Champions

• Temple Cup
  Temple Cup
  The Temple Cup was a trophy awarded to the winner of a best-of-seven, post-season championship series in the National League, from 1894–1897. The 30-inch-high silver cup was donated by coal, citrus, and lumber baron William Chase Temple, the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates at the time...
  
  : New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
   defeated Baltimore Orioles
  Baltimore Orioles (19th century)
  The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th-century American Association and National League team from 1882 to 1899. The club, which featured numerous future Hall of Famers, finished in first place three consecutive years and won the Temple Cup championship in 1896 and 1897...
  
  , 4 games to 0
• 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...
  
  : Baltimore Orioles
  Baltimore Orioles (19th century)
  The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th-century American Association and National League team from 1882 to 1899. The club, which featured numerous future Hall of Famers, finished in first place three consecutive years and won the Temple Cup championship in 1896 and 1897...
  
  

National League final standings

Events

• April 24 - Lave Cross
  Lave Cross
  Lafayette Napoleon Cross was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played most of his 21-year career with Philadelphia-based teams in four different leagues...
  
   of the Philadelphia Phillies
  Philadelphia Phillies
  The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
   hits for the cycle as the Phillies crush the Brooklyn Bridegrooms
  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...
  
  , 22-5.
• May 30 - Second baseman Bobby Lowe
  Bobby Lowe
  Robert Lincoln "Bobby" Lowe , nicknamed "Link", was an American baseball player, coach and scout. He played Major League Baseball for the Boston Beaneaters , Chicago Cubs , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Detroit Tigers...
  
   of the Boston Beaneaters
  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....
  
   becomes the first player in Major league history to hit four home runs
  MLB hitters with four home runs in one game
  Writers of Sporting News described hitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball game as "baseball's greatest single-game accomplishment". Fifteen players have accomplished the feat to date. No player has done this more than once in his career and no player has ever hit more than four...
  
   in a game, hitting two in a nine-run 3rd inning. Boston tops 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....
  
  , 20-11.
• June 13 - Bill Hassamaer
  Bill Hassamaer
  William Louis Hassamaer , is a former professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1894-1896. He would play for the Louisville Colonels and Washington Senators.-External links:...
  
   outfielder/infielder for the Washington Senators
  Washington Senators (1891-1899)
  The Washington Senators were a 19th century baseball team. The team was also known as the Washington Statesmen and the Washington Nationals. The team played at Boundary Field....
  
   hits for the cycle against the St. Louis Browns
  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...
  
  . Washington wins, 12-3.
• August 17 - 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...
  
   outfielder Sam Thompson
  Sam Thompson
  Samuel Luther Thompson was a 19th century Major League Baseball player. "Big Sam" was known for his offensive production and was second on the career home runs list at the time of his retirement...
  
   hits for the cycle as the Phillies crush the Louisville Colonels
  Louisville Colonels
  The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels , the latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels...
  
  , 29-4.
• September 28 - 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 Tom Parrott
  Tom Parrott
  Thomas William "Tacky Tom" Parrott was a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons with the Chicago Colts, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns...
  
   hits for the cycle against the New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
  . New York wins, however, 9-8.

January

• January   1 - Hack Miller
  Hack Miller
  Laurence H. "Hack" Miller , was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1916-1925....
  
  
• January   2 - Bill Wagner
  Bill Wagner
  William Joseph Wagner was an American baseball catcher. He was born in 1894 in Jesup, Iowa. Wagner played five seasons in Major League Baseball and was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1914–1917 and the Boston Braves in 1918. He played in 93 career games with 50 hits and 1 home run on a...
  
  
• January   3 - John Fluhrer
• January   3 - Tom Whelan
  Tom Whelan
  Thomas Joseph Whelan was a professional football player who spent three years in the American Professional Football Association, the forerunner to the National Football League, with the Canton Bulldogs in 1919 and 1920, winning the national championship alongside Jim Thorpe. He then played with...
  
  
• January   8 - Art Ewoldt
  Art Ewoldt
  Arthur Lee Ewoldt was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• January   9 - Billy Lee
  Billy Lee (baseball)
  William Joseph "Billy" Lee was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the St. Louis Browns in and .-External links:*...
  
  
• January   9 - Ira Townsend
  Ira Townsend
  Ira Dance "Pat" Townsend was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played two seasons with the Boston Braves from 1920 to 1921.-External links:...
  
  
• January 14 - Art Decatur
  Art Decatur
  Arthur Rue Decatur was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1922-1927 for the Brooklyn Robins and the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• January 16 - Moxie Divis
  Moxie Divis
  Edward George Divis was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• January 18 - Danny Clark
  Danny Clark (baseball)
  Daniel Curren Clark was a backup infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played between 1922 and 1927 for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals . Listed at 5' 9", 167 lb., Clark batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• January 25 - Charlie Whitehouse
  Charlie Whitehouse
  Charles Evis Whitehouse was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played three seasons in the majors, two for the Indianapolis Hoosiers/Newark Peppers franchise of the Federal League in and and one for the Washington Senators in -Sources:...
  
  
• January 27 - Joe Weiss
  Joe Weiss
  Joseph Harold Weiss was a first baseman for the Chicago Whales professional baseball team in 1915.-External links:...
  
  
• January 29 - Otto Rettig
  Otto Rettig
  Adolph John "Otto" Rettig was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
  
• January 31 - Stuffy Stewart
  Stuffy Stewart
  John Franklin Stewart was a professional baseball player who played second base from 1916-1929.Debut: September 3, 1916Teams : Senators/Cardinals/Robins/Pirates 1916-1929...
  
  

February

• February   1 - Walt Golvin
  Walt Golvin
  Walter George Golvin was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• February   1 - Rube Parnham
  Rube Parnham
  James Arthur "Rube" Parnham was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the 1916 and 1917 Philadelphia Athletics.Parnham started only five games for the Athletics, completing two of them. His career record in the majors was 2-2...
  
  
• February   4 - Vern Spencer
  Vern Spencer
  Vernon Murray "Vern" Spencer was a Major League Baseball outfielder. Spencer played for the New York Giants in the season. In 45 career games, he had 28 hits in 140 at-bats. He batted left and threw right-handed....
  
  
• February   6 - Pelham Ballenger
  Pelham Ballenger
  Pelham Ashby Ballenger was a Major League Baseball third baseman, for at least a week, with the Washington Senators in 1928. He was a native of Gilreath Mill, South Carolina....
  
  
• February   6 - Goldie Rapp
  Goldie Rapp
  Joseph Aloysius "Goldie" Rapp was a professional baseball player for the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies from 1921–1923. He was 5 ft 10 in tall and weighed 165 lb. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and died in La Mesa, California....
  
  
• February   7 - Charlie Jackson
  Charlie Jackson (baseball)
  Charles Herbert "Lefty" Jackson was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates.-External links:...
  
  
• February 10 - Herb Pennock
  Herb Pennock
  Herbert Jefferis Pennock was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his time spent with the star-studded New York Yankee teams of the mid to late 1920s and early 1930s. Pennock won two World Series championships with the Red Sox and then four World Series championships with the...
  
  
• February 10 - Cotton Tierney
  Cotton Tierney
  James Arthur Tierney [″Cotton″] was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1920 through 1925 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Braves and Brooklyn Robins.-External links:...
  
  
• February 13 - Billy Martin
  Billy Martin (shortstop)
  William Gloyd "Billy" Martin was a Major League Baseball player. Martin played for Boston Braves in as shortstop.Martin was born in Washington, D.C. and died in Arlington, Virginia.-External links:*...
  
  
• February 19 - Ernie Cox
• February 20 - Suds Sutherland
  Suds Sutherland
  Harvey Scott "Suds" Sutherland was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers in 1921. Born in Beaverton, Oregon, Sutherland started playing in the Pacific Coast League. In 1919, he pitched an 11-0 no-hitter against the San Francisco Seals. In 1921, he got his shot at...
  
  
• February 22 - Tom Grubbs
  Tom Grubbs
  Thomas Dillard "Judge" Grubbs was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game for the New York Giants on October 3, . He started the game for the Giants, pitching 5.0 innings, allowing nine hits, four earned runs, and taking the loss against the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• February 22 - Bill Hall
  Bill Hall (pitcher)
  William Bernard Hall was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in three games for the 1913 Brooklyn Dodgers.-External links:...
  
  
• February 23 - José Rodríguez
  José Rodríguez (infielder)
  José Rodríguez , nicknamed "Joseíto" or "El Hombre Goma" in Spanish and "Joe" in English, was a Cuban infielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1916 to 1918 and in the Cuban League from 1914 to 1939. In the majors, he played for the New York Giants and was primarily a second baseman, while...
  
  
• February 27 - Bob Cone
  Bob Cone
  Robert Earl "Bob" Cone was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• February 28 - Jud Wilson
  Jud Wilson
  Ernest Judson Wilson , nicknamed "Boojum," was an American third baseman, first baseman, and manager in Negro league baseball. Born in Remington, Virginia, he served in World War I, and during his career played primarily for the Baltimore Black Sox , Homestead Grays , and Philadelphia Stars...
  
  

March

• March   2 - Elmer Myers
  Elmer Myers
  Elmer Glenn Myers , was a professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a pitcher from 1915-1922.-Teams:...
  
  
• March   7 - Frank Gleich
  Frank Gleich
  Frank Elmer Gleich [Inch] was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York Yankees. Listed at 5' 11.5", 175 lb., Gleich batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Columbus, Ohio.In a two-season career, Gleich was a .133 hitter with...
  
  
• March   7 - Merwin Jacobson
  Merwin Jacobson
  Merwin John William Jacobson was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between and . Listed at 5' 11.5", 165 lb., Jacobson batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• March 10 - Fred Johnson
  Fred Johnson (baseball)
  Frederick Edward Johnson was a Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Giants and the St. Louis Browns. He debuted in 1922 on September 27 with the Giants. After the 1923 season he didn't appear again in the major leagues until 1938 when he showed up to pitch for the Browns...
  
  
• March 10 - Jack Wieneke
  Jack Wieneke
  John "Jack" Wieneke was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Chicago White Sox. He batted right and threw left-handed.-External links:...
  
  
• March 14 - Gene Layden
  Gene Layden
  Eugene Francis Layden was a Major League Baseball outfielder. Layden played for the New York Yankees in . In three career games, he had two hits in seven at-bats, with two RBIs. He batted and threw left-handed....
  
  
• March 17 - Ralph Shafer
• March 19 - Bill Wambsganss
  Bill Wambsganss
  William Adolf Wambsganss was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1914 through 1926, Wambsganss played for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, and Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  
• March 19 - Red Torkelson
  Red Torkelson
  Chester Leroy "Red" Torkelson , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Cleveland Indians. He batted and threw right-handed. Torkelson had a 2-1 record, with a 7.66 ERA, in four games, in his one year career. He was born and died in Chicago, Illinois.-External links:...
  
  
• March 20 - Bill Stellbauer
  Bill Stellbauer
  William Jennings "Bill" Stellbauer , was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed. Stellbauer had a .271 batting average in 25 games, 13 hits in 48 at-bats, in his one year career.He was born in Bremond, Texas and died in...
  
  
• March 28 - Lee King
• March 29 - Dixie Leverett
  Dixie Leverett
  Gorham Vance "Dixie" Leverett was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Braves.-External links:...
  
  
• March 29 - Alex McColl
• March 29 - Bob Steele
  Bob Steele (baseball)
  Robert Wesley Steele was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 4 seasons. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1916-1917, the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1917-1918 and the New York Giants in 1918-1919.He is buried in Burlington, Wisconsin.-External links:...
  
  
• March 31 - Ben Mallonee
  Ben Mallonee
  Howard "Ben" or "Lefty" Bennett Mallonee was an American professional baseball player who played in seven games for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season....
  
  
• March 31 - Tom Sheehan
  Tom Sheehan
  Thomas Clancy Sheehan was an American pitcher, scout and manager in Major League Baseball.Born in Grand Ridge, Illinois, Sheehan, a right-hander, had a six-year pitching career from 1915–1916, 1921 and 1924–1926, playing for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees of the American League...
  
  

April

• April   1 - Hal Reilly
  Hal Reilly
  Hal Reilly was a Major League Baseball left fielder. He was a member of the Chicago Cubs in 1919.-References:...
  
  
• April   2 - Harry O'Donnell
• April   5 - Jim Sullivan
  Jim Sullivan (1920s pitcher)
  James Richard Sullivan was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for three seasons. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1921 to 1922 and the Cleveland Indians in 1923. He made his major league debut for the Athletics on September 27, 1921.-External links:...
  
  
• April   7 - Fred Lear
  Fred Lear
  Frederick Francis Lear was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, between and , for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago Cubs, and New York Giants.-Sources:...
  
  
• April   7 - Horace Milan
  Horace Milan
  Horace Robert Milan , was a Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from to . He would play for the Washington Senators.-External links:...
  
  
• April 13 - Pat Martin
  Pat Martin (baseball)
  Patrick Francis Martin was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1919-1920. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics. Martin started seven major league games and went 1-6....
  
  
• April 13 - Squiz Pillion
  Squiz Pillion
  Cecil Randolph "Squiz" Pillion was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He appeared in two games over the course of one week in for the Philadelphia Athletics.-Sources:...
  
  
• April 15 - Red Gunkel
  Red Gunkel
  Woodward William "Red" Gunkel was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched one game for the Cleveland Indians during the 1916 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
  
• April 19 - John Donahue
  John Donahue
  John Frederick Donahue [Jiggs] was right fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1923 season. Listed at 5' 8", 170 lb., Donahue was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...
  
  
• April 21 - Charlie Maisel
  Charlie Maisel
  Charles Louis Maisel Charles Louis Maisel Charles Louis Maisel (born April 21, 1894 in Catonsville, Maryland. Died August 25, 1953 in Baltimore, Maryland. Charles was a Major League Baseball player for the Federal League Baltimore Terrapins. Charles was a cousin to fellow Major League Baseball...
  
  
• April 22 - Jake Pitler
  Jake Pitler
  Jacob Albert Pitler was an American second baseman and longtime coach in Major League Baseball. Born in New York, New York, he stood 5' 8" tall, weighed 150 pounds , and batted and threw righthanded....
  
  
• April 24 - Howard Ehmke
  Howard Ehmke
  Howard Jonathan Ehmke was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He is best known for being the surprise starter who won Game 1 of the 1929 World Series for the Philadelphia Athletics at the age of 35...
  
  
• April 25 - Snipe Conley
  Snipe Conley
  James Patrick "Snipe" Conley was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball, for the Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League in 1914 and 1915, and for the Cincinnati Reds in 1918. He continued to play in the minors until 1926, then came back...
  
  

May

• May   1 - Paul Carter
  Paul Carter (baseball)
  Paul Carter was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.-Sources:...
  
  
• May   3 - Cliff Markle
  Cliff Markle
  Clifford Monroe Markle , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played with the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• May   8 - Roy Wilkinson
  Roy Wilkinson (baseball)
  Roy Hamilton Wilkinson was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for five seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox....
  
  
• May 15 - Eddie Stumpf
  Eddie Stumpf
  Edward Stumpf was an American player, manager and executive in Minor league baseball.Stumpf began his professional baseball career as a catcher in the American Association, playing from 1916 through 1919 for the Milwaukee Brewers and Columbus Senators...
  
  
• May 16 - Paddy Smith
  Paddy Smith (baseball)
  Lawrence Patrick Smith [Paddy] was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 0", 195 lb., Smith batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• May 17 - Frank Woodward
  Frank Woodward
  Frank Russell Woodward was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators, and Chicago White Sox.-External links:...
  
  
• May 22 - Hooks Warner
  Hooks Warner
  Hoke Hayden "Hooks" Warner was a baseball player for the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was 170 pounds and batted left and threw right. He started his career on August 21, 1916. His final game was on June 17, 1921. He was born on May 22, 1894 in Del Rio, Texas...
  
  
• May 23 - Lee McElwee
  Lee McElwee
  Leland Stanford McElwee was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1916 season, primarily as a third baseman.-References:...
  
  
• May 25 - Joe Judge
  Joe Judge
  Joseph Ignatius Judge was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played nearly his entire career for the Washington Senators...
  
  
• May 26 - Bill Fincher
  Bill Fincher (baseball)
  William Allen "Bill" Fincher was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in .-External links:*...
  
  
• May 27 - Frank Snyder
• May 30 - Twink Twining
  Twink Twining
  Howard Earle "Twink" Twining was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball, but only for one game in his entire career, on July 6, 1916 with the Cincinnati Reds. Twining was born in Horsham, Pennsylvania and died in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.-External links:*...
  
  
• May 30 - Al Mamaux
  Al Mamaux
  Albert Leon Mamaux was a professional baseball player and manager.A right-handed pitcher over parts of twelve seasons , Mamaux played mainly with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Robins. He led Pittsburgh with 21 wins in 1915 and 1916. During his career, he compiled a 76-67 with a 2.90 ERA...
  
  
• May 31 - John Sullivan
  John Sullivan (pitcher)
  John Jeremiah "Lefty" Sullivan was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1919.-External links:...
  
  

June

• June 10 - Fred Hofmann
  Fred Hofmann
  Fred Hofmann , nicknamed "Bootnose," was a catcher , coach and scout in Major League Baseball, as well a player and manager in the Minor Leagues. Listed at , , Hofmann batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.Hofmann began his baseball career as a grade school catcher in...
  
  
• June 10 - Roy Sanders
  Roy Sanders (American League pitcher)
  Roy Lee Sanders was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Sanders played for the New York Yankees in and the St. Louis Browns in . In 14 career games, he had a 1-3 record, with a 4.60 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• June 11 - Jack Calvo
  Jack Calvo
  Jacinto "Jack" Calvo González was born Jacinto Del Calvo in Havana, Cuba. He was an outfielder for the Washington Senators in 1913 and 1920. He played in 34 games, had 56 at bats, 10 runs, 9 hits, 1 triple, 1 home run, 4 RBIs, 3 walks, a .161 batting average, a .203 on-base percentage, a .250...
  
  
• June 11 - Walt Whittaker
  Walt Whittaker
  Walter Elton Whittaker was an American professional baseball pitcher who played for one season. Whittaker was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts and graduated from Worcester Academy before pitching two innings in his only Major League Baseball appearance. He pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics in...
  
  
• June 13 - Henry Baldwin
  Henry Baldwin (baseball)
  Henry Clay Baldwin was a Major League Baseball infielder. Baldwin played for the Philadelphia Phillies in . In 6 career games, he had five career hits in 16 career at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed. Balwin attended Swarthmore College.Baldwin was born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and died...
  
  
• June 15 - Mike Cantwell
  Mike Cantwell
  Michael Joseph Cantwell was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Cantwell played for the New York Yankees in and the Philadelphia Phillies in and . In 11 career games, he had a 1-6 record with a 4.61 ERA. He batted and threw left-handed.Cantwell was born in Washington, D.C. and died in Oteen, North...
  
  
• June 15 - Norm Glockson
  Norm Glockson
  Norman Stanley Glockson was a Major League Baseball catcher and National Football League guardGlockson played in seven games for the Cincinnati Reds in . He also played in one game for the Racine Legion football team in 1922....
  
  
• June 16 - Bob Glenn
  Bob Glenn
  Burdette "Bob" Glenn was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1920.-External links:...
  
  
• June 27 - Joe Connolly
• June 27 - Red Bluhm
  Red Bluhm
  Harvey Fred Bluhm , nicknamed "Red," was a Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  

July

• July   5 - Hod Eller
  Hod Eller
  Horace Owen Eller was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.Eller started his minor league career in 1913 and was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds after the 1916 season. He pitched five years for the Reds, going 60-40 with a 2.62 earned run average .Eller peaked in the Reds' pennant-winning 1919 season...
  
  
• July 10 - Jim Walsh
  Jim Walsh (pitcher)
  James Thomas "Jim" Walsh , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Detroit Tigers. He batted and threw left-handed.He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts and died in Boston, Massachusetts.-External links:...
  
  
• July 12 - Lee Meadows
  Lee Meadows
  Henry Lee "Specs" Meadows was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of 15 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the National League wins leader in 1926 with Pittsburgh...
  
  
• July 13 - Ed Corey
  Ed Corey
  Edward Norman "Ike" Corey was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Corey played one game in his career, in the 1918 season, with the Chicago White Sox. He pitched two innings, giving up one run, on two hits, with one walk allowed...
  
  
• July 13 - George Cunningham
  George Cunningham (baseball)
  George Harold Cunningham was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played 5 years with the Detroit Tigers from 1916–1919 and 1921. Born in Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota, Cunningham pitched in 123 games for the Tigers, including 36 as a starter. Over his 4 years with the Tigers, he compiled a record...
  
  
• July 16 - Howdy Caton
  Howdy Caton
  James Howard "Howdy" Caton was a professional baseball player. He was a shortstop over parts of four seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. For his career, he compiled a .226 batting average in 814 at-bats, with 53 runs batted in.He was born and later died in Zanesville, Ohio at the age of...
  
  
• July 18 - Bill Haeffner
  Bill Haeffner
  William Bernard Haeffner was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season, the Pittsburgh Pirates during the season, and the New York Giants during the season.-References:...
  
  
• July 18 - Carl Stimson
  Carl Stimson
  Carl Remus Stimson Carl Remus Stimson Carl Remus Stimson (July 18, 1894 - November 9, 1936 was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 5", 190 lb., Stimson was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...
  
  
• July 18 - Wilbur Fisher
  Wilbur Fisher
  Wilbur McCullough Fisher was a pinch hitter in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1916.-External links:...
  
  
• July 19 - George Brickley
  George Brickley
  George Vincent Brickley was an outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1913. He was born in Everett, Massachusetts.- Baseball career :...
  
  
• July 25 - Red Holt
  Red Holt
  James Emmett Madison Holt was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• July 26 - Larry Woodall
  Larry Woodall
  Charles Lawrence Woodall was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball. He played ten seasons in the American League with the Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• July 28 - John Glaiser
  John Glaiser
  John Burke Glaiser was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers in .-External links:...
  
  
• July 30 - Bill Cunningham
  Bill Cunningham (baseball)
  William Aloysius Cunningham , was a Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from -. He would play for the Boston Braves and New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  
• July 30 - Chuck Ward
  Chuck Ward
  Charles William Ward , is a former professional baseball player who played shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1917 and the Brooklyn Robins from 1918-1922.-External links:...
  
  

August

• August   3 - George Hale
  George Hale (baseball)
  George Wagner Hale was a professional baseball player. He was a catcher over parts of four seasons with the St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a .175 batting average in 103 at-bats, with nine runs batted in.He was born in Dexter, Kansas and died in Wichita, Kansas at the age of...
  
  
• August   3 - Harry Heilmann
  Harry Heilmann
  Harry Edwin Heilmann , nicknamed “Slug,” was a Major League Baseball player who played 17 seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952.Heilmann was a line drive hitter who won four American League batting crowns: in 1921, 1923, 1925 and...
  
  
• August   4 - Sid Benton
  Sid Benton
  Sidney Wright Benton was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Benton played for St. Louis Cardinals in the season. He played just one game in his career, facing two batters and walking both of them. Benton was born in Buckner, Arkansas and died in Fayetteville, Arkansas.He attended the University of...
  
  
• August   4 - Jim Grant
  Jim Grant (baseball)
  James Ronald Grant was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Philadelphia Phillies during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 180 lb., Grant batted right-handed and threw left-handed...
  
  
• August   9 - Leo Kavanagh
  Leo Kavanagh
  Leo Daniel Kavanagh was a shortstop for the Chicago Whales professional baseball team in 1914.-External links:...
  
  
• August   9 - Johnny Mitchell
  Johnny Mitchell (baseball)
  John Franklin Mitchell , is a former professional baseball player who played shortstop from 1921-1925.-External links:...
  
  
• August 12 - Paul Carpenter
• August 23 - Roy Leslie
  Roy Leslie
  Roy Reid Leslie was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He played during three different major league seasons for three different teams, including a stint as the regular first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies in ....
  
  
• August 24 - Jimmy Cooney
  Jimmy Cooney (1920s shortstop)
  James Edward Cooney , nicknamed "Scoops," was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for six different teams between and . Listed at 5' 11", 160 lb., Cooney batted and threw right-handed. His father Jimmy Sr...
  
  
• August 25 - Buzz Wetzel
  Buzz Wetzel
  Charles Edward Wetzel was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. Listed at 6' 1", 162 lb., Wetzel batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Jay, Oklahoma.Little is known about this player on an Athletics uniform...
  
  
• August 26 - Sparky Adams
  Sparky Adams
  Earl John "Sparky" Adams was a professional Major League Baseball player who played with the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds.-Chicago Cubs:...
  
  
• August 27 - Carl East
  Carl East
  Carlton William East was an outfielder and pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators.-External links:...
  
  
• August 27 - Eddie Mulligan
  Eddie Mulligan
  Edward Joseph Mulligan born in St. Louis, Missouri was a third baseman for the Chicago Cubs , Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates .He led the American League in outs in 1921....
  
  
• August 29 - Gus Bono
  Gus Bono
  Adlai Wendell "Gus" Bono was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played one season for the Washington Senators.-External links:...
  
  
• August 30 - Bing Miller
  Bing Miller
  Edmund John "Bing" Miller was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and coach. Born in Vinton, Iowa, he was 6' tall and weighed 185 pounds and hit and threw right-handed...
  
  
• August 31 - Norman Glaser
  Norman Glaser
  Norman Matt Glaser was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game for the Detroit Tigers on September 21, .-External links:...
  
  

September

• September   1 - Fred Nicholson
  Fred Nicholson
  Fred Nicholson , was a Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from -. He would play for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves, and Detroit Tigers.-External links:...
  
  
• September   4 - Leo Dixon
  Leo Dixon
  Leo Moses Dixon was a professional baseball player whose career spanned ten season, including four in Major League Baseball. Over his major league career, he played with the St...
  
  
• September   4 - Fred Worden
  Fred Worden (baseball)
  Frederick Bamford Worden was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• September   6 - Billy Gleason
  Billy Gleason
  William Patrick "Billy" Gleason was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates in and and the St. Louis Browns in .-External links:...
  
  
• September 12 - Ole Olsen
  Ole Olsen (baseball)
  Arthur Ole Olsen was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played two seasons with the Detroit Tigers in 1922 and 1923. Born in South Norwalk, Connecticut, Ole Olsen debuted with the Tigers in 1922, appearing in 37 games—15 as a starter and 22 as a reliever. He had a record of 7-6 with 5 complete...
  
  
• September 13 - Dink O'Brien
  Dink O'Brien
  Frank Aloysius "Dink" O'Brien was a professional baseball player. He was a catcher for one season with the Philadelphia Phillies. For his career, he compiled a .333 batting average in 21 at-bats....
  
  
• September 13 - Sam Crane
  Sam Crane (shortstop)
  Samuel Byren Crane , was a professional baseball player who played shortstop from 1914-1922....
  
  
• September 22 - Frank Walker
  Frank Walker (baseball)
  Charles Franklin Walker was a Major League Baseball center fielder who played for five seasons. He played for the Detroit Tigers from 1917 to 1918, the Philadelphia Athletics from 1920 to 1921, and the New York Giants in 1925.-External links:...
  
  
• September 24 - Otto Neu
  Otto Neu
  Otto Adam Neu was a shortstop who played briefly in Major League Baseball during the 1917 season. Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb., Neu batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Springfield, Ohio....
  
  
• September 27 - Mike Loan
  Mike Loan
  William Joseph "Mike" Loan was a Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies. He was officially listed as standing and weighing .-Early life:...
  
  

October

• October   1 - Ray Kolp
  Ray Kolp
  Raymond Carl Kolp , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1921-1934. He would play for the St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds....
  
  
• October   1 - Duster Mails
  Duster Mails
  John Walter "Duster" Mails born in San Quentin, California was a pitcher for the Brooklyn Robins , Cleveland Indians and St...
  
  
• October   9 - Jing Johnson
• October 10 - Myrl Brown
• October 11 - Gary Fortune
  Gary Fortune
  Garrett Reese Fortune was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 11.5", 176 lb., Fortune was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed...
  
  
• October 12 - John Merritt
  John Merritt (baseball)
  John Howard Merritt was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played one game for the New York Giants in 1913.-External links:...
  
  
• October 13 - Bob Allen
  Bob Allen (American football/baseball)
  Robert "Bob" Allen , also known as "Al Elliott", was a professional baseball and professional American football player. Allen's baseball career spanned one season in both Major League Baseball and minor league baseball. Allen played the center field position...
  
  
• October 13 - Swede Risberg
  Swede Risberg
  Charles August "Swede" Risberg was an Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the Chicago White Sox from 1917 to 1920. He is best known for his involvement in the 1919 Black Sox scandal.-Background:...
  
  
• October 16 - Mike Menosky
  Mike Menosky
  Michael William Menosky was a professional American baseball outfielder for the Federal League and Major League Baseball. Born in Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania, he was known as "Leaping Mike" for his daring, fence-crashing catches...
  
  
• October 18 - Phil Morrison
  Phil Morrison (baseball)
  Philip Melvin Morrison was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season with the Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• October 19 - Tim McCabe
  Tim McCabe
  Timothy J. "Tim" McCabe was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns from to .-External links:*...
  
  
• October 20 - Toots Coyne
  Toots Coyne
  Martin Albert Coyne was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• October 20 - Wickey McAvoy
  Wickey McAvoy
  James Eugene "Wickey" McAvoy was an American professional baseball player. He played part or all of six seasons in Major League Baseball between 1913 and 1919 for the Philadelphia Athletics, primarily as a catcher. After his major league career, he continued to play minor league baseball until...
  
  
• October 23 - Rube Bressler
  Rube Bressler
  Raymond Bloom "Rube" Bressler was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1914 to 1916 and Cincinnati Reds from 1917 to 1920, before being converted to an outfielder and first baseman for Cincinnati from 1918 to 1927, the Brooklyn Robins from...
  
  
• October 27 - Charlie Bold
  Charlie Bold
  Charles Dickens Bold was a Swedish Major League Baseball player. Bold played for the St. Louis Browns in the 1914 season. In only two career games, he had no hits in one at-bat, playing First Base. He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• October 28 - John Bischoff
  John Bischoff (baseball)
  John George Bischoff was a backup catcher who played in Major League Baseball from -. Listed at 5' 7", 165 lb., Bischoff batted and threw right-handed. He was affectively nicknamed "Smiley"....
  
  
• October 30 - Harley Dillinger
  Harley Dillinger
  Harley Hugh Dillinger was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Naps from August 16, 1914 to October 3, 1914.-External links:...
  
  
• October 31 - Ken Crawford
  Ken Crawford
  Kenneth James Crawford was a professional American football player, who played in the early National Football League for the Akron Pros, Hammond Pros, Dayton Triangles and Cincinnati Celts. As a member of the 1920 Akron Pros, Cobb won the very first NFL Championship with the team. Prior to his...
  
  
• October 31 - Ray O'Brien
  Ray O'Brien (baseball)
  Raymond Joseph O'Brien was a professional baseball player. He played a total of 16 games as an outfielder for the 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates. From 1913 to 1932, O'Brien also played for various minor league teams.-References:...
  
  

November

• November   1 - Clarence Berger
  Clarence Berger
  Clarence Edward Berger was a professional baseball player whose career spanned two seasons . During that one season, Berger played for the minor league Richmond Colts and the major league Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1914 season. He also played for the minor league Newport News Shipbuilders...
  
  
• November   4 - Bill Shanner
  Bill Shanner
  Wilfred William "Bill" Shanner was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Shanner played for the Philadelphia Athletics in . In 1 career game, he had a 0-0 record, going four innings, and having a 6.75 ERA. He batted left and threw right-handed.Shanner was born in Oakland City, Indiana and died in...
  
  
• November 13 - Ray Steineder
• November 13 - Ernie Neitzke
  Ernie Neitzke
  Ernest Fredrich Neitzke was a utility player in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 5' 10", 180 lb., Neitzke batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Toledo, Ohio.Little is known about this outfielder/pitcher who played on a Red...
  
  
• November 18 - Sam Covington
  Sam Covington
  Clarence Calvert "Sam" Covington was a professional baseball player. He was a first baseman parts of three seasons with the St. Louis Browns and Boston Braves...
  
  
• November 20 - Rube Ehrhardt
  Rube Ehrhardt
  Welton Claude Ehrhardt was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1924-1929 with the Brooklyn Robins and Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• November 21 - Bill Morrisette
  Bill Morrisette (baseball)
  William Lee Morrisette was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the and seasons and the Detroit Tigers during the season.-References:...
  
  
• November 23 - Art Corcoran
  Art Corcoran
  Arthur Andrew "Bunny" Corcoran was a professional football player in the National Football League with the Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, Akron Pros and the Buffalo All-Americans. He also played on the pre-NFL era, Frankford Yellow Jackets and the Canton Bulldogs of the "Ohio League"...
  
  
• November 23 - Jesse Petty
  Jesse Petty
  Jesse Lee Petty a.k.a. The Silver Fox , was a former professional baseball pitcher in the major leagues from 1921–1930, for the Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Robins, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs....
  
  

December

• December   1 - Ernie Alten
  Ernie Alten
  Ernest Matthias "Ernie" Alten was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Alten played for the Detroit Tigers in the season. In 14 career games, he had a 0-1 record with a 9.00 ERA. He batted right and threw left-handed....
  
  
• December   5 - Philip K. Wrigley
  Philip K. Wrigley
  Philip Knight Wrigley , sometimes also called P.K. or Phil. Born in Chicago, he was an American chewing gum manufacturer and executive in Major League Baseball, inheriting both those roles as the quiet son of his much more flamboyant father, William Wrigley Jr. After his father died in 1932, Philip...
  
  
• December   6 - Bruno Betzel
  Bruno Betzel
  Christian Frederick Albert John Henry David "Bruno" Betzel was an American infielder in Major League Baseball and a longtime manager at the minor league level...
  
  
• December   6 - Walter Mueller
  Walter Mueller
  Walter John Mueller was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1922 to 1926. Mueller would play for the Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• December   8 - Razor Ledbetter
  Razor Ledbetter
  Ralph Overton "Razor" Ledbetter was a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched one inning for the Detroit Tigers in April 1915. He also played 11 years in minor league baseball from 1913 to 1926....
  
  
• December 10 - Ike Caveney
• December 11 - Lou Raymond
  Lou Raymond
  Louis Anthony "Lou" Raymond was a professional baseball player. In a two-year professional career, Raymond, a second baseman, appeared in Major League Baseball during the 1919 season, playing one game as a member of the National League Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• December 13 - Larry Jacobus
  Larry Jacobus
  Stuart Louis "Larry" Jacobus was a professional baseball pitcher from 1915 to 1927. He spent most of his career in the Texas League and played five games in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds. Jacobus was 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighed 186 pounds .-Career:Jacobus was born in...
  
  
• December 14 - Stan Baumgartner
  Stan Baumgartner
  -External links:*...
  
  
• December 14 - James Edwards
  Jim Joe Edwards
  James Corbette Edwards [Little Joe] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for different teams between the and seasons. Listed at 6' 2", 185 lb., Edwards batted right-handed and threw left-handed...
  
  
• December 19 - Ford Frick
  Ford Frick
  Ford Christopher Frick was an American sportswriter and executive who served as president of the National League from to and as the third Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1951 to . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970...
  
  
• December 20 - Butch Henline
  Butch Henline
  Walter John "Butch" Henline was an American catcher and umpire in Major League Baseball who played from 1921-1931 for the New York Giants, Brooklyn Robins, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• December 22 - Harvey McClellan
  Harvey McClellan
  Harvey McDowell McClellan was an American Major League Baseball infielder.McClellan started his professional baseball career in 1914. He played two years for the Lexington Colts of the Ohio State League, hitting below .200 both years.McClellan joined the Chicago White Sox in 1919...
  
  
• December 29 - Hank DeBerry
  Hank DeBerry
  John Herman DeBerry , is a former professional baseball player who played catcher for the Cleveland Indians and the Brooklyn Robins from 1916-1930. He attended the University of Tennessee....
  
  
• December 31 - Joe Berry
  Joe Berry (second baseman)
  Joseph Howard Berry, Jr. was a professional baseball second baseman and pinch runner, and an All-American football halfback....
  
  
• December 31 - Jim Murray

Deaths

• January 6 - Marty Sullivan
  Marty Sullivan
  Martin C. Sullivan , was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, from -, for the Cleveland Spiders, Chicago White Stockings, Boston Beaneaters, and Indianapolis Hoosiers.-External links:...
  
  , 31, outfielder who hit .273 in 398 games for the WhiteStockings, Hoosiers, Beaneaters and Spiders from 1887 to 1891.

• February 28 - Edgar McNabb
  Edgar McNabb
  Edgar J. McNabb , nicknamed "Texas," was an American right-handed pitcher for the 1893 Baltimore Orioles. After one season in Major League Baseball he committed suicide after shooting his girlfriend.-Career:...
  
  , 28, pitcher for the 1893 Baltimore Orioles of the National League.

• March 3 - Ned Williamson
  Ned Williamson
  Edward Nagle "Ned" or "Ed" Williamson was an American Major League Baseball player for 13 seasons from 1878 until 1890...
  
  , 36, third baseman and shortstop for the Chicago White Stockings, who set single-season records with 49 doubles in 1883, 27 home runs in 1884, while leading the National League in assists seven times and double plays six times.

• March 24 - Mike Jones
  Mike Jones (1890s pitcher)
  Michael Jones was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He made three starts for the American Association champion Louisville Colonels in , earning the win in two of them. He also had four hits and two walks in his eleven career plate appearances.-Sources:...
  
  , 28, Canadian pitcher for the 1890 American Association champions Louisville Colonels.

• April 3 - Billy Redmond, 41, shortstop who played for three different teams in two leagues between 1875 and 1878.

• April 29 - Sparrow McCaffrey
  Sparrow McCaffrey
  Charles P. McCaffrey was a catcher in Major League Baseball in the 19th century. He played in 2 games with the 1889 Columbus Solons of the American Association.-Sources:...
  
  , 26, catcher for the 1889 Columbus Solons of the American Association.

• May 3 - Bob Ferguson, 49, infielder and manager of eight teams, known as sport's first switch-hitter and nicknamed "Death to Flying Things" for defensive skill, who captained a 1870 team which defeated Cincinnati Red Stockings after 84 straight wins, was president of Nat'l Ass'n from 1872–1875, and set record for career games as umpire.

• May 19 - Bill Mountjoy
  Bill Mountjoy
  William Henry Mountjoy was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball.-External links:...
  
  , 35, Canadian pitcher who posted a 31-24 record and a 3.25 ERA for the Cincinnati and Baltimore National League teams from 1883 to 1885.

• June 23 - Jimmy Say
  Jimmy Say
  James I. Say was an American professional baseball player who played in the early days of Major League Baseball. He played all or part of three seasons, , and , for the Louisville Eclipse, Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Blues of the American Association as well as the Wilmington Quicksteps...
  
  , 32, third baseman/shortstop for five different teams in three leagues between 1882 and 1887.

• August 25 - Yank Robinson
  Yank Robinson
  William H. "Yank" Robinson was a Major League Baseball player who played ten years in the Major Leagues from - .-Career:...
  
  , 34, second baseman for six teams of four different leagues, most prominently for the Baltimore Orioles squads that won four American Association pennants from 1885 to 1888 and the 1886 World Series.

• August 28 - Gracie Pierce
  Gracie Pierce
  Grayson S. "Gracie" Pierce was an American Major League Baseball second baseman and center fielder for three seasons, playing for five teams from 1882 to 1884...
  
  , [?], second baseman and outfielder for five different teams in two leagues from 1882 through 1884, who later umpired in the National League and the Players League.

• September 16 - Terry Larkin
  Terry Larkin
  Frank S. "Terry" Larkin was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for five teams during a six-season career.-Career:...
  
  , 38, National League pitcher and a 89 game winner from 1877 to 1879, who committed suicide by slitting his throat with a razor.

• September 26 - Nick Reeder
  Nick Reeder
  Nicholas Reeder was a third baseman in Major League Baseball in the 19th century. He played for the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in 1891.-Sources:...
  
  , 27, first baseman for the 1891 Louisville Colonels of the American Association.

• October 16 - Ed Conley
  Ed Conley
  Edward J. Conley was an American professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball for the Providence Grays. He pitched in eight games and had a win–loss record of 4–4 with a 2.15 earned run average in 71 innings pitched...
  
  , 30, pitcher for the 1884 Providence Grays of the National League.

• November 2 - William Houseman
  William Houseman
  William H. Houseman , was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the 1886 Baltimore Orioles. He appeared in one game for the Orioles on September 2, 1886, pitching a complete game. He picked up the loss, allowing three runs and six hits....
  
  , 35, pitcher for the 1886 Baltimore Orioles of the American Association.

• November 2 - Alamazoo Jennings
  Alamazoo Jennings
  Alfred Gorden "Alamazoo" Jennings was an American Major League Baseball player who played in one Major League game, as catcher, for the Milwaukee Grays on August 15, 1878....
  
  , 43, catcher for the 1878 Milwaukee Grays of the National League.

• November 8 - King Kelly
  King Kelly
  Michael Joseph "King" Kelly was an American right fielder, catcher, and manager in various professional American baseball leagues including the National League, International Association, Players' League, and the American Association. He spent the majority of his 16-season playing career with the...
  
  , 36, Hall of Fame catcher and right fielder for the Chicago and Boston National League teams, known as a fiery and alert competitor that developed the hit-and-run and caused numerous refinements of sport's rules upon his exploitation of loopholes, who batted .308 lifetime with two batting titles, led the league in runs and doubles three times each, was fourth player to collect 1500 hits, starred on five Chicago champion teams, and managed Boston to the 1890 Players League title.

• December 24 - Charlie Duffee
  Charlie Duffee
  Charles Edward Duffee , was a Major League Baseball outfielder from -, for the St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds, Columbus Solons, and Washington Senators.-External links:...
  
  , 28, outfielder for four teams in two different leagues, who led all American Association outfielders in assists in the 1889 and 1891 seasons.

• December 25 - Tom Cahill
  Tom Cahill
  Thomas Cahill was an Australian politician, affiliated with the Australian Labor Party and elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly....
  
  , 26, utility for the 1891 Louisville Colonels of the American Association.

• December 30 - Jack McMahon
  Jack McMahon
  John Joseph McMahon was a professional basketball player and coach. A 6'1" guard from St. John's University, McMahon was selected by the Rochester Royals in the 1952 NBA Draft. He played 8 seasons in the NBA, for Rochester and the St...
  
  , 25, first baseman and catcher who played from 1892 to 1893 for the New York Giants of the National League.