win (baseball)
In professional baseball, there are two types of decisions: a win and a loss . In each game, one pitcher on the winning team is awarded a win and one pitcher on the losing team is given a loss in their respective statistics. These pitchers are collectively known as the pitchers of record. Only...

 
Frank Viola
Frank Viola
Frank John Viola, Jr. is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins , New York Mets , Boston Red Sox , Cincinnati Reds and Toronto Blue Jays . A three-time All-Star, he was named World Series MVP with the Twins in 1987 and won the AL Cy Young Award in 1988...

 MIN
24 Orel Hershiser
Orel Hershiser
Orel Leonard Hershiser IV is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN and a professional poker player for...

 LAD
Danny Jackson
Danny Jackson
Danny Lynn Jackson was a pitcher with a 15-year career from to . He played for the Kansas City Royals of the American League and the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, St...

 CIN
23
ERA
Earned run average
In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...

 
Allan Anderson
Allan Anderson
Allan Lee Anderson is a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of 6 seasons with the Minnesota Twins. He led the American League in ERA in while playing for Minnesota. For his career, he compiled a 49-54 record in 148 appearances, with a 4.11 ERA and 339 strikeouts...

 MIN
2.45 Joe Magrane
Joe Magrane
Joseph David Magrane is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and is currently a color commentary broadcaster for the MLB Network. He was teamed with play-by-play announcer Dewayne Staats from 1998 to 2008 as part of the Tampa Bay Rays television team.Magrane served as an analyst for NBC Sports'...

 STL
2.18

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Major league baseball final standings

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...

Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st 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"...

 
  89   73 .549    –
2nd 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...

 
  88   74 .543   1.0
3rd 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...

 
  87   75 .537   2.0
3rd Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....

 
  87   75 .537   2.0
5th 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...

 
  85   76 .528   3.5
6th 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...

 
  78   84 .481 11.0
7th 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...

 
  54 107 .335 34.5
West Division
1st 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....

 
104   58 .642    –
2nd 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...

 
  91   71 .562 13.0
3rd Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals
The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...

 
  84   77 .522 19.5
4th 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...

 
  75   87 .463 29.0
5th 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...

 
  71   90 .441 32.5
6th Texas Rangers
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...

 
  70   91 .435 33.5
7th Seattle Mariners
Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Safeco Field has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July...

 
  68   93 .422 35.5

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...

Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st 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...

 
100   60 .625    –
2nd 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...

 
  85   75 .531 15.0
3rd 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...

 
  81   81 .500 20.0
4th 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...

 
  77   85 .475 24.0
5th 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...

 
  76   86 .469 25.0
6th 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...

 
  65   96 .404 35.5
West Division
1st 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...

 
  94   67 .584    –
2nd 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....

 
  87   74 .540   7.0
3rd 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...

 
  83   78 .516 11.0
4th 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....

 
  83   79 .512 11.5
5th 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...

 
  82   80 .506 12.5
6th 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....

 
  54 106 .338 40

January-April

  • January 12 - Former 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...

     slugger 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...

     is the only player 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...

    . Stargell becomes the 17th player to be elected in his first year of eligibility. Pitcher 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...

     garners 317 votes (74.2%), and falls four votes shy of the 321 needed for election in his 13th year on the ballot.

  • January 22 - As a result of the Players Association's 1985 collusion suit against the owners, arbitrator Thomas Roberts declares seven players no-risk free agents until March 1, giving them a chance to sign with other clubs despite already having contracts. The seven are Juan Beníquez
    Juan Beníquez
    Juan José Beníquez Torres is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Texas Rangers , New York Yankees , Seattle Mariners , California Angels , Baltimore Orioles , Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays...

    , Tom Brookens
    Tom Brookens
    Thomas Dale Brookens is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , and Cleveland Indians...

    , Kirk Gibson
    Kirk Gibson
    Kirk Harold Gibson is a former Major League Baseball player and currently the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. As a player, Gibson was an outfielder who batted and threw left-handed...

    , Carlton Fisk
    Carlton Fisk
    Carlton Ernest Fisk , nicknamed "Pudge" or "The Commander", is a former Major League Baseball catcher. During a 24-year baseball career, he played for both the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox .Fisk was known by the nickname "Pudge" due to his 6'2", 220 lb frame...

    , Donnie Moore
    Donnie Moore
    Donnie Ray Moore was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs , St...

    , 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...

     and Butch Wynegar
    Butch Wynegar
    Harold Delano "Butch" Wynegar, Jr. is a former professional baseball player and is the current hitting coach for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Triple A affiliate of the New York Yankees...

    .

  • March 1 - For the first time since 1956
    1956 in baseball
    -Major League Baseball:*World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers ; Don Larsen, MVP*All-Star Game, July 10 at Griffith Stadium: National League, 7-3-Other champions:*Caribbean World Series: Cienfuegos *College World Series: Minnesota...

    , the Special Veterans Committee does not elect anyone to the Hall of Fame. Phil Rizzuto
    Phil Rizzuto
    Philip Francis Rizzuto , nicknamed "The Scooter", was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He spent his entire 13-year baseball career for the New York Yankees...

    , Leo Durocher
    Leo Durocher
    Leo Ernest Durocher , nicknamed Leo the Lip, was an American infielder and manager in Major League Baseball. Upon his retirement, he ranked fifth all-time among managers with 2,009 career victories, second only to John McGraw in National League history. Durocher still ranks tenth in career wins by...

    , Joe Gordon and Gil Hodges
    Gil Hodges
    Gilbert Ray Hodges was an American Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. During an 18-year baseball career, he played in 1943 and from 1947–63, spending most of his career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers...

     are among the candidates passed over.

  • April 12 - 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...

     dismissed manager Cal Ripken
    Cal Ripken, Sr.
    Calvin Edwin Ripken, Sr. was a coach and manager in Major League Baseball who spent 36 years in the Baltimore Orioles organization, also as a player and scout. He played in the Orioles' farm system beginning in 1957, and later served as manager of the parent club, on which his sons Cal Jr...

     after their sixth consecutive loss starting the season. Ripken, a casualty of the streak, is replaced by 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...

     who will see the streak extended to a Major League-record 21 consecutive losses.

  • April 22 - 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...

     shut out
    Shutout
    In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....

     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...

    , 9–0, 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...

    . It is the first victory of the season for the helpless Orioles, behind a strong pitching effort by starter Mark Williamson
    Mark Williamson (baseball)
    Mark Alan Williamson Mark Alan Williamson Mark Alan Williamson (July 21, 1959 in Corpus Christi, Texas, is a retired professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1987-1994. He played for the Baltimore Orioles. On July 13, 1991, he pitched a no hitter along with Bob...

    , who was credited with the win after allowing three hits on two strikeouts and no walks in six innings of work. Closer Dave Schmidt
    Dave Schmidt
    David Joseph Schmidt , is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched twelve seasons in the majors from until . He is currently the pitching coordinator for the Orioles.-External links:...

     earned the save
    Save (sport)
    In baseball, a save is credited to a pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances. The number of saves, or percentage of save opportunities successfully converted, is an oft-cited statistic of relief pitchers...

    , giving up one hit on one strikeout and no walks in three innings. For the Orioles, Cal Ripken, Jr.
    Cal Ripken, Jr.
    Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr. , nicknamed "Iron Man", is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles ....

     went 4-for-5 with three runs and one RBI, including a double and a home run, while Eddie Murray
    Eddie Murray
    Eddie Clarence Murray , nicknamed "Steady Eddie", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter. He was known as one of the most reliable and productive hitters of his era. Murray is regarded as one of the best switch hitters ever to play the game...

     hit a two-run homer. Jack McDowell
    Jack McDowell
    Jack Burns McDowell is a former Major League Baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, McDowell won the American League Cy Young Award in 1993. He was nicknamed "Black Jack."...

     was the losing pitcher. Baltimore is now 1-21.

May-August

  • May 2 - 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....

     pitcher Ron Robinson, one out away from a perfect game, surrenders a single, and a home run before Cincinnati finally beat 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...

    , 3–2.

  • June 12 - Against 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....

     at the Astrodome
    Reliant Astrodome
    Reliant Astrodome, also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, is the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, located in Houston, Texas, USA. The stadium is part of the Reliant Park complex...

    , Mike Scott
    Mike Scott (baseball)
    Michael Warren "Mike" Scott is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in...

     of 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...

     has a bid for his second career 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 two out in the ninth on a Ken Oberkfell
    Ken Oberkfell
    Kenneth Raymond Oberkfell is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman and ex-coach for the New York Mets. He played from 1977-1992 for six different teams. Oberkfell primarily played third base but was also known to play second base and both corner outfield positions...

     single. The hit is the only one Scott allows in a 5-0 Astros victory. Scott had no-hit 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....

     on September 25, .

  • June 30 - The Illinois General Assembly
    Illinois General Assembly
    The Illinois General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois and comprises the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. The General Assembly was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. Illinois has 59 legislative districts, with two...

     votes to help fund a new baseball stadium to replace 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...

     which is now the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball. The vote avoids 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...

     from having to carry through on a threat to move the team.

  • July 12 - After being maligned by the press as an unworthy All-Star
    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...

     starter, catcher Terry Steinbach
    Terry Steinbach
    Terry Lee Steinbach is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for 14 years from to . He was drafted in 1980 out of New Ulm High School by the Cleveland Indians. He was the starting catcher for Oakland Athletics teams that won three straight American League pennants from 1988 to...

     hits a solo home run and a sacrifice fly to lead the American League
    American League
    The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

     to a 2–1 victory over 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...

     at Riverfront Stadium. Steinbach is named the Game MVP.

  • July 29 - 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 away future World Series
    2004 World Series
    The 2004 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship series for the 2004 season. It was the 100th World Series and featured the American League champions, the Boston Red Sox, against the National League champions, the St. Louis Cardinals...

     hero Curt Schilling
    Curt Schilling
    Curtis Montague "Curt" Schilling is a former American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series in and won World Series championships in with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in and with the Boston Red Sox. Schilling retired with a...

    , along with Brady Anderson
    Brady Anderson
    Brady Kevin Anderson is an American former outfielder with the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball...

     to 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...

     for Mike Boddicker
    Mike Boddicker
    For the similarly named musician , see Michael BoddickerMichael James "Mike" Boddicker was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles , Boston Red Sox , Kansas City Royals , and Milwaukee Brewers...

    .

  • August 9 - 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...

     won the first official night game at Wrigley Field
    Wrigley Field
    Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales...

     by beating the New York Mets 6–4. The lights had been turned on just before the start of last night's game, but that game was rained out.

  • August 11
    • Having been stuck at 299 career home runs since May 16, 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...

       catcher
      Catcher
      Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...

       Gary Carter
      Gary Carter
      Gary Edmund Carter , nicknamed "Kid" and "Kid Carter", is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. During a 19-year baseball career, mostly with the Montreal Expos and the New York Mets, Carter established himself as one of the premier catchers in the National League, winning three Gold...

       clubs career home run #300 in a 9-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs
      Chicago Cubs
      The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...

       at Wrigley Field
      Wrigley Field
      Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales...

      .
    • The Boston Red Sox
      Boston Red Sox
      The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...

       set an AL record with their 23rd straight win at home, beating 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...

       94. Boston surpassed the league mark of 22 set by the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics
      Oakland Athletics
      The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....

      .

  • August 31 - Outfierlder Fred Lynn
    Fred Lynn
    Fredric Michael "Fred" Lynn is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , California Angels , Baltimore Orioles , Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres .Fred Lynn was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in and to the College Baseball Hall of Fame...

     is traded by 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...

     to 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...

     in exchange for catcher Chris Hoiles
    Chris Hoiles
    Christopher Allen Hoiles is an American former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the Baltimore Orioles from 1989 to 1998...

     and two minor leagues.

September-December

  • September 8 - A. Bartlett Giamatti
    A. Bartlett Giamatti
    Angelo Bartlett "Bart" Giamatti was the president of Yale University and later the seventh Commissioner of Major League Baseball. Giamatti negotiated the agreement that terminated the Pete Rose betting scandal by permitting Rose to voluntarily withdraw from the sport, avoiding further...

     is unanimously elected by the owners to replace outgoing Commissioner Peter Ueberroth
    Peter Ueberroth
    Peter Victor Ueberroth is an American executive. He served as the sixth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1989. He was recently the chairman of the United States Olympic Committee; he was replaced by Larry Probst in October 2008....

    .

  • September 9 - Bruce Sutter
    Bruce Sutter
    Howard Bruce Sutter is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. He was arguably the first pitcher to make effective use of the splitter....

     converts his 300th career save (the third player in history to do so) to preserve an 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....

     win over 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...

    . It is the last save of his career.

  • September 16 - Tom Browning
    Tom Browning
    Thomas Leo Browning is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. During a 12-year baseball career, he pitched for the Cincinnati Reds and the Kansas City Royals...

     of 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....

     pitches a 1-0 perfect game
    Perfect game
    A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher pitches a victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposing player reaches base. Thus, the pitcher cannot allow any hits, walks, hit batsmen, or any opposing player to reach base safely for any...

     over 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...

    . It is not only the tenth perfect game in Major League history, but the first to ever be pitched against the team that would go on to win the World Series
    World Series
    The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...

     that year. In defeating 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...

     on June 6 of this season, Browning had another 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 in the ninth inning. This bid was foiled by Tony Gwynn
    Tony Gwynn
    Anthony Keith "Tony" Gwynn, Sr. , nicknamed Mr. Padre and Captain Video, is a former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is statistically one of the best and most consistent hitters in baseball history. He played his entire 20-year baseball career for the San Diego Padres...

    's single with one out.

  • September 17 - Jeff Reardon
    Jeff Reardon
    Jeffrey James Reardon , nicknamed "The Terminator" for his intimidating presence on the mound and 98 mph fastball, is a former professional baseball relief pitcher from 1979-1994 who played for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, and Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati...

     becomes the first pitcher to save 40 games in both leagues as 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...

     beat 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...

    , 3–1. Reardon, who saved 42 games for 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...

     in 1985
    1985 in baseball
    -Major League Baseball:*World Series: Kansas City Royals over St. Louis Cardinals ; Bret Saberhagen, MVP*American League Championship Series MVP: George Brett*National League Championship Series MVP: Ozzie Smith...

    , pitches the ninth inning for his 40th save in 47 opportunities.

  • September 20 - Wade Boggs
    Wade Boggs
    Wade Anthony Boggs is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He spent his 18-year baseball career primarily with the Boston Red Sox, but also played for the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays...

     becomes the first player in Major League history, since 1901, to collect 200 or more hits in six consecutive years. He is also the second player (to Lou Gehrig
    Lou Gehrig
    Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig , nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New York Yankees . Gehrig set several major league records. He holds the record for most career grand slams...

    ) to collect 200 hits and 100 bases on balls in three straight seasons.

  • September 23 - José Canseco
    José Canseco
    José Canseco Capas, Jr. is a Cuban-American professional baseball manager, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Yuma Scorpions of the North American League and former Major League Baseball player. He is the identical twin brother of former major league player and current teammate Ozzie Canseco...

     steals his 40th base of the year, and becomes the first member of the 40-40 club
    40-40 club
    The 40–40 club is a baseball term for players who have accumulated a total of 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season, similar to the much more common 30–30 club....

    .

  • September 28 - One of the great season closing games in history is played as Orel Hershiser
    Orel Hershiser
    Orel Leonard Hershiser IV is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN and a professional poker player for...

     of 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...

     pitcher and Andy Hawkins
    Andy Hawkins
    Melton Andrew "Andy" Hawkins is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.A right-handed starter, Hawkins spent most of his career with the San Diego Padres, and also played for the New York Yankees and briefly for the Oakland Athletics...

     of 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...

     each pitch ten scoreless innings. The Padres eventually win, but the tenth inning proves to be Hershiser's 59th consecutive scoreless inning, breaking Don Drysdale
    Don Drysdale
    Donald Scott "Don" Drysdale was a Major League Baseball player and Hall of Fame right-handed pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was one of the dominant starting pitchers of the 1960s, and became a radio and television broadcaster following his playing career...

    's record streak of 58 consecutive innings.

  • September 30 - For the second consecutive start, Dave Stieb
    Dave Stieb
    David Andrew Stieb [STEEB] is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays.-Playing career:Born in Santa Ana, California, Stieb played varsity baseball at Southern Illinois University as an outfielder...

     of the Toronto Blue Jays
    Toronto Blue Jays
    The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....

     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 two out in the ninth, and has to settle for a one-hit shutout. Jim Traber
    Jim Traber
    James Joseph "Jim" Traber is a former Major League Baseball player who currently works as a sports talk show host in Oklahoma City....

     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...

     singles to break up the bid; Stieb ends up winning the game 4-0. Six days earlier, in a 1-0 shutout over the Cleveland Indians
    Cleveland Indians
    The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...

    , Stieb's bid for a no-hitter was broken up by a Julio Franco
    Julio Franco
    Julio César Robles Franco is a former Major League Baseball infielder and designated hitter. In , Franco was the oldest active player in the major leagues at the age of 49....

     single with two out in the ninth. Had Stieb accomplished the double no-hit feat, he would have joined Johnny Vander Meer (1938
    1938 in baseball
    -Major League Baseball:*World Series: New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs *All-Star Game, July 6 at Crosley Field: National League, 4-1-Awards and honors:*Most Valuable Player**Jimmie Foxx, Boston Red Sox, 1B...

    ) as the only pitchers to hurl no-hitters in consecutive starts.

  • October 15 - In Game One of the 1988 World Series
    1988 World Series
    -Game 1:Saturday, October 15, 1988 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CaliforniaBecause of using ace Orel Hershiser in Game 7 of the NLCS, the Dodgers had to open with rookie Tim Belcher in Game 1. Meanwhile, Oakland sent a well-rested Dave Stewart to the mound. Both pitchers, however, would have...

     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...

    , 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...

     trail 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....

    , 4–3, in the bottom of the ninth inning when the Dodgers' Kirk Gibson
    Kirk Gibson
    Kirk Harold Gibson is a former Major League Baseball player and currently the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. As a player, Gibson was an outfielder who batted and threw left-handed...

    , badly injured in the NLCS
    1988 National League Championship Series
    -Game 1:Tuesday, October 4, 1988 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CaliforniaThe series opened with a classic pitching matchup, pitting the Dodgers' Orel Hershiser, who had won 23 games during the regular season and carried a Major League record 59 consecutive scoreless innings into the game,...

     against 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...

    , hobbles to the plate to pinch-hit against Oakland's lethal closer, Dennis Eckersley
    Dennis Eckersley
    Dennis Lee Eckersley , nicknamed "Eck", is a former American Major League Baseball pitcher. Eckersley had success as a starter, but gained his greatest fame as a closer, becoming the first of only two pitchers in Major League history to have both a 20-win season and a 50-save season in a career .He...

    . With two outs, a 3-2 count against him, and Mike Davis
    Mike Davis (baseball player)
    Michael Dwayne Davis is a former Major League Baseball player.Over his 10 year career he played with two different teams: the Oakland Athletics , and Los Angeles Dodgers...

     on second base, Gibson uses his upper body and wrists to launch a backdoor slider
    Slider
    In baseball, a slider is a pitch that breaks laterally and down, with a speed between that of a curveball and that of a fastball....

     from Eckersley into the right-field stands for a 5–4 Los Angeles victory. Gibson's home run re-energized the underdog Dodgers and shattered the confidence of the A's, who lost the series in five games. It inspired the coining of the phrase "walk-off home run
    Walk-off home run
    In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run that ends the game. It must be a home run that gives the home team the lead in the bottom of the final inning of the game—either the ninth inning, or any extra inning, or any other regularly scheduled final inning...

    ," and is widely regarded as one of the greatest moments in baseball history.

  • October 20 - 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...

     pitcher Orel Hershiser
    Orel Hershiser
    Orel Leonard Hershiser IV is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN and a professional poker player for...

     ends his dream season with a 5–2 four-hitter over 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....

     in Game Five of the World Series
    1988 World Series
    -Game 1:Saturday, October 15, 1988 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CaliforniaBecause of using ace Orel Hershiser in Game 7 of the NLCS, the Dodgers had to open with rookie Tim Belcher in Game 1. Meanwhile, Oakland sent a well-rested Dave Stewart to the mound. Both pitchers, however, would have...

    . The win gives the Dodgers their first World Championship since 1981
    1981 World Series
    The 1981 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, marking their third meeting in the Series in five years as well as a record eleventh Series meeting overall and last Series meeting to date...

    , and makes them the only team to win more than one World Series in the 1980s. Hershiser is selected the Series MVP.

  • November 10 - 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...

     pitcher Orel Hershiser
    Orel Hershiser
    Orel Leonard Hershiser IV is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN and a professional poker player for...

    , who posted a 23-8 record with 178 strikeout
    Strikeout
    In baseball or softball, a strikeout or strike-out occurs when a batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters....

    s and a 2.31 ERA
    Earned run average
    In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...

    , is an unanimous choice as National League Cy Young Award winner. Hershiser becomes the ninth pitcher in National League history to win the award unanimously, after receiving all twenty-four first place votes from the BBWAA
    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...

    .

  • November 28 - Rich Gedman
    Rich Gedman
    Richard Leo Gedman is a former Major League Baseball catcher and left-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox , Houston Astros and St...

     becomes the highest paid catcher in American League history when he signs a one-year contract with 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"...

     for $1.2 million.

January

  • January   7 - Jhoulys Chacín
    Jhoulys Chacín
    Jhoulys Jose Chacín y Molina is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. He was signed undrafted to the Colorado Rockies in 2004, and is considered to be one of their top prospects.He was called up directly to the majors from the Class AA Tulsa Drillers on July 24, 2009...

  • January 10 - Rafael Dolis
    Rafael Dolis
    Rafael Jose Dolis is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.He began his professional career in 2006 pitching for the AZL Cubs, going 0-2 with an 8.28 ERA in 13 games for them. In 25 innings of work, he struck out 33 batters...

  • January 22 - Josh Spence
    Josh Spence
    Joshua Patrick William Spence is an Australian professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Padres in the ninth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft out of Arizona State University...

  • January 29 - Hank Conger
    Hank Conger
    Hyun Choi Conger a.k.a. Hank Conger is an American professional baseball catcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball....


February

  • February   1 - Brett Anderson
    Brett Anderson (baseball)
    Brett Franklin Anderson is a left-handed pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.-Early life:He attended Stillwater High School in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he was an all-state selection in 2006, his senior year....

  • February   2 - Brad Peacock
    Brad Peacock
    Bradley Peacock is a pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball .-Professional career:Peacock attended Palm Beach Central High School, where he played third base. Peacock requested that his coach try him at pitcher, and he threw eight innings in high school prior to pitching in...

  • February   2 - Travis Snider
    Travis Snider
    Travis James Snider is a Major League Baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He hits and throws left-handed. He played baseball at Henry M. Jackson High School, where he also played running back and linebacker in football...

  • February 10 - Jeanmar Gómez
    Jeanmar Gómez
    Jeanmar Alejandro Gómez , is a professional baseball starting pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization.-Career:A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Gómez was signed by Cleveland as an undrafted free agent....

  • February 24 - Chris Parmelee
    Chris Parmelee
    Christopher Matthew Parmelee is a Major League Baseball first baseman/outfielder for the Minnesota Twins. He stands 6'1" and weighs 230 lbs., and bats and throws left handed....

  • February 25 - Nathan Adcock
    Nathan Adcock (baseball)
    Nathan Masler Adcock is a baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals.Before playing professionally, Adcock attended North Hardin High School...

  • February 26 - Dustin Ackley
    Dustin Ackley
    Dustin Michael Ackley is an American professional baseball second baseman with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. Ackley was drafted and selected second overall by the Mariners in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. He is a natural outfielder, though he played first base his junior...

  • February 28 - Aroldis Chapman
    Aroldis Chapman
    Albertin Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz is a Cuban-Andorran Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. Chapman bats and throws left-handed. He is listed at 6'4" tall and weighing 195 pounds . He currently holds the record for the fastest recorded pitch speed in Major League Baseball,...


March

  • March   1 - Trevor Cahill
    Trevor Cahill
    Trevor John Cahill is a right-handed pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.-Career:...

  • March   5 - Joe Benson
    Joe Benson
    William Joseph Benson is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins.-Career:Benson was drafted by the Twins in the second round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft....

  • March   5 - Héctor Gómez
    Héctor Gómez
    Héctor Alexis Gómez is a major league baseball shortstop currently on the Colorado Rockies active roster....

  • March   6 - Leonys Martín
    Leonys Martín
    Leonys Martín Tápanes is a Cuban baseball player. He defected from Cuba at the 2010 FISU World University Championships in Taiwan in order to become a Major League Baseball free agent....

  • March 10 - Cedric Hunter
    Cedric Hunter (baseball)
    Cedric Scott Hunter is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.-Career:...

  • March 14 - Josh Stinson
    Josh Stinson
    Joshua Randall Stinson is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Mets.Prior to playing professionally, Stinson attended Northwood High School in Shreveport, Louisiana...

  • March 19 - Clayton Kershaw
    Clayton Kershaw
    Clayton Edward Kershaw is a left-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.In 2011, Kershaw won the Pitching Triple Crown and the National League Cy Young Award, becoming the youngest pitcher to accomplish either of these feats since Dwight Gooden in 1985...

  • March 23 - Dellin Betances
    Dellin Betances
    Dellin Betances is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees.-Early life:At the age of 10, Betances was a Yankee fan who sat with the Bleacher Creatures for the perfect game of former Yankees pitcher David Wells in 1998...

  • March 28 - Ryan Kalish
    Ryan Kalish
    Ryan Michael Kalish is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Boston Red Sox organization.A standout high school baseball and football player, he was drafted by the Red Sox in 2006...


April

  • April 11 - Peter Kozma
    Peter Kozma
    Peter Michael Kozma is a minor league baseball second baseman/shortstop currently on the St. Louis Cardinals active roster. He is 6'0" tall and he weighs 170 pounds....

  • April 15 - Chris Tillman
    Chris Tillman
    Christopher Steven Tillman is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. According to Baseball America, he was Baltimore's second best prospect, behind only Matt Wieters....

  • April 20 - Brandon Belt
    Brandon Belt
    Brandon Kyle Belt is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.-Career:...

  • April 22 - Dee Gordon
    Dee Gordon
    Devaris "Dee" Strange-Gordon is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.-Prep and college:...


May

  • May  2 - Neftali Feliz
  • May  3 - Ben Revere
    Ben Revere
    Ben Daniel Revere is an outfielder for the Minnesota Twins.-Minors:Before the Twins made Revere their first-round pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, he went to Lexington Catholic High School in Lexington, KY where he led them to the state title and was named MVP his junior year .He...

  • May  7 - Osvaldo Martínez
    Osvaldo Martínez (baseball)
    Osvaldo "Ozzie" Martínez is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Chicago White Sox.-Career:Martínez was drafted by the Marlins in the 11th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft...

  • May 27 - Garrett Richards
    Garrett Richards
    Garrett Thomas Richards is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Amateur career:Richards went to Edmond Memorial High School, where he was a four-year letterwinner. His best season was 2005, where he went 8-5 with a 2.97 ERA and 106 strikeouts...

  • May 28 - Craig Kimbrel
    Craig Kimbrel
    Craig Michael Kimbrel is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. Breaking the record for saves by a rookie in the 2011 season, Kimbrel was awarded the Rookie of the Year Award for the National League....

  • May 28 - Lester Oliveros
    Lester Oliveros
    Lester Jesus Oliveros Blanco is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He is 6'0" tall and he weighs 225 pounds.-Minor leagues:...


July

  • July   2 - Chris Marrero
    Chris Marrero
    Christopher Marrero is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Washington Nationals.-Professional career:A 2006 graduate of Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami, Florida, Marrero was selected by the Washington Nationals with the 15th overall pick in the 2006 amateur draft and signed...

  • July 13 - DJ LeMahieu
  • July 20 - Stephen Strasburg
    Stephen Strasburg
    Stephen James Strasburg is a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Nationals, who selected him with the first pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft...


August

  • August 12 - Jhan Mariñez
    Jhan Mariñez
    Jhan Carlos Mariñez Fuente is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.-Career:Mariñez signed with the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 2006...

  • August 12 - José Tábata
    Jose Tabata
    José Nicolas Tábata is a professional baseball outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was an international signee of the New York Yankees and, by 2008, became the Yankees' No. 2 prospect...

  • August 14 - Alex Liddi
    Alex Liddi
    Alessandro "Alex" Liddi is an infielder for the Seattle Mariners. He is the first player born and raised in Italy to play in the major leagues...

  • August 26 - Elvis Andrus
    Elvis Andrus
    Elvis Augusto Andrus Torres is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Texas Rangers.Entering , he was rated by Baseball America as the No. 2 prospect in the Atlanta Braves organization...

  • August 29 - Alex White
    Alex White (baseball)
    -Early years:White attended D.H. Conley High School in his hometown of Greenville, NC and led the Vikings to two state championships. After his senior year of high school, he signed to play college baseball for the University of North Carolina.-Cleveland Indians:...


September

  • September   8 - Alex Sanabia
  • September   8 - Chance Ruffin
    Chance Ruffin
    Chance Kraig Ruffin is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball.-Professional career:...

  • September   8 - Logan Schafer
    Logan Schafer
    Logan Edward Schafer is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers.-Professional career:Schafer was drafted by Milwaukee in the 3rd round of the 2008 amateur entry draft. He was previously drafted twice, but did not sign; first by the Boston Red Sox in the 31st round in 2006, and...

  • September 11 - Mike Moustakas
    Mike Moustakas
    Michael Christopher Moustakas is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. He was drafted second overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft....

  • September 20 - Steve Lombardozzi
    Steve Lombardozzi, Jr.
    Stephen Lombardozzi is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Washington Nationals.-Professional career:Lombardozzi played for Atholton High School and was named a preseason third-team Rawlings' high school All-American in 2005. Lombardozzi was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the...


October

  • October   4 - Lonnie Chisenhall
    Lonnie Chisenhall
    Lonnie D. Chisenhall is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Cleveland Indians.-Minor Leagues:Chisenhall was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft but chose to attend University of South Carolina...

  • October 10 - Fernando Martínez
    Fernando Martínez (baseball)
    Jesús Fernando Martínez Álvarez is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder. He is a current Free agent, and last played for the orginization o fht eNew York Mets appearing several times in the majors, in center-field.-Career:...


November

  • November 22 - Drew Pomeranz
    Drew Pomeranz
    Thomas Andrew Pomeranz is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball.-Early years:Pomeranz is from Collierville, Tennessee...

  • November 22 - Austin Romine
    Austin Romine
    Austin Allen Romine is a catcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.-Baseball career:...

  • November 24 - Jarrod Parker
    Jarrod Parker
    Jarrod Parker is a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was drafted by the Diamondbacks 9th overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. He was drafted straight out of high school from Norwell High School in Ossian, Indiana. On October 28, 2009, Parker underwent...


December

  • December 21 - Danny Duffy
    Danny Duffy
    Daniel Richard Duffy is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. He is considered one of the top prospects in baseball.-Professional career:...

  • December 27 - Rick Porcello
    Rick Porcello
    Frederick Alfred "Rick" Porcello III is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball....

  • December 27 - Addison Reed
    Addison Reed
    Addison Devon Reed is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.-Professional career:Reed was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the third round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft out of San Diego State University...


January-February

  • January 6 - Ralph Buxton
    Ralph Buxton
    Ralph Stanley Buxton is a former major league pitcher....

    , 76, Canadian pitcher who played briefly for the Philadelphia Athletics (1938) and New York Yankees (1949)

  • January 15 - Joe Hatten
    Joe Hatten
    Joseph Hilarian Hatten was a Major League Baseball pitcher.Hatten started in pro ball with Crookston in the old Northern League in 1937. Acquired by the Montreal Royals from the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association in the 1941-42 off-season, Hatten pitched for the Royals briefly in 1942...

    , 72, pitcher who posted a 65-49 record with a 3.87 ERA for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs from 1946 through 1952

  • January 15 - George Hennessey
    George Hennessey
    George Hennessey , is a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1937 to 1945. He played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, and Philadelphia Phillies-External links:...

    , 80, pitcher form the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs between 1937 and 1945

  • January 16 - Dutch Kemner
    Dutch Kemner
    Herman John "Dutch" Kemner was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...

    , 88, relief pitcher who appeared in nine games with the 1929 Cincinnati Reds

  • January 23 - Johnny Gee
    Johnny Gee
    John Alexander Gee , was a professional baseball and basketball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1939-1946. He played for the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates. He played for the NBA's Syracuse Nationals in the 1946-47 season.-External links:...

    , 72, , who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants in the 1940s and also played basketball with the NBA Syracuse Nationals in the 1946-1947 season

  • January 24 - Ray Rohwer
    Ray Rohwer
    Ray Arthur Rohwer was an outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He spent parts of two seasons with the Pirates, playing in 83 games during the 1921-22 seasons...

    , 92, outfielder who hit .284 for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1921 to 1922

  • January 28 - Al Rubeling
    Al Rubeling
    Albert William Rubeling was an American professional baseball player who played in parts of four seaons for the Philadelphia Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates. He attended Towson University and is a member of the institution's Athletic Hall of Fame. Rubeling had the most pinch hitting at bats in...

    , 74, backup infielder for the Philadelphia Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1940 through 1944

  • February 1 - Red Phillips
    Red Phillips (baseball)
    Clarence Lemuel "Red" Phillips was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons with the Detroit Tigers...

    , 79, relief pitcher who posted a 4-4 record in 29 games for the Detroit Tigers in the 1934 and 1936 seasons

  • February 3 - Jocko Thompson
    Jocko Thompson
    John Samuel "Jocko" Thompson was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball from 1948 to 1951. He also served in the Army of the United States as a first lieutenant in the European theater during World War II...

    , 71, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in four seasons, also a much-decorated American lieutenant who served in the European Theater during World War II

  • February 16 - Bill Cox
    Bill Cox (baseball)
    William Donald Cox was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1936 until 1940, for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns....

    , 74, pitcher in 50 games for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns from 1936 to 1940, who later served in Germany in the U.S. Army during World War II

  • February 20 - Bob O'Farrell
    Bob O'Farrell
    Robert Arthur "Bob" O'Farrell was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for 21 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants. O'Farrell also played for the Cincinnati Reds, albeit briefly...

    , 91, catcher for four NL teams over 21 seasons who won 1926 MVP award with the Cardinals

  • February 23 - Pete Donohue
    Pete Donohue
    Peter Joseph Donohue was a right-handed starting pitcher with a 12-year career from 1921 to 1932. He played for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, both of the National League, and the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox of the American League...

    , 87, pitcher who had three 20-win seasons for the Reds and beat the Phillies 20 consecutive times from 1922-25

  • February 26 - Tom Oliver
    Tom Oliver (baseball)
    Thomas Noble Oliver was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6'0", 168 lb., Oliver batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama....

    , 85, fine defensive center fielder for the Boston Red Sox in the early 1930s

  • February 28 - Harvey Kuenn
    Harvey Kuenn
    Harvey Edward Kuenn was an American player, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. As a shortstop and outfielder, he played with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , San Francisco Giants , Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies . He batted and threw right-handed...

    , 57, 8-time All-Star shortstop and outfielder, most notably with the Tigers, who batted .303 lifetime and led AL in hits four times and doubles three times; 1953 Rookie of the Year and 1959 batting champion, later managed Brewers to their first pennant in 1982

March-April

  • March 1 - Luis 'Canena' Márquez
    Luis A. Marquez
    Luis Ángel "Canena" Márquez Sánchez was a professional baseball player. He was the third Puerto Rican to play in Major League Baseball . Márquez played in a total of 68 games in the major leagues, split in two seasons between the Boston Braves, the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates...

    , 62, the third Puerto Rican to play in the major leagues (after Hiram Bithorn
    Hiram Bithorn
    Hiram Gabriel Bithorn was a Puerto Rican right-handed pitcher who became the first baseball player from Puerto Rico to play Major League Baseball...

     and Luis Rodríguez Olmo), who appeared in 68 games from 1951 to 1954 with the Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates

  • March 6 - Lou Legett
    Lou Legett
    Louis Alfred Legett was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Braves and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 10", 166 lb., Legett batted and threw right-handed...

    , 86, catcher for the Boston Red Sox between 1929 and 1935

  • March 6 - Dick Ricketts
    Dick Ricketts
    Richard James Ricketts, Jr. was an American professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward from Duquesne University, Ricketts was selected by the St. Louis Hawks with the first pick of the 1955 NBA Draft...

    , 54, pitcher for the 1959 St. Louis Cardinals and also a forward-center in NBA with the St. Louis Hawks and the Rochester/Cincinnati Royals (1955-1958)

  • March 11 - Art Daney
    Art Daney
    Arthur Lee Daney was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...

     [Chief Whitehorn], 84, Native American of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, who pitched briefly for the 1928 Philadelphia Athletics

  • March 14 - Zeb Terry
    Zeb Terry
    Zebulon Alexander Terry was a professional baseball player who played infielder in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, and Pittsburgh Pirates. He played college baseball at Stanford University.-External links:...

    , 96, shortstop/second baseman who hit .260 in 589 games for the Braves, White Sox and Pirates from 1916 to 1922

  • March 16 - Jigger Statz
    Jigger Statz
    Arnold John "Jigger" Statz was a Major League Baseball outfielder who also had a lengthy minor league career....

    , 90, outfielder for the New York Giants, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Robins from 1919 to 1928, who hit .319 for the 1923 Cubs with 209 hits, 110 runs, 51 extrabases, 70 RBI and 29 stolen bases

  • March 21 - Edd Roush
    Edd Roush
    Edd J. Roush was a Major League Baseball player who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. He played the majority of his career in center field....

    , 94, Hall of Fame center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds who batted .323 lifetime; led NL in batting twice, and in slugging, doubles and triples once each; hit 30 inside-the-park home runs, and ended career with 13th-most triples in history

  • March 29 - Ted Kluszewski
    Ted Kluszewski
    Theodore Bernard "Big Klu" Kluszewski was a Major League first baseman from 1947 through 1961. He batted and threw left-handed.-Career:...

    , 63, All-Star first baseman for the Reds who led NL in homers and RBI in 1954 and batted .300 seven times, known for his sleeveless jersey; later a Reds coach

  • April 4 - Jack Aragón
    Jack Aragón
    Ángel Valdés "Jack" Aragón Reyes, Jr. was a Cuban professional baseball player and manager.His playing career spanned 13 season, including one game during the 1941 season in Major League Baseball with the New York Giants. In that one game, he was used as a pinch-runner and had no plate appearances...

    , 72, a 12-season catcher and manager in the minors leagues who appeared in one game for the 1941 New York Giants

  • April 4 - Charlie Snell
    Charlie Snell
    Charles Anthony Snell , was a Major League Baseball catcher who played in with the St. Louis Browns. He batted and threw right-handed...

    , 94, backup catcher who hit .211 in eight games for the 1912 St. Louis Browns

  • April 5 - Tom Earley
    Tom Earley
    Thomas Francis Aloysius Earley is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played six seasons with the Boston Bees and Braves from 1938 to 1942 and 1945....

    , 71, relief pitcher who posted a 18-24 record with a 3.78 ERA for the Boston Braves from 1938 to 1945

  • April 9 - Syd Cohen
    Syd Cohen
    Sydney Harry Cohen was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Washington Senators from 1934–1937. In 1934, he gave up Babe Ruth's 708th home run, his last as a member of the New York Yankees. He managed in the minor leagues for many years afterwards.Cohen was Jewish. He was the...

    , 81, Pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1934 to 1937; later a minor league baseball manager

  • April 12 - Frank Skaff
    Frank Skaff
    Francis Michael Skaff was an infielder, coach, manager and scout in American Major League Baseball. Skaff's half-season as acting manager of the Detroit Tigers is one of the most unusual, and tragic, happenstances in baseball annals.Skaff began 1966 as a Detroit coach...

    , 77, first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1935) and Philadelphia Athletics (1943); later a manager for the 1966 Detroit Tigers

  • April 14 - Ralph Winegarner
    Ralph Winegarner
    Ralph Lee Winegarner was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for six seasons. He played in five games as a third baseman for the Cleveland Indians during the 1930 Cleveland Indians season, then became a pitcher. He pitched for the Indians in 1932 and from 1934 to 1936, and played for the...

    , 78, relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Browns between 1932 and 1949

  • April 22 - Len Church
    Len Church
    Leonard Church was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs. A student at Lane Technical High School in Chicago, he was signed as a free agent by the Cubs in 1963....

    , 46, relief pitcher for the 1966 Chicago Cubs

  • April 27 - Tommy Thomas
    Tommy Thomas (baseball)
    Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas , was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1926-1937. He would play for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns, and Boston Red Sox...

    , 88, pitcher who won 117 games for the White Sox, Senators, Phillies, Browns and Red Sox from 1926 to 1937

  • April 29 - Dom Dallessandro
    Dom Dallessandro
    Nicholas Dominic Dallessandro was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for two teams between and . Listed at 5' 6", 168 lb., Dallessandro batted and threw left-handed...

    , 74, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs between 1937 and 1947, who hit .304 in 1944

May-June

  • May 12 - Jackie Kelley
    Jackie Kelley
    Jacqueline Kelley [née Savage] was an utility infielder/outfielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 140 lb., she batted and threw right handed....

    , 61, All-Star outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

  • May 12 - Hank Schenz
    Hank Schenz
    Henry Leonard Schenz was an infielder in major league baseball from 1946 to 1951. He primarily played second base. Most of his career was playing in the minor leagues or being a backup. His only year with considerable playing time in the majors was in 1948 with the Chicago Cubs, when he had 337 at...

    , 69, backup infielder who posted a .247 average in 207 games for the Cubs, Pirates and Giants from 1946 through 1951

  • May 25 - Charlie Perkins, 82, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers in ther early 1930s

  • May 26 - Dick Strahs
    Dick Strahs
    Richard Bernard Strahs was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in nine games for the Chicago White Sox. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Strahs stood tall and weighed ....

    , 64, relief pitcher for the 1954 Chicago White Sox

  • June 1 - Belve Bean
    Belve Bean
    Beveric Benton Bean was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for 5 seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1930 to 1935 and the Washington Senators in 1935.-External links:...

    , 83, relief pitcher who posted a 11-7 record with the Indians and Senators from 1930 to 1935

  • June 8 - Walt Chipple, 69, backup outfielder for the 1945 Washington Senators

  • June 9 - Newt Allen
    Newt Allen
    Newton Henry "Newt" Allen was an American second baseman and manager in baseball's Negro Leagues.Born in Austin, Texas, he began his Negro League career late in 1922 with the Kansas City Monarchs and, except for brief stints with other teams in 1931 and 1932, stayed with the Monarchs until his...

    , 87, All-Star second baseman for the Negro Leagues' Kansas City Monarchs

  • June 12 - Merle Settlemire
    Merle Settlemire
    Edgar Merle Settlemire a.k.a. Lefty was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He appeared in 30 games for the 1928 Boston Red Sox.-External links:...

    , 85, relief pitcher for the 1928 Boston Red Sox

  • June 15 - Hugh Willingham
    Hugh Willingham
    Thomas Hugh Willingham was an infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...

    , 82, backup infielder for the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies from 1930 to 1933

  • June 17 - Ed Montague, 82, shortstop for the Cleveland Indians between 1928 and 1932, who later became a scout, most notable for signing 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...


  • June 19 - Alice DeCambra
    Alice DeCambra
    Alice G. DeCambra [″Moose″] was an infielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 126 lb., she batted and threw right handed...

    , 66, infielder/pitcher during five seasons in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
    All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
    The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a women's professional baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. During the league's history, over 600 women played ball.-History:...


  • June 21 - Ed Linke
    Ed Linke
    Edward Karl Linke was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, from until , for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...

    , 76, relief pitcher who posted a 22-22 record with the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns from 1933 to 1938

  • June 22 - Hank Edwards
    Hank Edwards
    Henry Albert Edwards born in Elmwood Place, Ohio was an Outfielder for the Cleveland Indians , Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Dodgers , Cincinnati Reds , Chicago White Sox and St...

    , 69, outfielder who hit .280 with a .343 on-base percentage in 735 games with the Indians, Cubs, Dodgers, Reds, White Sox and Browns from 1941 to 1953

  • June 27 - Red Bullock
    Red Bullock
    Malton Joseph Bullock was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. Listed at 6' 1", 192 lb., Bullock batted and threw left-handed...

    , 76, pitcher for the 1936 Philadelphia Athletics

July-August

  • July 1 - Ed Sauer
    Ed Sauer
    Edward Sauer , was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1943-1949. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, and Chicago Cubs.-External links:...

    , 69, outfielder who played in the 1940s with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis and Boston Braves

  • July 2 - Tom Drake, 75, relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1939 to 1941

  • July 4 - Lee Weyer
    Lee Weyer
    Lee Howard "Big Lee" Weyer was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1961 until his death. In a 1987 Sports Illustrated poll of NL catchers, Weyer was rated the best at calling balls and strikes...

    , 51, National League umpire since 1963 who worked in four World Series and five NL Championship Series

  • July 8 - Frank Ellerbe
    Frank Ellerbe
    Francis Rogers Ellerbe was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for six seasons. He played for the Washington Senators from 1919 to 1921, the St. Louis Browns from 1921 to 1924, and the Cleveland Indians in 1924....

    , 84, third baseman who hit .268 in 420 games for the Senators, Browns and Indians from 1919 to 1924

  • July 10 - Ernie Nevel
    Ernie Nevel
    Ernie Wyre Nevel , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in and with the New York Yankees and in with the Cincinnati Reds. He batted and threw right-handed. Nevel had a 0-1 record, with a 6.10 ERA, in 14 games, in his three year career.He was born in Charleston, Missouri and died in...

    , 69, relief pitcher who appeared in 14 games with the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds from 1950-53

  • July 14 - Whitey Witt
    Whitey Witt
    Lawton Walter "Whitey" Witt was a professional baseball player in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees, and Brooklyn Robins. In his career, he hit 18 home runs and had 302 RBI...

    , 92, outfielder who hit .287 with 18 home runs and 302 RBI in 1139 for the Athletics, Yankees and Robins from 1916 to 1926; the last surviving member of the 1923 New York Yankees World Series champions

  • July 15 - Clyde Beck
    Clyde Beck
    Clyde Eugene "Jersey" Beck was a right-handed infielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds from 1926 to 1931.Beck spent the first five seasons of his career with the Cubs...

    , 88, infielder for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds from 1926 to 1931

  • July 20 - John W. Galbreath, 90, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1945 to 1985, during which period the team won three World Series

  • July 23 - Ken Polivka
    Ken Polivka
    Kenneth Lyle Polivka was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher for one season with the Cincinnati Reds...

    , 67, relief pitcher who appeared in two games with the1947 Cincinnati Reds

  • July 24 - Jerry Lane
    Jerry Lane
    Jerald Hal Lane was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher who appeared in 32 games in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators and the Cincinnati Redlegs , in addition to 429 games over 12 seasons in the minor leagues...

    , 62, pitcher for the Senators and Reds from 1956-55

  • July 24 - Joe Orengo
    Joe Orengo
    Joseph Charles Orengo was an American infielder in Major League Baseball who played for five teams from 1939 to 1945, playing all four infield positions. He was born in San Francisco, California, and died there at age 73....

    , 73, valuable man at all four infield positions, who hit .238 in 366 games for the Cardinals, Giants, Dodgers, Tigers and White Sox between 1939 and 1945

  • July 26 - Al Flair
    Al Flair
    Albert Dell Flair [Broadway] was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 4", 195 lb., Flair batted and threw left-handed...

    , 62, first baseman for the 1941 Boston Red Sox

  • August 2 - Bob Berman
    Bob Berman
    Robert Berman — known as Bob Berman — is an American astronomer, author, and science popularizer.He is director of the Storm King Observatory in Cornwall, New York, and of the Overlook Observatory in Woodstock, New York, USA...

    , 89, backup catcher for the 1918 Washington Senators

  • August 5 - Ralph Michaels
    Ralph Michaels
    Ralph Joseph Michaels was an infielder who played for the Chicago Cubs from 1924 to 1926. He also played in the minor leagues in 1922 and 1923 and from 1926 to 1937....

    , 86, backup infielder who hit .295 in 32 games for the Cubs from 1924-26

  • August 13 - Mel Almada
    Mel Almada
    Baldomero "Mel" Almada was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators , St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Dodgers...

    , 75, outfielder who hit .284 from 1933 through 1939 for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Dodgers, who is regarded as the first Mexican player to appear in a major league baseball game

  • August 22 - Bob Daughters
    Bob Daughters
    Robert Francis Daughters was a Major League Baseball player. Listed at 6' 2", 185 lb., Daughters batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio....

    , 74, played for the 1937 Boston Red Sox

  • August 31 - John Daley
    John Daley (baseball)
    John Francis Daley was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played with the St. Louis Browns in .-External links:...

    , 101, shortstop for the 1912 St. Louis Browns; the oldest living major leaguer player

September-October

  • September 2 - Jim Bagby
    Jim Bagby, Jr.
    James Charles Jacob Bagby, Jr. was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates . He batted and threw right-handed...

    , 71, All-Star pitcher for the Red Sox and Indians (1938-1947), who led AL in starts and innings in 1943

  • September 6 - Lew Krausse, 76, relief pitcher who posted a 5-1 record with a 4.50 ERA in 23 appearances for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1931 to 1932

  • September 16 - Bob Trice
    Bob Trice
    Robert Lee Trice was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Athletics . A native of Newton, Georgia, the right-hander stood 6'3" and weighed 190 lbs.Trice was brought to Philadelphia in 1953 after winning 21 games for the Ottawa A's of the...

    , 62, first black player in Philadelphia Athletics history

  • September 29 - Tony Ordeñana
    Tony Ordenana
    Antonio Ordeñana Rodríguez [Or-deh-nyahna] was a Major League Baseball shortstop who appeared in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1943. The 5'9", 158 lb. rookie was a native of Guanabacoa, Cuba. His nickname was "Mosquito".Ordeñana is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major...

    , 69, shortstop for the 1943 Pittsburgh Pirates, and one of many players who only appeared in the majors during World War II

October-December

  • October 6 - Bob Boken
    Bob Boken
    Robert Anthony Boken was a Major League Baseball infielder. Boken played for the Washington Senators and the Chicago White Sox ....

    , 80, infielder for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox from 1933 to 1934

  • October 8 - Boob Fowler
    Boob Fowler
    Joseph Chester "Boob" Fowler was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox . He stood 5'11½" and weighed 180 lbs....

    , 87, infielder who hit .326 in 78 games for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox from 1923 through 1926

  • October 14 - Abie Hood
    Abie Hood
    Albie Larrison Hood is a former Major League Baseball player. He played one seasons with the Boston Braves between July 13 and July 17, 1925.-External links:...

    , 85, second baseman who hit .286 in five games for the 1925 Boston Braves

  • October 14 - Vic Raschi
    Vic Raschi
    Victor John Angelo "Vic" Raschi was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was responsible for allowing Hank Aaron's first career home run....

    , 69, All-Star pitcher who won 20 games for the Yankees three straight years (1949-51), won World Series clinchers in 1949 and 1951

  • October 19 - Bill Burgo
    Bill Burgo
    William Ross Burgo was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1943 and 1944. He was a native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania....

    , 67, backup outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1943 and 1944 seasons

  • October 21 - Regino 'Reggie' Otero
    Reggie Otero
    Regino José Otero Gómez was a Cuban baseball player who had a long career in the minor leagues in the United States , and played briefly with the Chicago Cubs in 1945. He also played 13 years in the Cuban Professional League. He was a left-handed batter, but threw right-handed...

    , 73, Cuban first baseman who had a long minor league career (1936-1953), played briefly with the 1945 Chicago Cubs, also played 13 years in the Cuban League, and later enjoyed a successful career as a manager in the Cuban, Mexican and Venezuelan leagues

  • October 27 - Ben Steiner
    Ben Steiner
    Benjamin Saunders Steiner was a backup second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers . Listed at 5' 11", 165 lb., Steiner batted left-handed and threw right-handed...

    , 67, second baseman for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers from 1945 to 1947

  • October 28 - Dave Tyriver
    Dave Tyriver
    David Burton Tyriver was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in four games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1962 season.Tyriver died of a heart attack at age 50.-External links:...

    , 50, pitcher for the 1962 Cleveland Indians

  • October 29 - Andy Cohen, 84, second baseman who hit .281 in 262 games with the New York Giants from 1926-29

  • October 30 - Bernie Walter
    Bernie Walter
    James Bernard "Bernie" Walter was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He batted and threw right-handed.He was born in Dover, Tennessee and died in Nashville, Tennessee....

    , 80, pitcher for the 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates

November-December

  • November 1 - Lefty Sullivan
    Lefty Sullivan
    Paul Thomas "Lefty" Sullivan was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Sullivan played for the Cleveland Indians in . In 7 career games, he had a 0-1 record, with a 4.26 ERA. He batted and threw left-handed....

    , 72, pitcher for the 1962 Cleveland Indians

  • November 5 - Glenn Chapman
    Glenn Chapman
    Glenn Justice Chapman was an American Major League Baseball player. He played in 67 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1934 season.-External links:...

    , 82, infielder who hit .280 in 67 games for the 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers

  • November 9 - Bob Weiland
    Bob Weiland
    Robert George Weiland , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He played for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, and St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...

    , 82, pitcher who won 62 games with the White Sox, Red Sox, Indians and Browns from 1928 to 1940

  • November 21 - Carl Hubbell
    Carl Hubbell
    Carl Owen Hubbell was an American baseball player. He was a member of the New York Giants in the National League from 1928 to 1943, and remained on the Giants' payroll for the rest of his life, long after their move to San Francisco.Twice voted the National League's Most Valuable Player, Hubbell...

    , 85, Hall of Fame pitcher who won 253 games for the New York Giants, second most among NL left-handers upon retirement; named NL's MVP in 1933 and 1936, he led league in wins and ERA three times each and had 1.79 ERA in six World Series starts; 1677 strikeouts were NL record for left-handers until 1958, and won 24 straight games in 1936-37

  • November 22 - Ray Kelly
    Ray Kelly (sportswriter)
    Raymond "Ray" Kelly was a sportswriter who worked 50 years for the Philadelphia Bulletin...

    , 74, sportswriter who covered the Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies since the late 1940s

  • November 30 - Wally Berger
    Wally Berger
    Walter Anton Berger was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for four National League teams, primarily the Boston Braves. One of the league's top sluggers of the early 1930s, in his initial season he hit 38 home runs, a record for rookies which stood until . He still...

    , 83, All-Star center fielder for the Boston Braves who had four 100-RBI seasons, batted .300 lifetime; led NL in homers and RBI in 1935

  • December 16 - Bob Kahle
    Bob Kahle
    Robert Wayne Kahle is a former Major League Baseball player. He played one seasons with the Boston Bees from April 21 to June 22, 1938.-External links:...

    , 73, pinch-hitter for the 1938 Boston Braves

  • December 12 - Joe Reichler, 73, sportswriter and author who wrote for the Associated Press for 20 years and served as an assistant to the commissioner after 1966; editor of the Macmillan Baseball Encyclopedia since its first edition in 1969

  • December 21 - Willie Kamm
    Willie Kamm
    William Edward Kamm was an American professional baseball player. He played as a third baseman in Major League Baseball from to . Kamm played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox before finishing his playing days with the Cleveland Indians...

    , 88, third baseman for the White Sox and Indians who led AL in fielding average eight times and in putouts seven times; batted .308 in 1928 and led league in walks in 1925

  • December 29 - John Happenny, 87, backup infielder who hit .221 in 32 games for the 1923 Chicago White Sox

  • December 29 - Earl Mossor
    Earl Mossor
    Earl Dalton Mossor was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in three games with the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1951 baseball season.-External links:...

    , 63, pitcher who appeared in three games with the 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers

  • December 31 - Wes Flowers
    Wes Flowers
    Charles Wesley Flowers was a knuckleball pitcher in Major League Baseball, appearing in 14 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1940 and 1944 seasons.He served in the Navy during World War II.-External links:...

    , 75, relief pitcher who posted a 2-2 record with a 5.40 ERA for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940 and 1944 , and later served in the Navy during World War II
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