Champions

• World Series
  1910 World Series
  The 1910 World Series featured the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship.Jack Coombs of Philadelphia won three games and Eddie Collins supplied timely hitting...
  
  : Philadelphia Athletics
  Oakland Athletics
  The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
  
   over 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...
  
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Awards and honors

• Chalmers Award
  MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award is an annual Major League Baseball award, given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers Association of America...
  
  
  • Ty Cobb
    Ty Cobb
    Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb , nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in Narrows, Georgia...
    
    , 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...
    
    , OF
  • Nap Lajoie
    Nap Lajoie
    Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie , also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island...
    
    , Cleveland Naps
    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...
    
    

MLB statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

Events

• April 14 - William Howard Taft
  William Howard Taft
  William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...
  
   became the first U.S. president to throw out the ceremonial "first pitch" after he opened the 1910 season at Washington's League Park
  League Park
  League Park was a baseball park located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was situated at the northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and E. 66th Street in the Hough neighborhood. It was home to the National League Cleveland Spiders, the American League Cleveland Indians, and the Cleveland...
  
  . Washington Senators
  1910 Washington Senators season
  The 1910 Washington Senators won 66 games, lost 85, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Jimmy McAleer and played home games at National Park.- Roster :- Starters by position :...
  
  ' Walter Johnson
  Walter Johnson
  Walter Perry Johnson , nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Washington Senators...
  
   christened the tradition by pitching a one-hitter, beating the Philadelphia Athletics
  1910 Philadelphia Athletics season
  The Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders...
  
  , 3-0.

• April 20 - Addie Joss
  Addie Joss
  Adrian Joss was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched his entire nine-year baseball career for the Cleveland Bronchos/Naps .-Early life:...
  
   of the Cleveland Naps
  1910 Cleveland Naps season
  The Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps finishing fifth in the American League.- Regular season :...
  
   pitches the second 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"...
  
   of his career defeating 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...
  
  , 1-0. Joss was the last major leaguer to throw 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"...
  
  , when he tossed a perfect game
  Perfect game
  A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher pitches a victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposing player reaches base. Thus, the pitcher cannot allow any hits, walks, hit batsmen, or any opposing player to reach base safely for any...
  
   on October 2, 1908. That games was also a 1-0 win over the White Sox.

• May 12 - Chief Bender
  Chief Bender
  Charles Albert "Chief" Bender was a pitcher in Major League Baseball during the first two decades of the 20th century...
  
   throws 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 Athletics
  1910 Philadelphia Athletics season
  The Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders...
  
  , coming within one walk of a perfect game
  Perfect game
  A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher pitches a victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposing player reaches base. Thus, the pitcher cannot allow any hits, walks, hit batsmen, or any opposing player to reach base safely for any...
  
  . Philadelphia beats the Cleveland Naps
  1910 Cleveland Naps season
  The Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps finishing fifth in the American League.- Regular season :...
  
  , 4-0.

• June 28 - Chicago Cubs
  1910 Chicago Cubs season
  - Notable transactions :* May 13, 1910: Doc Miller was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Doves for Lew Richie.- Roster :- Starters by position :...
  
   shortstop Joe Tinker
  Joe Tinker
  Joseph Bert Tinker was a Major League Baseball player and manager. He is best known for his years with the Chicago Cubs dynasty which won four pennants between 1906 and 1910; and for his feud with double play partner Johnny Evers. Tinker was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in...
  
   steals home twice becoming the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat in Cubs' 11–1 home victory over the Cincinnati Reds
  1910 Cincinnati Reds season
  The Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League. The Reds finished 5th in the National League with a record of 75-79.- Notable transactions :...
  
  . Mordecai Brown
  Mordecai Brown
  Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown , nicknamed "Three Finger" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher at the turn of the 20th century. Due to a farm-machinery accident in his youth, Brown lost parts of two fingers on his right hand and eventually acquired his nickname as a result...
  
   is the winning pitcher.

• July 3 - Pittsburgh Pirates
  1910 Pittsburgh Pirates season
  ‎- Roster :- Starters by position :Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in- Other batters :Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg...
  
   outfielder Chief Wilson
  Chief Wilson
  John Owen "Chief" Wilson was a Major League Baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals .Born in Austin, Texas, Wilson was an outfielder with a strong throwing arm...
  
   hits for the cycle in a 10-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds
  1910 Cincinnati Reds season
  The Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League. The Reds finished 5th in the National League with a record of 75-79.- Notable transactions :...
  
  .

• July 19 - Cleveland Naps
  1910 Cleveland Naps season
  The Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps finishing fifth in the American League.- Regular season :...
  
   ace 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...
  
   wins the 500th game of his career, defeating the Washington Senators
  1910 Washington Senators season
  The 1910 Washington Senators won 66 games, lost 85, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Jimmy McAleer and played home games at National Park.- Roster :- Starters by position :...
  
  , 5-4.

• August 18 - Rickwood Field
  Rickwood Field
  Rickwood FieldFacility StatisticsLocation1137 2nd Avenue WestBirmingham, AlabamaBroke GroundSpring 1910Cost$75,000OpenedAugust 18, 1910SurfaceGrassOwnerCity of BirminghamTenantsBirmingham Barons 1910-1961...
  
   opens in Birmingham, Alabama
  Birmingham, Alabama
  Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
  
  , with 10,000 fans watching the Birmingham Barons
  Birmingham Barons
  The Birmingham Barons are a minor league baseball team based in Birmingham, Alabama. The team, which plays in the Southern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox major-league club....
  
   defeat the Montgomery Climbers in a 3-2 pitchers' duel won by Harry Coveleski
  Harry Coveleski
  Harry Frank Coveleski was a Major League Baseball pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and Detroit Tigers. Born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, he began his career with the Phillies in 1907...
  
  .

• August 25 - Philadelphia Athletics
  1910 Philadelphia Athletics season
  The Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders...
  
   second baseman Danny Murphy hits for the cycle in a 9-6 loss to the St. Louis Browns
  1910 St. Louis Browns season
  The St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 47 wins and 107 losses.- Notable transactions :...
  
  .

• September 17 - Detroit Tigers
  1910 Detroit Tigers season
  The 1910 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The Tigers finished third in the American League with a record of 86-68, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.- Roster :- Starters by position :...
  
   pitcher Ed Summers
  Ed Summers
  Oron Edgar Summers , nicknamed "Kickapoo Ed," due to his Kickapoo ancestry. was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played five seasons with the Detroit Tigers ....
  
  , a notoriously poor hitter, bounces two home runs into the stands in a 10–3 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics
  1910 Philadelphia Athletics season
  The Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders...
  
  . The two homers, both off Harry Krause
  Harry Krause
  Harry William "Hal" Krause was a Major League Baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of five seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Naps. He led the American League in earned run average in 1909 while playing for Philadelphia...
  
  , will comprise his career total.

• October 6 - Boston Doves
  1910 Boston Doves season
  The Boston Doves season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Beaneaters finished eighth in the National League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.- Notable transactions :...
  
   outfielder Bill Collins hits for the cycle as Boston crushes the Philadelphia Phillies
  1910 Philadelphia Phillies season
  - Roster :- Starters by position :Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in- Other batters :Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg...
  
  , 20-7. Collins becomes the first player in baseball history to hit for the natural cycle.

• October 9 - Detroit Tigers
  1910 Detroit Tigers season
  The 1910 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The Tigers finished third in the American League with a record of 86-68, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.- Roster :- Starters by position :...
  
   star Ty Cobb
  Ty Cobb
  Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb , nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in Narrows, Georgia...
  
   stayed out of the lineup to preserve his .383 batting average. Cleveland Naps
  1910 Cleveland Naps season
  The Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps finishing fifth in the American League.- Regular season :...
  
  ' Nap Lajoie
  Nap Lajoie
  Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie , also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island...
  
   went 8-for-8 in a doubleheader where six of his hits were bunt singles. He finished with a .384 batting average and rumor has it that the St. Louis Browns
  1910 St. Louis Browns season
  The St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 47 wins and 107 losses.- Notable transactions :...
  
   gave Lajoie the singles by playing too deep. American League president Ban Johnson
  Ban Johnson
  Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson , was an American executive in professional baseball who served as the founder and first president of the American League ....
  
   investigated and found no wrong doing.

• October 23 - The Philadelphia Athletics
  1910 Philadelphia Athletics season
  The Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders...
  
   defeat the Chicago Cubs
  1910 Chicago Cubs season
  - Notable transactions :* May 13, 1910: Doc Miller was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Doves for Lew Richie.- Roster :- Starters by position :...
  
  , 7–2, in Game 5 of the World Series
  1910 World Series
  The 1910 World Series featured the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship.Jack Coombs of Philadelphia won three games and Eddie Collins supplied timely hitting...
  
   to win their first World Championship
  World championship
  A world championship is the top achievement for any sport or contest. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best nation, team, individual in the world in a particular field. Certain sports do not have a world championship, instead...
  
  , four games to one.

• November 10 - Clark Griffith
  Clark Griffith
  Clark Calvin Griffith , nicknamed "the Old Fox", was a Major League Baseball pitcher, manager and team owner.-Biography:...
  
   becomes a club owner and president when he joins Philadelphia grain broker William Richardson in buying controlling interest in the Washington Senators
  1910 Washington Senators season
  The 1910 Washington Senators won 66 games, lost 85, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Jimmy McAleer and played home games at National Park.- Roster :- Starters by position :...
  
   for $175,000. Griffith, unable to get financial help from the American League, mortgages his ranch in Montana
  Montana
  Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
  
   to raise funds.

January–February

• January 1 - Charlie Devens
  Charlie Devens
  Charles Devens , was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from -. After pitching for Harvard he was signed in 1932 to the New York Yankees...
  
  
• January 3 - Frenchy Bordagaray
  Frenchy Bordagaray
  Stanley George "Frenchy" Bordagaray was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and third baseman. Born in Coalinga, California, he lettered in four sports at Fresno State College before making his professional baseball debut in 1931 with the Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League...
  
  
• January 4 - Gabe Paul
  Gabe Paul
  Gabriel Howard Paul was an American executive in Major League Baseball who served as general manager of three teams and, perhaps most famously, as president of the New York Yankees under George Steinbrenner during the 1970s....
  
  
• January 7 - Johnny McCarthy
  Johnny McCarthy (baseball player)
  John Joseph McCarthy born in Chicago, Illinois was a first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers , New York Giants and Boston Braves ....
  
  
• January 10 - Johnny Peacock
  Johnny Peacock
  John Gaston Peacock was a part-time catcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between and . Listed at 5' 11", 165 lb., Peacock batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Fremont, North Carolina.A light-hitting catcher, Peacock was good defensively and...
  
  
• January 11 - Schoolboy Rowe
  Schoolboy Rowe
  Lynnwood Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• January 16 - Dizzy Dean
  Dizzy Dean
  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. Dean was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953....
  
  
• January 19 - Hugh Poland
• January 19 - Dib Williams
  Dib Williams
  Edwin Dibrell Williams was an American second baseman and shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from 1930-1935 with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox. Born in Greenbrier, Arkansas, he played in the 1931 World Series with the Athletics. He died at age 82 in Searcy,...
  
  
• January 20 - Frank Makosky
  Frank Makosky
  Frank Makosky was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Makosky played for the New York Yankees in . In 26 career games, he had a 5-2 record, with a 4.97 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• January 22 - Prince Oana
  Prince Oana
  Henry Kawaihoa "Prince" Oana was a Major League Baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers....
  
  
• January 24 - Johnny Dickshot
  Johnny Dickshot
  John Oscar Dickshot commonly known as "Ugly" Johnny Dickshot was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1936–38, the New York Giants in 1939, and the Chicago White Sox from 1944-45. He won the nickname "Ugly" because of his self-proclaimed status as the "ugliest man in...
  
  
• January 27 - Harry Matuzak
  Harry Matuzak
  Harry George Matuzak was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  
• February 1- Dutch Lieber
  Dutch Lieber
  Charles Edwin "Dutch" Lieber was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  
• February 10 - Bob Logan
  Bob Logan (baseball)
  Robert Dean Logan was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for several teams between 1935 and 1945.-External links:...
  
  
• February 14 - Alex Sabo
• February 24 - Fred Sington
  Fred Sington
  Frederic William Sington was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. He would also play professional baseball as an outfielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators...
  
  

March-April

• March 2 - Ace Adams
  Ace Adams
  Ace Townsend Adams was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Giants . Adams batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Willows, California....
  
  
• March 3 - Bill Brenzel
  Bill Brenzel
  William Richard Brenzel was a Major League Baseball catcher who played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians where he earned a reputation for his quick wit and his slow feet. After his playing career ended, he was a long-time scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers.-External...
  
  
• March 7 - Howie McFarland
• March 7 - Fred Archer
  Fred Archer (baseball)
  Frederick Marvin "Fred" Archer , also known as "Lefty" Archer, was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned 10 seasons, including parts of two in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1936 and 1937...
  
  
• March 16 - Bob Poser
  Bob Poser
  John Falk "Bob" Poser was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
  
  
• March 27 - Vince Sherlock
  Vince Sherlock
  Vincent Thomas Sherlock , is a former professional baseball player who played second base for the 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers....
  
  
• March 27 - Steve Sundra
  Steve Sundra
  Stephen Richard Sundra was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played during eight seasons for the New York Yankees , Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns . He batted and threw right-handed. A native of Luxor, Pennsylvania, Steve Sundra was the son of a coal miner...
  
  
• March 29 - Bill Dietrich
  Bill Dietrich
  William John "Bullfrog" Dietrich is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1933-1948. He would play for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics.In 16 seasons, Dietrich posted a 108-128 career record...
  
  
• April 4 - Joe Bokina
• April 4 - Joe Vosmik
  Joe Vosmik
  Joseph Franklin Vosmik born in Cleveland, Ohio was an Outfielder for the Cleveland Indians , St. Louis Browns , Boston Red Sox , Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators . He helped the Dodgers win the 1941 National League Pennant.He was voted to the 1935 American League All-Star Team as a Right...
  
  
• April 8 - Charlie English
  Charlie English
  Charles Dewie English was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  
• April 12 - Bill Miller
  Bill Miller (right-handed pitcher)
  William Francis "Wild Bill" Miller was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game on October 2, for the St. Louis Browns.-External links:*...
  
  
• April 15 - Eddie Mayo
  Eddie Mayo
  Edward Joseph Mayo , nicknamed "Hotshot" and "Steady Eddie," was a professional baseball infielder...
  
  
• April 22 - Lew Riggs
  Lew Riggs
  Lewis Sidney Riggs born in Mebane, North Carolina was a Third Baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals , Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers ....
  
  
• April 24 - Sam Harshaney
• April 25 - Jimmy Brown
• April 27 - Frenchy Uhalt
  Frenchy Uhalt
  Bernard Bartholomew "Frenchy" Uhalt was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played in 57 games for the Chicago White Sox in ....
  
  

May-June

• May 9 - Mike Balas
• May 10 - Joe Chamberlain
• May 12 - Lefty Mills
  Lefty Mills
  Howard Robinson "Lefty" Mills was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, between and , for the St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
  
  
• May 13 - Boze Berger
  Boze Berger
  Louis William "Boze" Berger was an infielder who played for the Cleveland Indians , Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• May 17 - Lou Chiozza
  Lou Chiozza
  Louis Peo Chiozza is a former professional baseball player who played a total of six seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants of Major League Baseball.-Early life:...
  
  
• May 19 - Tommy Thompson
  Tommy Thompson
  Thomas George "Tommy" Thompson , a United States Republican politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin, after which he served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson was a candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, but dropped out early after a poor performance in polls...
  
  
• May 21 - Larry Rosenthal
  Larry Rosenthal
  Larry Rosenthal was a professional baseball outfielder in the 1930s and 40's. He first played with the Chicago White Sox in 1936, and hit .281 in 317 at bats. He actually started out spectacularly getting on base three or more times in 19 of his first 50 games, two more than the next four players...
  
  
• May 23 - Earl Huckleberry
  Earl Huckleberry
  Earl Eugene Huckleberry was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1935.-External links:...
  
  
• May 26 - Jim McCloskey
  Jim McCloskey
  James Ellwood "Irish" McCloskey is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played one season with the Atlanta Braves in 1936.-External links:...
  
  
• May 28 - Willard Hershberger
  Willard Hershberger
  Willard McKee Hershberger was a catcher for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds from 1938 to 1940.He has the distinction of being the only major league player to date to commit suicide during the season.-Life and career:...
  
  
• May 29 - George McQuinn
  George McQuinn
  George Hartley McQuinn was a left handed, Major League Baseball first baseman.-Early life:A native of Arlington, Virginia, and a graduate of Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia,-Baseball career:...
  
  
• June 6 - Chet Morgan
  Chet Morgan
  Chester Collins Morgan , nicknamed "Chick," was a Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers in 1935 and 1938 . He was the starting center fielder for the Tigers in 1938. He played in 88 games for the Tigers in his career and had a batting average of .277 with a .330 on base percentage...
  
  
• June 10 - Frank Demaree
  Frank Demaree
  Joseph Franklin Demaree born Joseph Franklin Dimaria in Winters, California was an American baseball outfielder. He played all or part of twelve seasons in the majors for the Chicago Cubs , New York Giants , Boston Braves , St. Louis Cardinals and St...
  
  
• July 16 - Bill Norman
  Bill Norman
  Henry Willis Patrick "Bill" Norman was an American outfielder, coach, manager and scout in Major League Baseball. A longtime minor league player and manager, he is best remembered for his brief term as pilot of the Detroit Tigers in 1958-59.Norman was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and served as a...
  
  
• June 17 - Joe Bowman
  Joe Bowman
  Joseph Emil Bowman was pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from through . Bowman batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas....
  
  
• June 18 - Russ Hodges
  Russ Hodges
  Russell Patrick Hodges was an American broadcaster who did play-by-play for several baseball teams, most notably the New York and San Francisco Giants.-Early career:...
  
  
• June 23 - Bill Perrin
  Bill Perrin
  William Joseph "Lefty" Perrin was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Indians for one game on September 30 during the 1934 Cleveland Indians season....
  
  
• June 26 - Jim Henry
  Jim Henry (baseball)
  James Francis Henry was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 6' 2", 175 lb., Henry batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• June 28 - Lee Gamble
  Lee Gamble
  lee Jesse Gamble was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of four seasons with the Cincinnati Reds...
  
  
• June 29 - Burgess Whitehead
  Burgess Whitehead
  Burgess Urquhart "Whitey" Whitehead was a Major League Baseball second baseman from 1933 to 1946. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and Pittsburgh Pirates.-Biography:...
  
  

July–August

• July 7 - Ernie Sulik
  Ernie Sulik
  Ernest Richard "Ernie" Sulik , was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played in with the Philadelphia Phillies. He batted and threw right-handed.He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Oakland, California....
  
  
• July 9 - Ray Thomas
  Ray Thomas (baseball)
  Raymond Joseph Thomas was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played in one game for the 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers. He had one hit in three at-bats in that game, on July 22, 1938 and scored one run. Prior to his big league career, he attended Western Michigan University...
  
  
• July 23 - Paul Chervinko
  Paul Chervinko
  Paul Chervinko was a Major League Baseball catcher for parts of two seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers . He was a native of Trauger, Pennsylvania....
  
  
• July 31 - Gordon McNaughton
  Gordon McNaughton
  Gordon Joseph McNaughton was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1932 season. Listed at 6' 1", 190 lb., Leheny batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• August 13 - Lou Finney
  Lou Finney
  Louis Klopsche Finney was an American outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• August 14 - Billy Myers
  Billy Myers
  William Harrison Myers was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from 1935 through 1941 for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs . Listed at 5' 8", 168 lb., Myers batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Enola, Pennsylvania...
  
  
• August 17 - Pat McLaughlin
  Pat McLaughlin (baseball)
  Patrick Elmer McLaughlin was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
  
• August 19 - Atley Donald
  Atley Donald
  Richard Atley Donald was a Major League Baseball pitcher. A native of Morton, Mississippi, the right-hander played for the New York Yankees from 1938 to 1945. "Swampy", as he was nicknamed, stood 6'1" and weighed 186 lbs.Donald was usually a fourth or fifth starter during his career, and...
  
  
• August 23 - Lonny Frey
  Lonny Frey
  Linus Reinhard Frey [Junior] was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Brooklyn Dodgers , Chicago Cubs , Cincinnati Reds , New York Yankees and New York Giants...
  
  
• August 25 - George Cisar
  George Cisar (baseball)
  George Cisar was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the season...
  
  
• August 27 - Ewald Pyle
  Ewald Pyle
  Ewald "Lefty" Pyle was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Pyle played for the St. Louis Browns in and again in , and the Washington Senators, New York Giants and the Boston Braves from to .-External links:*...
  
  
• August 28 - Jack Peerson
  Jack Peerson
  Jack Chiles Peerson was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the and seasons.-References:...
  
  
• August 31 - Ira Hutchinson
  Ira Hutchinson
  Ira Kendall Hutchinson was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1933-1945. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was later a manager in the Chicago White Sox minor league system from 1951-1970....
  
  

September-October

• September 3 - Jack Redmond
  Jack Redmond
  John McKittrick "Jack" Redmond was a professional baseball player. He was a catcher for one season with the Washington Senators...
  
  
• September 6 - Johnny Lanning
  Johnny Lanning
  John Young Lanning was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1936 to 1947. He played for the Boston Bees, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Boston Braves. Lanning's main pitches were a hard curve and a slow curve....
  
  
• September 9 - Bud Thomas
  Bud Thomas (pitcher)
  Luther Baxter "Bud" Thomas , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in and and from to with the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics, and the Detroit Tigers. He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 10 - Buddy Blair
  Buddy Blair
  Louis Nathan Blair was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.In college, Blair was named to the All-Tournament Second Team in the very first SEC Men's Basketball Tournament in 1933. He was a forward for Louisiana State University...
  
  
• September 10 - Eddie Sawyer
  Eddie Sawyer
  Edwin Milby Sawyer was an American manager and scout in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he led the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies — the "Whiz Kids", as the youthful club was known — to the second National League championship in team history.-A scholar-athlete:Born in Westerly, Rhode Island,...
  
  
• September 11- Les Tietje
  Les Tietje
  Leslie William "Toots" Tietje was a right-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played from 1933 to 1938 for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns...
  
  
• September 10 - Eddie Sawyer
  Eddie Sawyer
  Edwin Milby Sawyer was an American manager and scout in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he led the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies — the "Whiz Kids", as the youthful club was known — to the second National League championship in team history.-A scholar-athlete:Born in Westerly, Rhode Island,...
  
  
• September 21 - Elden Auker
  Elden Auker
  Elden le Roy Auker was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball noted for his submarine pitching style....
  
  
• September 21 - Max Butcher
  Max Butcher
  Albert Maxwell Butcher was an American major league baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates from -.-External links:...
  
  
• September 24 - Tom Seats
  Tom Seats
  Thomas Edward Seats was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and the Brooklyn Dodgers . The 5'11", 190 lb. left-hander was a native of Farmington, North Carolina....
  
  
• September 24 - Dixie Walker
  Dixie Walker
  Fred E. "Dixie" Walker was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• September 26 - Joe Sullivan
• September 30 - Jennings Poindexter
  Jennings Poindexter
  Chester Jennings Poindexter [Jinx] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 5' 10", 165 lb., Poindexter batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• September 30 - Frank Skaff
  Frank Skaff
  Francis Michael Skaff was an infielder, coach, manager and scout in American Major League Baseball. Skaff's half-season as acting manager of the Detroit Tigers is one of the most unusual, and tragic, happenstances in baseball annals.Skaff began 1966 as a Detroit coach...
  
  
• October 3 - Bob Bowman
  Bob Bowman (baseball pitcher)
  Robert James Bowman was a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and Chicago Cubs. For his career, he compiled a 26-17 record in 109 appearances, most as a relief pitcher, with an 3.82 earned...
  
  
• October 4 - Frankie Crosetti
• October 8 - Wally Moses
  Wally Moses
  Wallace Moses was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1935 through 1951, he played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox . Moses batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• October 12 - Walter Signer
  Walter Signer
  Walter Donald Aloysius Signer was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Chicago Cubs in 1943 and 1945. The 6'0", 185 lb. right-hander was a native of New York, New York....
  
  
• October 18 - Skeeter Newsome
  Skeeter Newsome
  Lamar Ashby "Skeeter" Newsome was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies ....
  
  
• October 20 - Sammy T. Hughes
  Sammy T. Hughes
  Samuel Thomas Hughes was an American second baseman in baseball's Negro Leagues. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he played primarily for the Elite Giants through their various stops in Nashville, Columbus, Washington and Baltimore, always in the Negro National League.He died at age 70 in Los...
  
  
• October 20 - Bob Sheppard
  Bob Sheppard
  Robert Leo "Bob" Sheppard was the long-time public address announcer for numerous New York area college and professional sports teams, in particular the MLB New York Yankees , and the NFL New York Giants .Sheppard announced more than 4,500 Yankees baseball games over a period of 56 years,...
  
  
• October 23 - Billy Sullivan
  Billy Sullivan, Jr.
  William Joseph Sullivan, Jr. born in Chicago, Illinois was a catcher, first baseman and third baseman for the Chicago White Sox , Cincinnati Reds , Cleveland Indians , St. Louis Browns , Detroit Tigers , Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• October 26 - Hugh Shelley
  Hugh Shelley
  Hubert Leneirre Shelley was a Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers in , though he was not on their World Series roster that season. He played seven games, five in the outfield, for them, going 2-for-8 with 1 RBI. Shelley also had an extensive minor league baseball career, playing...
  
  

November–December

• November 4 - Joe Beggs
  Joe Beggs
  Joseph Stanley "Fireman" Beggs was a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of nine seasons with the New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants...
  
  
• November 6 - Chet Covington
  Chet Covington
  Chester Rogers Covington was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944. The 33-year-old rookie, who had been The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year in 1943, was a native of Cairo, Illinois.Covington is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in...
  
  
• November 7 - Bill Brubaker
  Bill Brubaker
  Wilbur Lee "Bill" Brubaker was a professional American baseball player from 1932 to 1943, although he did not play the 1941 or 1942 seasons. Of his ten years of play, Brubaker played nine with the Pittsburgh Pirates, playing third base...
  
  
• November 16 - Morrie Arnovich
  Morrie Arnovich
  Morrie Arnovich, known as Snooker, was a stocky Major League Baseball outfielder. He was a line drive hitter and he played seven seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Giants between , and , and again for one game in .One of the most religious Jewish major...
  
  
• November 18 - Joe Cicero
  Joe Cicero
  Joseph Francis Cicero was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics. Listed at 5' 8", Weight 167 lb., Cicero batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• November 18 - Dykes Potter
  Dykes Potter
  Maryland Dykes Potter , was a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues in two games for the 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers.-External links:...
  
  
• November 23 - Hal Schumacher
  Hal Schumacher
  Harold Henry Schumacher was an American baseball player. He played in the majors from 1931-1946 for the New York Giants. Hal was still a student at St. Lawrence University when he first signed with the Giants, graduating in 1933.-External links:...
  
  
• November 27 - Hank Miklos
• November 28 - Ed Gallagher
  Ed Gallagher (baseball)
  Edward Michael Gallagher [Lefty] was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 2", 197 lb., Gallagher was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed...
  
  
• November 28 - Bill McWilliams
  Bill McWilliams
  William Henry McWilliams was a Major League Baseball player. He had two at bats for the Boston Red Sox during the 1931 baseball season.-External links:...
  
  
• November 29 - Ed Leip
  Ed Leip
  Edgar Ellsworth Leip was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators and Pittsburgh Pirates. He served in the military during World War II.-External links:...
  
  
• December 9 - Steve Larkin
  Steve Larkin
  Stephen Karari Larkin is a former Major League Baseball player and the younger brother of Barry Larkin. He played in only one game during his time with the Cincinnati Reds, batting against José Silva in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• December 10 - Pretzel Pezzullo
  Pretzel Pezzullo
  John "Pretzel" Pezzullo was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• December 11 - Slick Coffman
  Slick Coffman
  George David "Slick" Coffman was an American baseball pitcher. He played 18 years of professional baseball, including four years in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns . In his major league debut in May 1937, Coffman won in an 11-inning, 4-2 pitching duel with...
  
  
• December 15 - George Stumpf
  George Stumpf
  George Frederick Stumpf was a Major League Baseball player. Listed at 5' 8", 155 lb., Stumpf batted and threw left-handed. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana....
  
  
• December 20 - Calvin Chapman
  Calvin Chapman
  Calvin Louis Chapman was an infielder and outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• December 22 - Stan Klopp
  Stan Klopp
  Stanley Harold "Betz" Klopp is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played one season with the Boston Braves in 1944.-External links:...
  
  
• December 24 - Lloyd Johnson

January-February

• January 12 - Harry Staley
  Harry Staley
  Henry Eli Staley , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the major leagues from 1888-1895. He would play for the Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates, Pittsburgh Burghers, and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
  
  , 43, National League pitcher who had four 20-win seasons from 1889 to 1892 for Pittsburgh and Boston teams.

• January 22 - Sam Wise
  Sam Wise
  Samuel Washington Wise , is a former professional baseball player who played short stop in the Major Leagues from 1881-1893...
  
  , 52, infielder, mainly for the 1880s Boston National League teams, who was shortstop of the 1883 champions and batted .334 in 1887.

• January 29 - Marty Barrett
  Marty Barrett (catcher)
  For the 20th-century baseball second baseman, see Marty Barrett .Martin F. Barrett was a 19th century Major League Baseball catcher. He played in 1884 for the Boston Beaneaters of the National League and the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the American Association.-External links:*...
  
  , 49, catcher who played in 1884 for the Boston Beaneaters of the National League and the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the American Association.

• January 31 - Pidgey Morgan
  Pidgey Morgan
  Daniel "Pidgey" Morgan was an American professional baseball player who played outfield for the 1875 St. Louis Red Stockings and the 1878 Milwaukee Grays.-External links:...
  
  , 56, OF/3B and pitcher for the St. Louis Red Stockings of the National Association (1875) and the Milwaukee Grays of the National League (1878).

• February 8 - Flip Lafferty
  Flip Lafferty
  Frank Bernard "Flip" Lafferty was a Major League Baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in the majors.In , Lafferty appeared in one game as a pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  , 55, who pitched one game for the 1876 Philadelphia Athletics, and played four games in center field for the 1877 Louisville Grays.

• February 8 - Cy Vorhees
  Cy Vorhees
  Henry Bert Vorhees was a professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Cy" after Cy Young, Vorhees made his major league debut in April 1902 with the Philadelphia Phillies.He then jumped to the Washington Senators and pitched one game for them...
  
  , 35, pitcher for the NL Philadelphia Phillies and AL Washington Senators in the season.

• February 15 - Bug Holliday
  Bug Holliday
  James Wear "Bug" Holliday was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball for ten seasons, from through , plus the 1885 World Series. He holds the distinction of being the first player to make his major league debut in post-season play, with the Chicago White Stockings in 1885...
  
  , 43, outfielder who hit .311 over parts of 10 seasons with the Cincinnati Red Stockings/Reds, who twice led all hitters in home runs (AA, 1889/NL, 1892) and also umpired for one season.

• February 17 - Horatio Munn
  Horatio Munn
  Horatio Brinsmade Munn was an American professional baseball player who played second base for the 1875 Brooklyn Atlantics.-External links:...
  
  , 58, second baseman for the 1875 Brooklyn Atlantics of the National Association.

March-April

• March 14 - Mike Hines, 47, catcher who played from 1883 to 1888 for the Boston Beaneaters, Brooklyn Grays and Providence Grays.

• March 16 - Charlie Reipschlager
  Charlie Reipschlager
  Charles W. Reipschlager , was an American Association catcher who played from to with the New York Metropolitans and the Cleveland Blues. He batted and threw right-handed.He died in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1910....
  
  , 54, American Association catcher who hit .222 in 296 games for the New York Metropolitans and Cleveland Blues (1883-1887).

• March 18 - Alan Storke
  Alan Storke
  Alan Marshall Storke , was a professional baseball player who played infielder in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates....
  
  , 25, National League infielder who played from 1906 through 1909 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals.

• April 2 - Jim Nealon
  Jim Nealon
  James Joseph Nealon was a former professional baseball player. He was born in Sacramento, California and died in San Francisco, California at the age of 25....
  
  , 25, first baseman from 1906 to 1907 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who tied with Harry Steinfeldt
  Harry Steinfeldt
  Harry M. Steinfeldt was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds , Chicago Cubs and Boston Rustlers . Steinfeldt batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St...
  
   the National League RBI title during his rookie season.

• April 9 - Bob Addy
  Bob Addy
  Robert Edward "Bob" Addy , nicknamed "The Magnet", was an American right fielder and second baseman in Major League Baseball, whose professional career spanned from in the National Association to in the National League...
  
  , 65, second baseman/outfielder for six different teams (1871–1877), who also managed the Philadelphia White Stockings (1875) and Cincinnati Reds (1877).

• April 16 - Bill Kienzle
  Bill Kienzle
  William H. Kienzle was a 19th century Major League Baseball player. He played outfield for the 1882 Philadelphia Athletics in the American Association and the 1884 Philadelphia Keystones in the Union Association.-External links:...
  
  , 48, outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association (1882) and the Philadelphia Keystones of the Union Association (1884).

• April 16 - Tom Loftus
  Tom Loftus
  Thomas Joseph Loftus is a former manager in the American Association, the National League, and the American League. His playing career began in 1877 with the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the National League, but he only played in nine career games in 1877 and 1883 as an outfielder...
  
  , 53, manager of teams in Milwaukee, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and Washington, and later chairman of rules committee.

• April 25 - Jim Carleton
  Jim Carleton
  James Leslie Carleton was a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Forest Citys from 1871 to 1872.-External links:...
  
  , 61, first baseman for the Cleveland Forest Citys
  Cleveland Forest Citys
  The Forest Citys were a short lived professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio in the early 1870s. The actual name of the team, as shown in standings, was Forest City, not "Cleveland". The name "Forest Citys" was used in the same generic style of the day in which the team from Chicago,...
  
   1871 and 1872.

May-June

• May 4 - Pete Gillespie
  Pete Gillespie
  Peter Patrick Gillespie , was a Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from -. He would play for the New York Giants and Troy Trojans....
  
  , 58, slugging left fielder who hit .276 with 10 home runs and 371 RBI in 714 games for the New York Giants and Troy Trojans of the National League (1880-1887).

• May 25 - 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:...
  
  , 45, outfielder who played from 1894 to 1896 for the Louisville Colonels and Washington Senators of the National League.

• June 22 - Tom Doran
  Tom Doran
  Thomas J. Doran [Long Tom] was backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1904 through 1906 for the Boston Americans and Detroit Tigers . Listed at 5' 11", 152 lb., Doran batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  , 29, catcher for the Boston Americans and Detroit Tigers between 1904 and 1906.

July-August

• July 14 - Jack Horner
  Jack Horner (baseball)
  William "Jack" Frank Horner was an American professional baseball player who played in two games for the Baltimore Orioles during the season....
  
  , pitcher for the 1894 Baltimore Orioles of the American Association.

• july 27 - Theodore Conover
  Theodore Conover
  Theodore Conover , nickamed "Huck" was a Major League Baseball player who pitched in one game for the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association on May 26, 1889. He pitched two innings in the game, allowing four runs, three of which were earned. He continued to play in the minor leagues...
  
  , 42, pitcher for the 1889 Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association.

• August 19 - Bill Lennon
  Bill Lennon
  William H. "Bill" Lennon was an American Major League Baseball player born in Brooklyn, New York. He played catcher for three seasons in the National Association from 1871 to 1873, and managed 14 games for the 1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas.During the 1870 National Association of Base Ball Players,...
  
  , 62, National Association catcher who, on the very first major league game ever played, scored the first run and became the first catcher to throw out a baserunner attempting to steal a base (May 4, 1871
  1871 in baseball
  -Champions:*National Association : Philadelphia Athletics*National Association of Amateur Base Ball Players: Star of Brooklyn, 30–13*National Association of Junior Base Ball Players: Fly Aways-National Association final standings:...
  
  ).

• August 31 - Duke Esper
  Duke Esper
  Charles H. "Duke" Esper , is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1890–1898. He would play for the Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Browns...
  
  , 42, pitcher who posted a 101-110 record and a 4.39 ERA with seven different cubs between 1890 and 1898.

September-October

• September 4 - Candy Nelson
  Candy Nelson
  John W. "Candy" Nelson was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played 13 seasons between and for nine different teams in three different leagues. In 1890, he was the oldest player in the American Association at age 41.-Sources:...
  
  , 61, shortstop who played 13 seasons between 1872 and 1890 for nine different teams in three different leagues. compiling a .253 career-average in 817 games.

• September 20 - Lou Schiappacasse
  Lou Schiappacasse
  Louis Joseph Schiappacasse played two games as a Major League Baseball player with the Detroit Tigers in 1902. Schiappacasse was born and died in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In his two major league games, he did not get a hit but received a base on balls in 6 plate appearances for a .167 on base...
  
  , 29, American League right fielder for the 1902 Detroit Tigers.

• September 24 - George Boone
  George Boone
  George Morris Boone , is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played in the majors for the Louisville Colonels of the American Association during the 1891 season.-External links:...
  
  , 39, pitcher who played with the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in 1891.

• October 2 - Sandy McDougal
  Sandy McDougal
  John Auchanbolt McDougal was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in one game for the Brooklyn Grooms in the 1895 season and five games for the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1905 season.-External links:...
  
  , 36, pitcher for the Brooklyn Grooms (1895) and St. Louis Cardinals (1905).

• October 6 - Lawrence Farley
  Lawrence Farley
  Lawrence Farley was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played in fourteen games for the 1884 Washington Nationals and recorded eleven hits in fifty two at-bats. He later managed the San Antonio club of the Texas League for part of the 1898 season.-Sources:...
  
  , 54, outfielder for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the American Association.

• October 12 - George Mundinger
  George Mundinger
  George Mundinger was a Major League Baseball catcher for the 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers. He played in the minors through 1887.-External links:*...
  
  , 55, catcher for the 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers of the American Association.

• October 20 - George Ewell
  George Ewell
  George W. Ewell was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in one game for the Cleveland Forest Citys in ....
  
  , 59, outfielder who appeared in one game for the 1871 Cleveland Forest Citys of the National Association.

November-December

• November 1 - Bob Pettit
  Bob Pettit (baseball)
  Robert Henry Pettit , was a former professional baseball player who played pitcher and outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1887-1891. He would play for the Chicago White Stockings and Milwaukee Brewers.-External links:...
  
  , 49, infielder/outfielder from 1887 to 1891 for the NL Chicago White Stockings and AA Milwaukee Brewers.

• November 20 - Jack O'Brien, 50, American Association catcher/first baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Grays/Bridegrooms and Baltimore Orioles between 1882 and 1890.

• November 23 - Charlie Barber
  Charlie Barber
  Charles D. Barber was a 19th century baseball third baseman for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association in 1884. He appeared in 55 games for the Reds and hit .201. He continued to play professionally in the minor leagues through 1887 in the New England League.-External links:...
  
  , 56, third baseman for the 1884 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association.

• December 13 - Dan McGann, 39, a three-time .300 hitter and first baseman on the New York Giants' pennant winners of 1904 and 1905, who became the first player to steal five bases in a single game (1904) –a feat not matched in the National League until Davey Lopes
  Davey Lopes
  David Earle Lopes is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. He batted and threw right-handed. He is currently the first base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.He is of Cape Verdean descent.-Playing:...
  
   did it for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1974) and not surpassed until Otis Nixon
  Otis Nixon
  Otis Junior Nixon, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball player. He was a center fielder and switch-hitter who played from 1983 to 1999...
  
   of the Atlanta Braves swiped six (1991).

• December 25 - John Deasley
  John Deasley
  John Deasley was a professional baseball player. In 1884, he saw action in 44 games for the Washington Nationals and Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association. He hit just .207 that season and never played in a real major league....
  
  , 49, shortstop who hit .204 in 44 games for the Washington Nationals and Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association (1884).