Major League Baseball

• World Series
  1903 World Series
  The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It matched the Boston Americans of the American League against the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last...
  
  : Boston Americans
  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"...
  
   over 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...
  
   (5-3), in the first modern 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...
  
  

American League final standings

National League final standings

Events

• May 6 - The Chicago White Stockings
  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...
  
   committed twelve errors, and 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...
  
   answered back with six of their own. The combined "18-E debacle" set a modern Major League record for the most errors (by two teams) in a single game.
• May 7 - 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...
  
   outfielder Fred Clarke
  Fred Clarke
  Fred Clifford Clarke was a Major League Baseball player from 1894 to and manager from 1897 to 1915. A Hall of Famer, Clarke played for and managed both the Louisville Colonels and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a left fielder and left-handed batter.Of the nine pennants in Pittsburgh franchise...
  
   hits for the cycle for the second time in his career. The Pirates lose to 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....
  
  , however, 11-8.
• June 21 - Boston Americans outfileder Buck Freeman
  Buck Freeman
  John Frank "Buck" Freeman was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. Freeman was one of the top sluggers of his era, his most famous feat being the 25 home runs he hit during the 1899 season.A native of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, Freeman showed talent as...
  
   hits for the cycle in a 12-7 Boston win over the Cleveland Blues
  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...
  
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• June 25 - Wiley Piatt
  Wiley Piatt
  Wiley Harold Piatt was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1898-1903. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Beaneaters, and Chicago White Sox....
  
   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....
  
   became the only pitcher in the twentieth century to lose two complete games in one day. Piatt allowed fourteen hits, while striking out twelve, en route to 1-0 and 5-3 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...
  
   victories.
• June 29 - Patsy Dougherty
  Patsy Dougherty
  Patrick Henry Dougherty was a Major League baseball outfielder. Dougherty was born in Andover, New York.He was the first player to hit two home runs in a single World Series game, doing so with the Boston Americans in Game 2 of the first modern World Series...
  
  , outfielder for the Boston Americans, hits for the cycle against the Chicago White Stockings
  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...
  
   leading Boston to a 7-2 win.
• September 3 - Cleveland Blues
  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...
  
   rookie Jesse Stovall
  Jesse Stovall
  Jesse Cramer Stovall was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He played for the Cleveland Naps in 1903 and the Detroit Tigers in 1904, pitching in 28 career games. His brother, George Stovall, was also a baseball player.-External links:...
  
   tosses an 11-inning shutout, 1-0, over 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...
  
  . The feat still remains as the longest shutout ever for a major league pitching debut.
• September 18 - Chick Fraser
  Chick Fraser
  Charles Carrolton Fraser was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher....
  
   pitches a no-hitter
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
   for 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...
  
   in the second game of a doubleheader
  Doubleheader (baseball)
  A doubleheader is a set of two baseball games played between the same two teams on the same day in front of the same crowd. In addition, the term is often used unofficially to refer to a pair of games played by a team in a single day, but in front of different crowds and not in immediate...
  
   against 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...
  
  . The Phillies win, 10-0.
• September 24 - Cleveland Blues
  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...
  
   third baseman Bill Bradley hits for the cycle against the Washington Senators
  History of the Minnesota Twins
  The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and 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, Minnesota. One of the American League's eight...
  
   in a 12-2 Cleveland win.
• October 1 - In Game 1 of the first modern World Series
  1903 World Series
  The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It matched the Boston Americans of the American League against the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last...
  
   in Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
  
  , 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...
  
   outfielder Jimmy Sebring
  Jimmy Sebring
  James Dennison Sebring , was a professional baseball player who played outfield from 1902-1909. He attended college at Bucknell University. He played in the 1903 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates and was the first player in World Series history to hit a home run...
  
   becomes the first player to hit a home run
  Home run
  In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...
  
   in the World Series
  1903 World Series
  The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It matched the Boston Americans of the American League against the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last...
  
   when he connects for a solo shot off of Boston's Cy Young
  Cy Young
  Denton True "Cy" Young was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 22-year baseball career , he pitched for five different teams. Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937...
  
   in the seventh inning. The Pirates beat the Americans
  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"...
  
  , 7-3.
• October 2 - Boston Americans outfielder Patsy Dougherty
  Patsy Dougherty
  Patrick Henry Dougherty was a Major League baseball outfielder. Dougherty was born in Andover, New York.He was the first player to hit two home runs in a single World Series game, doing so with the Boston Americans in Game 2 of the first modern World Series...
  
   becomes the first player to hit multiple home runs
  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...
  
   in a World Series
  1903 World Series
  The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It matched the Boston Americans of the American League against the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last...
  
   game when he hits solo home runs in the first and sixth inning of Game 2 in Boston's 3-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
  
  .
• October 13 - The Boston Americans defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
  
  , 3-0, in Game 8 of the first World Series
  1903 World Series
  The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It matched the Boston Americans of the American League against the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last...
  
  . Boston wins the series, five games to three.

January

• January   3 - Herb Bradley
  Herb Bradley
  Herbert Theodore Bradley was a right handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1927 through 1929 for the Boston Red Sox. Bradley was born in Agenda, Kansas...
  
  
• January   4 - Alex Metzler
  Alex Metzler
  Alexander Metzler was an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1925 to 1930. He played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
  
  
• January   6 - Ike Eichrodt
  Ike Eichrodt
  Frederick George Eichrodt was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for four seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1925 to 1927 and the Chicago White Sox in 1931.-External links:...
  
  
• January   6 - George Grant
  George Grant (baseball)
  George Addison Grant was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for seven seasons. He played for the St. Louis Browns from 1923 to 1925, the Cleveland Indians from 1927 to 1929, and the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1931....
  
  
• January   6 - Mul Holland
  Mul Holland
  Howard Arthur "Mul" Holland was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played parts of three seasons in the majors, each with a different team. He played for the Cincinnati Reds in , the New York Giants in , and the St. Louis Cardinals in .-Sources:...
  
  
• January 14 - Russ Scarritt
  Russ Scarritt
  Stephen Russell Mallory Scarritt was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 5'10", 165 lb, Scarritt batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• January 15 - 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....
  
  
• January 18 - Nolen Richardson
  Nolen Richardson
  Clifford Nolen Richardson was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He was born on January 18, 1903 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He attended college at the University of Georgia and was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity....
  
  
• January 19 - Fred Lucas
  Fred Lucas
  Frederick Warrington Lucas [Fritz] was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Philadelphia Phillies during the season. Listed at 5' 10", 165 lb., Lucas batted and threw right handed. He was born in Vineland, New Jersey.At age 32, it had been a long journey to the major...
  
  
• January 19 - 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:...
  
  
• January 23 - Jack Saltzgaver
  Jack Saltzgaver
  Otto Hamlin Saltzgaver was a United States Major League Baseball player from 1932 to 1937 for the New York Yankees and again in 1945 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. At the time he played for the Pirates, Saltzgaver, an infielder, was the oldest active Major League player.-External links:...
  
  
• January 24 - Clay Touchstone
  Clay Touchstone
  Clayland Maffitt Touchstone was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of three seasons with the Boston Braves and Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• January 27 - Art Reinholz
  Art Reinholz
  Arthur August Reinholz was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Indians for two games during the 1928 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
  
• January 27 - Earl Williams
  Earl Williams (1920s catcher)
  Earl Baxter Williams was a professional baseball player. He played three games in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves in , two as a pinch hitter and one as a catcher....
  
  
• January 31 - 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:...
  
  

February

• February   1 - Carl Reynolds
  Carl Reynolds
  Carl Nettles Reynolds was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox , Washington Senators , St. Louis Browns , Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs . He was born in LaRue, Texas...
  
  
• February   3 - Joe Stripp
  Joe Stripp
  Joseph Valentine Stripp , is a former professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues from 1928-1938. He would play for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, and St...
  
  
• February 10 - Walt Lerian
  Walt Lerian
  Walter "Peck" Irvin Lerian was an American professional baseball player who played two seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies from through ....
  
  
• February 10 - Johnny Lucas
• February 10 - George Quellich
  George Quellich
  George William Quellich was a Major League Baseball player. Quellich played for the Detroit Tigers in . He batted and threw right-handed.Quellich is a member of the International League Hall of Fame....
  
  
• February 12 - Chick Hafey
  Chick Hafey
  Charles James "Chick" Hafey was an American player in Major League Baseball. Hafey was part of two World Series championship teams as a St. Louis Cardinal, and was selected by the Veteran's Committee for the Hall of Fame in .Playing for the St...
  
  
• February 12 - Andy Harrington
  Andy Harrington (pinch hitter)
  Andrew Matthew Harrington was an American Major League Baseball player who played in one game for the Detroit Tigers on April 18, . He was used as a pinch hitter for one at bat, and did not reach base.-External links:...
  
  
• February 14 - Uel Eubanks
  Uel Eubanks
  Uel Melvin Eubanks was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs from July 20, 1922 to August 25, 1922. Eubanks hit a double in his only at-bat in Major League Baseball, thus retiring with a 1.000% batting average for the Cubs...
  
  
• February 21 - Tom Yawkey
  Tom Yawkey
  Thomas Austin Yawkey, born Thomas Austin , was an American industrialist and Major League Baseball executive. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Yawkey became president of the Boston Red Sox in 1933, and was the sole owner of the team for 44 seasons, longer than anyone else in baseball history.-Early...
  
  
• February 23 - Roy Johnson
  Roy Johnson
  Roy Cleveland Johnson was a left fielder/right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees and Boston Bees . A native of Pryor, Oklahoma, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  

March

• March   2 - Art Mills
  Art Mills
  Arthur "Art" Grant Mills was a National League baseball pitcher and coach for the Detroit Tigers during their 1945 World Series championship. Born in Utica, New York, he was the son of pitcher Willie Mills....
  
  
• March   5 - Chick Autry
  Chick Autry (AL baseball player)
  Martin Gordon "Chick" Autry was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the New York Yankees , Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox . Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Autry batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• March 11 - Buster Ross
  Buster Ross
  Chester Franklin "Buster" Ross was a major league baseball player for the Boston Red Sox from 1924 to 1926. He was born on March 11, 1903 in Kuttawa, Kentucky and died on April 24, 1982 in Mayfield, Kentucky.-Sources:...
  
  
• March 11 - Art Ruble
  Art Ruble
  William Arthur Ruble was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of two seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• March 27 - Joe Dwyer
  Joe Dwyer
  Joseph Michael Dwyer was a pinch hitter in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  

April

• April   4 - Les Bartholomew
  Les Bartholomew
  Lester Justin Bartholomew was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1928 and the Chicago White Sox in 1932. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin and died in Barrington, Illinois. Bartholomew weighed 195 lbs, batted right-handed, and threw...
  
  
• April   6 - Mickey Cochrane
  Mickey Cochrane
  Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane was a professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• April   8 - Frank Mulroney
  Frank Mulroney
  Francis Joseph Mulroney was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6'0", 170 lb., Mulroney batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• April 13 - Ken Jones
• April 16 - Paul Waner
  Paul Waner
  Paul Glee Waner , nicknamed "Big Poison", was a German-American Major League Baseball right fielder.-Pittsburgh Pirates:...
  
  
• April 17 - Elmer Miller
  Elmer Miller (pitcher)
  Elmer Joseph "Lefty" Miller was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in 31 games in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies in...
  
  
• April 17 - Bob Osborn
  Bob Osborn
  John Bode "Bob" Osborn is a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1925 to 1931. He played for the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates.-External links:...
  
  
• April 24 - Jimmy Moore
  Jimmy Moore (baseball)
  James William Moore was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics . Listed at 6' 0.5", 187 lb., Moore batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• April 25 - John Wilson
• April 26 - Dale Alexander
  Dale Alexander
  David Dale Alexander , nicknamed "Moose," was a Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox . Dale "Moose" Alexander was a big 6 foot, 3 inch, 210 first baseman...
  
  
• April 28 - Fred Schemanske

May

• May   1 - Fritz Knothe
  Fritz Knothe
  Wilfred Edgar Knothe is a former Major League Baseball player. He played two seasons with the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies .-External links:...
  
  
• May 11 - Charlie Gehringer
  Charlie Gehringer
  Charles Leonard Gehringer , nicknamed “The Mechanical Man,” was a German-American Major League Baseball second baseman who played 19 seasons for the Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• May 14 - Doc Land
  Doc Land
  William Gilbert Land was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played one game for the Washington Senators, appearing as their starting center fielder in the last game of the season, filling in for Sam West.-External links:...
  
  
• May 17 - Cool Papa Bell
• May 22 - Mel Kerr
  Mel Kerr
  John Melville Kerr is a Canadian-born former major league baseball player....
  
  
• May 23 - Charlie Sullivan
  Charlie Sullivan
  Charles Edward Sullivan was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors, , and , for the Detroit Tigers.-External links:...
  
  
• May 24 - Jack Berly
  Jack Berly
  John Chambers "Jack" Berly was a Major League Baseball pitcher.Berly was born in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He made his major league debut for the St. Louis Cardinals on April 22, 1924. Making four appearances, all in late relief, he gave up five runs over eight innings pitched...
  
  

June

• June   3 - Chappie Geygan
  Chappie Geygan
  James Edward Geygan was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball. Born in Ironton, Ohio, he played for the Boston Red Sox from 1924-1926. He died at age 62 in Columbus, Ohio.-External links:...
  
  
• June   5 - Billy Urbanski
  Billy Urbanski
  William Michael Urbanski , was a professional baseball player who played infielder in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Boston Braves.-External links:...
  
  
• June   9 - Mike Ryba
  Mike Ryba
  Dominic Joseph "Mike" Ryba was a Major League Baseball pitcher. A native of De Lancey, Pennsylvania, he attended Saint Francis University, Loretto, Pennsylvania.. He was a right-hander and played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• June 13 - Carroll Yerkes
  Carroll Yerkes
  Charles Carroll Yerkes was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Over the course of a five-year major league career, he played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago Cubs .-External links:...
  
  
• June 17 - Ben Shields
  Ben Shields
  Benjamin Cowan Shields [Lefty or Big Ben] was a middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 6'5.5", 195 lb., Shields batted right-handed and threw left-handed...
  
  
• June 19 - 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...
  
  
• June 22 - 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...
  
  
• June 26 - Babe Herman
  Babe Herman
  Floyd Caves "Babe" Herman was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who was best known for his several seasons with the Brooklyn Robins ....
  
  
• June 26 - George Milstead
  George Milstead
  George Earl Milstead was a professional baseball pitcher. A left-hander, he played three seasons in Major League Baseball from 1924 to 1926 with the Chicago Cubs of the National League....
  
  

July

• July   8 - Clint Brown
  Clint Brown (baseball)
  Clinton Harold Brown was a professional baseball player.He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of fifteen seasons with the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• July 10 - Johnny Niggeling
  Johnny Niggeling
  John Arnold Niggeling was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was a knuckleball specialist who pitched for nine seasons with the Boston Bees/Braves, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators.Born in Remsen, Iowa, Niggeling broke into the majors at the age...
  
  
• July 12 - George Darrow
  George Darrow (baseball)
  George Oliver Darrow was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher for one season with the Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• July 18 - Hod Kibbie
  Hod Kibbie
  Horace Kent "Hod" Kibbie was an American professional baseball player. He played eleven games in Major League Baseball in 1925 for the Boston Braves, eight as a second baseman and three as a shortstop.-References:...
  
  
• July 20 - Howard Maple
  Howard Maple
  Howard Albert "Mape" Maple was a NFL player for the Chicago Cardinals in 1930 and a Major League Baseball catcher for the Washington Senators in 1932. He played for Oregon State University in college and is the only Oregon State alumni to play in both the NFL and the MLB.-External links:* -...
  
  
• July 28 - George Gerken
  George Gerken
  George Herbert Gerken was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for two seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians for six games during the 1927 Cleveland Indians season and 38 games during the 1928 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
  

August

• August   6 - Jim Turner
• August   6 - Hal Wiltse
  Hal Wiltse
  Harold James Wiltse [Whitey] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 5' 9", 168 lb., Wiltse batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• August   8 - Clise Dudley
  Clise Dudley
  Elzie Clise Dudley was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1929-1933. He attended the University of South Carolina.-External links:...
  
  
• August 13 - Steve Swetonic
  Steve Swetonic
  Stephen Albert Swetonic was a pitcher in Major League Baseball, who played his entire career for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1929 through 1935. Swetonic batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• August 19 - Estel Crabtree
  Estel Crabtree
  Estel Crayton Crabtree was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals . His playing career was unusual in that he went eight years between major league appearances...
  
  
• August 27 - Charlie Engle
  Charlie Engle
  Charlie August Engle was an American professional baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the and seasons and the Pittsburgh Pirates during the season.-References:...
  
  
• August 27 - Marv Gudat
  Marv Gudat
  Marvin John Gudat , was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1929-1932. He would play for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds. He attended UCLA.-External links:...
  
  
• August 29 - Jack Warner

September

• September   1 - Foster Edwards
  Foster Edwards
  Foster Hamilton "Eddie" Edwards was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Edwards played for the Boston Braves and New York Yankees from to . He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• September   1 - Freddie Moncewicz
  Freddie Moncewicz
  Frederick Alfred Moncewicz was a backup shortstop in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 8.5". 175 lb., Moncewicz batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Brockton, Massachusetts.Little is known about this player who appeared in three games for...
  
  
• September   6 - Tommy Thevenow
  Tommy Thevenow
  Thomas Joseph Thevenow was a professional baseball player who played shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1924–1938. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Bees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals during his career...
  
  
• September   7 - Curt Davis
  Curt Davis
  Curtis Benton Davis was a Major League Baseball pitcher. On October 2, 1933 he was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Pacific Coast League San Francisco Seals in the 1933 rule V draft. He played for the Phillies , Chicago Cubs , St. Louis Cardinals , and Brooklyn Dodgers...
  
  
• September   7 - Nap Kloza
  John Kloza
  John Clarence "Nap" Kloza was a professional baseball player and manager. Listed at 5' 11", 180 lb., he batted and threw right-handed. Sometimes he is credited as Jack Kloza....
  
  
• September   7 - Al Van Camp
  Al Van Camp
  Albert Joseph Van Camp was a backup first baseman/left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 10", 175 lb., Van Camp batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 12 - Len Dondero
  Len Dondero
  Leonard Peter Dondero was a Major League Baseball third baseman and second baseman who played with the St. Louis Browns in .-External links:...
  
  
• September 13 - Rabbit Warstler
  Rabbit Warstler
  Harold Burton "Rabbit" Warstler was a professional baseball infielder. He played all or part of 11 seasons in Major League Baseball as a shortstop and second baseman for the Boston Red Sox , Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Bees and Chicago Cubs .In his career, Warstler played in 1,205 games and...
  
  
• September 19 - Carl Lind
  Carl Lind (baseball)
  Carl Lind was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played for four seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1927 to 1930. He finished 15th in MVP voting in 1928.-External links:...
  
  
• September 22 - Chuck Hostetler
  Chuck Hostetler
  Charles Cloyd Hostetler was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Detroit Tigers in 1944 and 1945...
  
  
• September 28 - Jim Brillheart
  Jim Brillheart
  James Benson Brillheart was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1922 and 1931 for the Washington Senators , Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox . Brillheart batted right-handed and threw left-handed...
  
  
• September 28 - Hank Grampp
  Hank Grampp
  Henry Eckhard "Hank" Grampp was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs in 1927 and 1929.-External links:...
  
  

October

• October   4 - Lefty Thomas
  Lefty Thomas
  Clarence Fletcher "Lefty" Thomas was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators in 1925 and 1926.-External links:...
  
  
• October   7 - Bill Walker
  Bill Walker (baseball)
  William Henry Walker was a professional baseball left-handed pitcher over parts of ten seasons with the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. He was the National League ERA champion twice with New York...
  
  
• October   9 - Walter O'Malley
  Walter O'Malley
  Walter Francis O'Malley was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from to . He served as Brooklyn Dodgers chief legal counsel when Jackie Robinson broke the racial color barrier in...
  
  
• October   9 - Jack Tising
  Jack Tising
  Johnnie Joseph Tising was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1936.-External links:...
  
  
• October 10 - Fay Thomas
  Fay Thomas
  Fay Wesley Thomas was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for four different teams from 1927-1935. He attended the University of Southern California. He appeared in the film The Pride of the Yankees as Christy Mathewson.-External links:...
  
  
• October 12 - Jack Crouch
  Jack Crouch (baseball)
  Jack Albert Crouch was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the St. Louis Browns in 1930, 1931, and 1933, and played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1933.-External links:*...
  
  
• October 12 - Dutch Holland
  Dutch Holland
  Robert Clyde "Dutch" Holland was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for three seasons. He played for the Boston Braves from 1932 to 1933 and the Cleveland Indians in 1934.-External links:...
  
  
• October 15 - Mule Haas
  Mule Haas
  George William Haas was a center fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1925 through 1938, Haas played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• October 18 - Yats Wuestling
  Yats Wuestling
  George "Yats" Wuestling , was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played two seasons with the Detroit Tigers and one season with the New York Yankees . Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Yats played in 83 Major League games, 77 at shortstop. He was a career .189 hitter. He died in 1970 in St....
  
  
• October 20 - Archie Campbell
  Archie Campbell (baseball)
  Archibald Stewart Campbell was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees in the 1928 season. He also played with the Washington Senators in 1929 and the Cincinnati Reds in 1930. Campbell pitched in 40 games in parts of three seasons, chiefly as a reliever, with two wins, six losses...
  
  
• October 28 - Hank Boney
• October 30 - Mickey Heath
  Mickey Heath
  Minor Wilson "Mickey" Heath was a professional baseball player. He was a first baseman over parts of two seasons with the Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he compiled a .213 batting average in 160 at-bats, with 18 runs batted in...
  
  

November

• November   2 - Chief Hogsett
  Chief Hogsett
  Elon Chester "Chief" Hogsett was a sub-marining left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played 11 seasons in the American League with the Detroit Tigers , St...
  
  
• November   2 - Travis Jackson
  Travis Jackson
  Travis Calvin Jackson was a Major League Baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s. His exceptional range at shortstop led to the nickname "Stonewall."...
  
  
• November 13 - Si Rosenthal
  Si Rosenthal
  Simon Rosenthal was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 9", 165 lb., Rosenthal batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• November 18 - George Blackerby
  George Blackerby
  George Franklin Blackerby was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder for one season with the Chicago White Sox. For his career, he compiled a .253 batting average in 83 at-bats, with 12 runs batted in....
  
  
• November 23 - Joe Muich
  Joe Muich
  Ignatius Andrew Muich is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played one season with the Boston Braves in 1924.-External links:...
  
  
• November 25 - Jim Weaver
  Big Jim Weaver
  James Dement "Big Jim" Weaver , was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of eight seasons in the majors, between and , for the Washington Senators, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• November 27 - Bill Hohman
  Bill Hohman
  William "Bill" Henry Hohman was an American professional baseball player who played in seven games for the Philadelphia Phillies during the season....
  
  

December

• December   2 - Don Brennan
  Don Brennan (baseball)
  James Donald "Don" Brennan was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to with several teams. He batted and threw right-handed. Brennan had a 21-12 record in 141 career games. He was born in Augusta, Maine and died in 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts.Brennan was an alumnus of Georgetown...
  
  
• December   6 - Tony Lazzeri
  Tony Lazzeri
  Anthony Michael "Tony" Lazzeri was an American Major League Baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s, predominantly with the New York Yankees. He was part of the famed "Murderers' Row" Yankee batting lineup of the late 1920s , along with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Bob Meusel...
  
  
• December 11 - Ray Phelps
  Ray Phelps
  Raymond Clifford Phelps was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1930-1936.-External links:...
  
  
• December 13 - Al Smith
• December 14 - Jim Moore
  Jim Moore (baseball)
  James Stanford Moore was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox . Listed at 6' 0", 175 lb., Moore batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• December 25 - Red Barnes
  Red Barnes
  Emile Deering "Red" Barnes was an American professional baseball outfielder with Washington Senators and the Chicago White Sox from -. He had a .269 career batting average in 286 career games. He was born in Suggsville, Alabama and died in Mobile, Alabama.He was the cousin of former major leaguer...
  
  

Deaths

• January 12 - Win Mercer
  Win Mercer
  George Barclay "Win" Mercer was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902. Born in Chester, West Virginia, he played primarily with the National League Washington Senators , winning 20 games twice with the club...
  
  , 28, pitcher for four teams from 1894 to 1902, who posted two 20-win seasons and led the National League in games started, shutouts, and saves in the 1897 season.

• January 13 - Pete Conway
  Pete Conway
  Peter J. Conway was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for five seasons with the Buffalo Bisons , Kansas City Cowboys , Detroit Wolverines , and Pittsburg Alleghenys . He won two games for Detroit in the 1887 World Series and followed in 1888 with a season record of 30 wins and 14...
  
  , 36, pitcher who posted a 61-61 record for four teams from 1885 to 1889.

• February 6 - Hardie Henderson
  Hardie Henderson
  James Harding Henderson was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1883 to 1888. Henderson died in Philadelphia when he was run over by a train trolley.-External links:*...
  
  , 40, pitcher who went 81-121 with four teams between 1883 and 1888.

• February 11 - Sam McMackin
  Sam McMackin
  Samuel McMackin was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. He appeared in two games in the majors in 1902, one for the Chicago White Sox on September 4, and the other for the Detroit Tigers on September 21. He also played in the minor leagues for six...
  
  , [?], pitcher who played with 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...
  
   and 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 the 1902 season.

• February 15 - Phil Reccius
  Phil Reccius
  Phillip Reccius was an American Major League Baseball player from Louisville, Kentucky, who played for eight seasons in the majors, mainly playing third base for his hometown team, the Louisville Eclipse....
  
  , 40, played third base for eight seasons, most notably for the Louisville Eclipse/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...
  
  .

• February 20 - Al Dwight
  Al Dwight
  Albert Ward Dwight was a 19th-century professional baseball player. He played for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in 1884.-External links:...
  
  , 47, pitcher for the 1884 Kansas City Cowboys
  Kansas City Cowboys (Union Association)
  The Kansas City Cowboys were a team in the Union Association during its only season, . Referred to as the "Cowboys" mostly by historians, they had no official nickname during their short life and were most frequently referred to by local press of the day as the "Unions" and by the press of other...
  
  .

• May 2 - Odie Porter
  Odie Porter
  Odie Oscar Porter was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. He attended Indiana University.-References:...
  
  , 25, pitcher who played briefly for the 1902 Philadewlphia 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....
  
  .

• May 3 - Count Sensenderfer
  Count Sensenderfer
  John Phillips Jenkins "Count" Sensenderfer was a professional baseball player who played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1866 to 1874.-Career:...
  
  , 55, played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1871-1874. Later became a politician.

• May 13 - Thomas Lynch
  Thomas Lynch (pitcher)
  Thomas S. Lynch was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for Chicago White Stockings in the season.-External links:*...
  
  , 40, pitcher who played for the Chicago White Stockings
  Chicago Cubs
  The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
  
   in the 1884 season.

• May 16 - Chicken Wolf
  Jimmy Wolf
  William Van Winkle "Jimmy" Wolf , also known as Chicken Wolf, was an American Major League Baseball player from Louisville, Kentucky who played right field, but occasionally played other positions in the infield....
  
  , 41, right fielder for 11 years, 10 with 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...
  
  .

• June 22 - Fatty Briody
  Fatty Briody
  Charles F. "Fatty" Briody , nicknamed "Alderman," was a Major League Baseball catcher who played eight seasons in the early days of baseball. Briody was born in Lansingburgh, New York, 4 miles outside of Troy, New York, where the Troy Haymakers began playing in in the first professional baseball...
  
  , 44, catcher for eight seasons from 1880 to 1888.

• July 1 - Jimmy Cooney, 37, shortstop for the Chicago Colts
  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...
  
   and 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....
  
   National League teams from 1890 to 1892.

• July 2 - Ed Delahanty
  Ed Delahanty
  Edward James Delahanty , nicknamed "Big Ed", was a Major League Baseball player from 1888 to 1903 for the Philadelphia Quakers, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Infants and Washington Senators, and was known as one of the early great power hitters in the game.He was elected to the Baseball Hall of...
  
  , 35, slugging left fielder since 1888, a three-time .400 hitter who ranked second only to Cap Anson
  Cap Anson
  Adrian Constantine Anson , nicknamed "Cap" and "Pop", was a National Association and Major League Baseball first baseman...
  
   in career hits; died after falling from a railroad trestle crossing the Niagara River
  Niagara River
  The Niagara River flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms part of the border between the Province of Ontario in Canada and New York State in the United States. There are differing theories as to the origin of the name of the river...
  
  .

• August 1 - Charlie Bohn
  Charlie Bohn
  Charles Bohn , was a professional baseball player who played outfield and pitcher in the Major Leagues for the 1882 Louisville Eclipse.-External links:...
  
  , 47, outfielder/pitcher who played for the 1882 Louisville Eclipse
  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...
  
  .

• August 2 - Bill Sweeney
  Bill Sweeney (pitcher)
  William J. Sweeney was a professional baseball pitcher in 1882 and 1884.He led the Union Association in wins in 1884 with 40 wins.-Sources:...
  
  , [?], pitcher/outfielder for the 1882 Philadelphia Athletics
  Philadelphia Athletics (American Association)
  The Philadelphia Athletics were a professional baseball team, one of six charter members of the American Association, a 19th-century major league, which began play in 1882 as a rival to the National League. The other teams were the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Red Stockings, Eclipse of...
  
   and the 1884 Baltimore Monumentals
  Baltimore Monumentals
  The Baltimore Monumentals were an American baseball team in the short-lived Union Association. In their lone season of 1884, they finished fourth in the UA with a 58-47 record.-History:The team was managed by William Henderson...
  
  .

• August 21 - Andy Leonard
  Andy Leonard
  Andrew Jackson Leonard played left field for the original Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first fully professional baseball team. He was one of five men to play regularly for both the Cincinnati and the Boston Red Stockings, the latter winning six championships during his seven seasons...
  
  , 57, left fielder for the original Cincinnati Red Stockings
  Cincinnati Red Stockings
  The Cincinnati Red Stockings of were baseball's first fully professional team, with ten salaried players. The Cincinnati Base Ball Club formed in 1866 and fielded competitive teams in the National Association of Base Ball Players 1867–1870, a time of a transition that ambitious Cincinnati,...
  
  , the first fully professional baseball team.

• October 10 - John Valentine
  John Valentine (umpire)
  John Gill Valentine was an American pitcher and umpire in Major League Baseball who played one season as a player for the Columbus Buckeyes of the American Association, and later umpired from to .-Playing career:...
  
  , 47, umpire from 1884 to 1888, who previously pitched for the 1883 Columbus Buckeyes
  Columbus Buckeyes (AA)
  The Columbus Buckeyes were a baseball team in the American Association from 1883 to 1884. In two seasons they won 101 games and lost 104 for a winning percentage of .493. Their home games were played at Recreation Park in Columbus, Ohio....
  
  .

• October 22 - Joe Yingling
  Joe Yingling
  Joseph Yingling was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals in . He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died there also. He was 19 when he played with the Nationals.Joe's brother was fellow major leaguer Charlie Yingling....
  
  , 36, pitcher for the 1886 Washington Nationals.

• November 5 - Harrison Peppers
  Harrison Peppers
  William Harrison Peppers was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Louisville Colonels in 1894.-External links:...
  
  , 37, pitcher for 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...
  
   during the 1894 season.

• November 12 - John Gilbert
  John Gilbert (baseball)
  John G. Gilbert was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played in two games for the Pittsburg Alleghenys, both on June 23, 1890. He started both ends of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies, collecting eight at bats without a hit. His brother Harry Gilbert was his teammmate on that...
  
  , 39, shortstop for the 1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
  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...
  
  .

• November 28 - Jack Easton
  Jack Easton
  John S. Easton was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher from 1889-1894.-External links:...
  
  , 38, pitcher who posted a 26-29 record in 76 games for the Columbus Solons
  Columbus Solons
  The Columbus Solons were a baseball team in the American Association from 1889 to 1891. In three seasons, they won 200 games and lost 209 for a winning percentage of .489. Their home games were played at Recreation Park in Columbus, Ohio....
  
  , 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...
  
  , and 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...
  
   from 1889 to 1894.

• December 30 - Dan Leahy
  Dan Leahy (baseball)
  Daniel C. Leahy was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played two games for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1896....
  
  , 33, shortstop for the 1896 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...
  
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• December 31 - Joe McGuckin
  Joe McGuckin
  Joseph W. McGuckin was a outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Baltimore Orioles of the American Association in 11 games in 1890. He played in the minors through 1901.-External links:*...
  
  , 41, outfielder for the 1890 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...
  
   of the American Association
  American Association (19th century)
  The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...
  
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