Champions

• World Series
  1911 World Series
  -Game 1:Saturday, October 14, 1911 at Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York-Game 2:Monday, October 16, 1911 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-Game 3:Tuesday, October 17, 1911 at Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York-Game 4:...
  
  : 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 New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
   (4-2)

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
  • Wildfire Schulte
    Wildfire Schulte
    Frank M. "Wildfire" Schulte was an American right fielder and left-handed slugger in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs , Pittsburgh Pirates , Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Senators .Schulte was born in Cochecton, New York...
    
    , 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...
    
    , OF

MLB statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

Events

• May 13
  • 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...
    
     of the Detroit Tigers
    Detroit Tigers
    The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
    
     hits the first grand slam
    Grand slam (baseball)
    In the sport of baseball, a grand slam is a home run hit with all three bases occupied by baserunners , thereby scoring four runs—the most possible in one play. According to The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, the term originated in the card game of contract bridge, in which a grand slam involves...
    
     of his career. After six innings, Detroit leads the Boston Red Sox
    Boston Red Sox
    The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
    
    , 10–1. Boston comes back to win the game 13–11 in 10 innings.
  • The New York Giants
    San Francisco Giants
    The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
    
     score a Major League record 10 runs before the St. Louis Cardinals
    St. Louis Cardinals
    The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
    
     retire the first batter in the first inning. Fred Merkle
    Fred Merkle
    Frederick Charles Merkle , also known as "Bonehead" Merkle, was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball...
    
     drives in
    Run batted in
    Runs batted in or RBIs is a statistic used in baseball and softball to credit a batter when the outcome of his at-bat results in a run being scored, except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play. The first team to track RBI was the Buffalo Bisons.Common nicknames for an RBI...
    
     six of the Giants' 13 runs in the first en route to a 19–5 victory. When Giants manager John McGraw
    John McGraw
    John McGraw may refer to:* John McGraw , , New York lumber tycoon, and one of the founding trustees of Cornell University* John McGraw , , Governor of Washington state from 1893–1897...
    
     decides to save starting pitcher
    Starting pitcher
    In baseball or softball, a starting pitcher is the pitcher who delivers the first pitch to the first batter of a game. A pitcher who enters the game after the first pitch of the game is a relief pitcher....
    
     Christy Mathewson
    Christy Mathewson
    Christopher "Christy" Mathewson , nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire career in what is known as the dead-ball era...
    
     for another day, Rube Marquard
    Rube Marquard
    Richard William "Rube" Marquard was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1910s and early 1920s...
    
     enters the game in the second inning and sets a record for relievers
    Relief pitcher
    A relief pitcher or reliever is a baseball or softball pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, fatigue, ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as being substituted by a pinch hitter...
    
     (since then broken) with 14 strikeout
    Strikeout
    In baseball or softball, a strikeout or strike-out occurs when a batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters....
    
    s in his eight-inning relief appearance.

• May 14 - In their first Sunday home game, the Cleveland Naps defeat the New York Highlanders, 16-3, before a crowd of nearly 16,000 spectactors. Cleveland's George Stovall
  George Stovall
  George Thomas Stovall, nicknamed "Firebrand" , was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Naps and the St. Louis Browns in the American League, and he also played two seasons with the Kansas City Packers of the short-lived Federal League...
  
   leads the offense with 4 hits.

• June 18 - 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...
  
   staged the biggest comeback in Major League history after overcoming a 13-1 deficit (after 5½ innings) to defeat 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...
  
   by a score of 16–15.

• June 28 - The new Polo Grounds
  Polo Grounds
  The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...
  
  , a horseshoe-shaped structure, opens.

• July 24 - An American League all-star team - including 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...
  
  , Hal Chase
  Hal Chase
  Harold Homer Chase , nicknamed "Prince Hal", was a first baseman in Major League Baseball, widely viewed as the best fielder at his position...
  
  , and Smokey Joe Wood - plays the Cleveland Naps to raise money for the widow of 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:...
  
  . The All-Stars win, 5-3.

• July 29 - In the first 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...
  
  , Smoky Joe Wood 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"...
  
   against the St. Louis Browns
  Baltimore Orioles
  The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
  
   in a 5-0 Boston Red Sox
  Boston Red Sox
  The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
  
   victory.

• August 27 - Ed Walsh
  Ed Walsh
  Edward Augustine Walsh was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He holds the record for lowest career ERA, 1.82.-Baseball career:Born in Plains Township, Pennsylvania, Walsh had a brief though remarkable major league career...
  
   of 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...
  
   pitches a 5–0 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"...
  
   against the Boston Red Sox
  Boston Red Sox
  The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
  
  .

• September 12 - In the nitecap of a game billed as a pitchers' duel, Boston Rustlers
  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....
  
  ' 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...
  
   and the New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
  ' Christy Mathewson
  Christy Mathewson
  Christopher "Christy" Mathewson , nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire career in what is known as the dead-ball era...
  
   face each other before 10,000 fans, Boston's largest crowd of the year. Young gives up three home runs and nine runs in less than three innings. After the Giants build a 9–0 lead, Giants' manager John McGraw
  John McGraw
  John McGraw may refer to:* John McGraw , , New York lumber tycoon, and one of the founding trustees of Cornell University* John McGraw , , Governor of Washington state from 1893–1897...
  
   lifts Mathewson, who pitched just two innings, preferring to save his ace for the pennant race 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...
  
   and 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...
  
  . This is the only time the two future Hall of Fame pitchers ever face each other.

• September 22 - 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...
  
   of the Boston Rustlers
  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....
  
   pitches a shutout
  Shutout
  In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....
  
   for the 511th and final victory of his career, in a 1–0 victory 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 22 - The World Series
  1911 World Series
  -Game 1:Saturday, October 14, 1911 at Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York-Game 2:Monday, October 16, 1911 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-Game 3:Tuesday, October 17, 1911 at Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York-Game 4:...
  
   between the New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
   and the 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....
  
   was resumed after six days of rain, and Chief Bender
  Chief Bender
  Charles Albert "Chief" Bender was a pitcher in Major League Baseball during the first two decades of the 20th century...
  
   beat Christy Mathewson
  Christy Mathewson
  Christopher "Christy" Mathewson , nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire career in what is known as the dead-ball era...
  
  , 4–2, to give the Athletics a 3-1 lead.

• October 26 - The 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....
  
   defeat the New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
  , 13–2, in Game 6 of the World Series
  1911 World Series
  -Game 1:Saturday, October 14, 1911 at Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York-Game 2:Monday, October 16, 1911 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-Game 3:Tuesday, October 17, 1911 at Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York-Game 4:...
  
   to win their second consecutive World Championship title. Philadelphia wins the series, four games to two. The six consecutive days of rain between Games 3 and 4 caused the longest delay between World Series games until the Loma Prieta earthquake
  Loma Prieta earthquake
  The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of '89 and the World Series Earthquake, was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time...
  
   interrupted the 1989 Series
  1989 World Series
  †: Game 3 was originally slated for October 17 at 5:35 pm; however, it was postponed when an earthquake occurred at 5:04 pm.-Game 1:Saturday, October 14, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California...
  
  , which incidentally featured the same two franchises, albeit on the west coast.

• December 1 - Future Hall of Fame member Walter Alston
  Walter Alston
  Walter Emmons Alston , nicknamed "Smokey," was an American baseball player and manager. He was born in Venice, Ohio but grew up in Darrtown. He is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he lettered three years in both basketball and baseball and is a member of the University's Hall...
  
   is born in Venice, Ohio. Although Alston will come to bat only once during a brief major league career, he will have far greater longevity as the manager of the Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
   from to .

January-February

• January 1 - Hank Greenberg
  Hank Greenberg
  Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg , nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank" or "The Hebrew Hammer," was an American professional baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s. A first baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg was one of the premier power hitters of his generation...
  
  
• January 4 - Izzy León
  Izzy Leon
  Isidoro León Becerra was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1945. The 34-year-old rookie was a native of Cruces, Cuba....
  
  
• January 5 - Ted Petoskey
  Ted Petoskey
  Frederick Lee "Ted" Petoskey was a three-sport athlete at the University of Michigan, a Major League Baseball player, a collegiate coach in three sports and an athletic director....
  
  
• January 9 - Jim Tyack
  Jim Tyack
  James Frederick Tyack was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1943. He was born in Florence, Montana.- External links :*...
  
  
• January 11 - Roy Hughes
  Roy Hughes (baseball)
  Roy Hughes , is a former professional baseball player who played second base in the Major Leagues from 1935-46.-Teams:* Cleveland Indians 1935-37* St. Louis Browns 1938-39...
  
  
• January 14 - Hank Gornicki
  Hank Gornicki
  Henry Frank Gornicki was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, to and , for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates.From 1944 to 1945 Gornicki served in the military during World War II....
  
  
• January 16 - Hank McDonald
  Hank McDonald
  Henry Monroe McDonald was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in and with the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Browns. He batted and threw right-handed.-External links:...
  
  
• January 17 - Hank Leiber
  Hank Leiber
  Henry Edward Leiber was an American professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball from to with the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs.-Early life:...
  
  
• January 18 - Pinky May
  Pinky May
  Merrill Glend "Pinky" May , is a former professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues from 1939-1943. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies. After his playing days ended May served in the military during World War II from 1944 to 1945...
  
  
• January 30 - Bob Katz
• January 30 - Link Wasem
  Link Wasem
  Lincoln William "Link" Wasem was a Major League Baseball player. Wasem played for the Boston Bees in . He batted and threw right-handed.He was born in Birmingham, Ohio and died in Laguna, California.-External links:...
  
  
• February 8 - Don Heffner
  Don Heffner
  Donald Henry Heffner was an American second baseman, coach and manager in Major League Baseball.Born in Rouzerville, Pennsylvania, Heffner entered baseball in 1929. After all or parts of four seasons with the then-minor league Baltimore Orioles, Heffner joined the New York Yankees for the 1934...
  
  
• February 11 - Rae Blaemire
  Rae Blaemire
  Rae Bertrum Blaemire was an American major league baseball player. He played in two games for the New York Giants during the 1941 baseball season.-External links:**...
  
  
• February 11 - Yank Terry
  Yank Terry
  Lancelot Yank Terry is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox . He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• February 13 - Herb Hash
  Herb Hash
  Herbert Howard Hash was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1940 to 1941 for the Boston Red Sox. He was born in Woolwine, Virginia, and attended the University of Richmond; he is a member of the University's Hall of Fame.Hash made his debut for the Red Sox on...
  
  
• February 14 - Bill Marshall
  Bill Marshall (baseball)
  William Henry Marshall was an American professional baseball second baseman. He batted and threw right-handed. Marshall played seven games in Major League Baseball: one for the Boston Red Sox in 1931 and six for the Cincinnati Reds in 1934. In 1931, he was the fourth youngest player in the...
  
  
• February 22 - Bill Baker
  Bill Baker (baseball)
  William Presley Baker was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Cincinnati Reds , Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals . Baker batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Paw Creek, North Carolina.Baker was a .247 hitter with two home runs and 68 RBI in 263 games played...
  
  

March-April

• March 5 - Earl Browne
  Earl Browne
  Earl James Browne was an American professional baseball player and manager. An outfielder and first baseman, he threw and batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed...
  
  
• March 18 - Al Benton
  Al Benton
  John Alton Benton was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played with the Philadelphia Athletics , Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox ....
  
  
• March 20 - Charlie Moss
  Charlie Moss
  Charles Crosby Moss was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics from to .-References:...
  
  
• March 23- Sig Broskie
  Sig Broskie
  Sigmund Theodore "Chops" Broskie is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played one season with the Boston Bees for the month of September in 1940.-External links:...
  
  
• March 24 - Jim Bucher
  Jim Bucher
  James Quinter Bucher was an infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox . A native of Manassas, Virginia, Bucher batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• March 27 - Walter Stephenson
  Walter Stephenson
  Walter McQueen Stephenson , was a professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1935-1937. He played for the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies....
  
  
• March 28 - Clarence Pickrel
  Clarence Pickrel
  Clarence Douglas Pickrel was a professional baseball player. In a 12-year professional career, Pickrel played two seasons as a Major League Baseball pitcher: in 1933 with the Philadelphia Phillies; and in 1934 with the Boston Braves...
  
  
• April 1 - Bob Brown
  Bob Brown (baseball)
  Robert Murray Brown was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1930 until 1936, all for the Boston Braves .-External links:...
  
  
• April 2 - Cotton Pippen
  Cotton Pippen
  Henry Harold "Cotton" Pippen was a 6'2" Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for three years with St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Athletics , and Detroit Tigers . Pippen was born in Cisco, Texas , where his father was a rancher...
  
  
• April 10 - Roger Wolff
  Roger Wolff
  Roger Francis Wolff was a right-handed knuckleball pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for seven seasons from 1941-1947: three seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics, three seasons with the Washington Senators, and split the 1947 season between the Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburgh...
  
  
• April 13 - Woody Upchurch
  Woody Upchurch
  Jefferson Woodrow Upchurch was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics for three games during the 1935 Philadelphia Athletics season and seven games during the 1936 Philadelphia Athletics season. He played college baseball at Campbell...
  
  
• April 22 - Jake Daniel
  Jake Daniel
  Handley Jacob Daniel was a professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for the 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers, primarily as a first baseman.-External links:...
  
  
• April 25 - Bobby Estalella

May-June

• May 10 - Roland Gladu
  Roland Gladu
  Roland Edouard Gladu was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played in 21 games for the Boston Braves during the 1944 baseball season...
  
  
• May 12 - Archie McKain
  Archie McKain
  Archie Richard McKain , nicknamed "Happy," was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played six seasons with the Boston Red Sox , Detroit Tigers , and St. Louis Browns . Born in Delphos, Kansas, McKain went 8-8 as a Red Sox rookie in 1937...
  
  
• May 15 - Howie Storie
  Howie Storie
  Howard Edward Storie [Sponge] was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 10", 175 lb., Storie batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• May 18 - Al Niemiec
  Al Niemiec
  Alfred Joseph Niemiec was an American baseball second basemen and shortstop who played two seasons in Major League Baseball in 1934 and 1936, for the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics, respectively. Listed at 5' 11", 158 lb., Niemiec batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• May 19 - Nub Kleinke
  Nub Kleinke
  Nub Kleinke was a Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1935 and 1937 as a pitcher.-Biography:Kleinke was born Norbert George Kleinke on May 19, 1911 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He died on March 16, 1950 off the coast of California....
  
  
• May 20 - Bert Delmas
  Bert Delmas
  Albert Charles Delmas , is a former professional baseball player who played second base in the major leagues for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He attended Stanford University....
  
  
• May 21 - Irv Stein
  Irv Stein
  Irvin Michael Stein was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed.-External links:...
  
  
• June 1 - Lou Tost
  Lou Tost
  Louis Eugene Tost was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played three seasons with the Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates . From 1944 to 1945 Tost served in the military during World War II....
  
  
• June 7 - Ralph Buxton
  Ralph Buxton
  Ralph Stanley Buxton is a former major league pitcher....
  
  
• June 8 - Van Mungo
  Van Lingle Mungo
  Van Lingle Mungo was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher known for his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Mungo played for the Dodgers from to . At the end of his baseball career, he played with the New York Giants....
  
  
• June 9 - Frank McCormick
  Frank McCormick
  Frank Andrew McCormick was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds , Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves . McCormick batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• June 17 - Bill Humphrey
  Bill Humphrey
  Byron William Humphrey was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1938 season. Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Humphrey batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Vienna, Missouri.In two relief appearances, Humphrey posted a 9.00 ERA with...
  
  
• June 25 - Tony Parisse
  Tony Parisse
  Louis Peter Parisse was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the and seasons.-References:...
  
  
• June 28 - Jim Hitchcock
  Jimmy Hitchcock
  James Franklin Hitchcock Jr. was an American football player and Major League baseball player in the Depression Era...
  
  

July-August

• July 7 - Red Nonnenkamp
  Red Nonnenkamp
  Leo William "Red" Nonnenkamp was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 11", 165 lb., Nonnenkamp batted and threw left handed. He was born in St...
  
  
• July 11 - Vito Tamulis
  Vito Tamulis
  Vitautis Casimirus Tamulis was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1934-1941. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he died at age 62 in Nashville, Tennessee.-External links:...
  
  
• July 14 - Julio Bonetti
  Julio Bonetti
  Julio Giacomo Bonetti was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns and Chicago Cubs. He is one of only six Italian-born Major League Baseball players in history....
  
  
• July 22 - Lindsay Brown
  Lindsay Brown
  John Lindsay Brown , is a former professional baseball player who played shortstop in the major leagues for the 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers.-External links:...
  
  
• july 28 - Joe Martin
• July 29 - Roy Henshaw
  Roy Henshaw
  Roy Knikelbine Henshaw , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1933-1944. He played collegiately for the University of Chicago. Henshaw spent eight seasons in the Major Leagues as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, St...
  
  
• August 3 - Art Evans
• August 4 - Tuck Stainback
  Tuck Stainback
  George Tucker "Tuck" Stainback was a Major League Baseball outfielder for 13 seasons with the Chicago Cubs , St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Phillies , Brooklyn Dodgers , Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , and Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  
• August 9 - Justin Stein
• August 10 - Taffy Wright
  Taffy Wright
  Taft Shedron "Taffy" Wright was an outfielder in professional baseball from 1938 to 1949. Wright made a splash in his rookie season, leading the American League in batting with a .350 average...
  
  
• August 11 - Connie Marrero
  Connie Marrero
  Conrado Eugenio "Connie" Marrero Ramos is a former Cuban professional baseball pitcher. The right-handed Marrero pitched in Major League Baseball from to for the Washington Senators. Marrero made his major league debut when he was 38 years old, and was one of the oldest players in the league...
  
  
• August 15 - Mort Flohr
  Mort Flohr
  Moritz Herman Flohr was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• August 16 - Herman Besse
  Herman Besse
  Herman A. Besse was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during five seasons from to .-References:...
  
  
• August 21 - Tom Cafego
  Tom Cafego
  Thomas Cafego was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Browns in 1937.-External links:...
  
  
• August 22 - Herman Fink
  Herman Fink
  Herman Adam Fink was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors, from until , for the Philadelphia Athletics.-Sources:...
  
  
• August 23 - Nels Potter
  Nels Potter
  Nelson Thomas Potter was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of twelve seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Red Sox , St...
  
  
• August 25 - Fred Frink
  Fred Frink
  Frederick Ferdinand Frink is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born on August 25, 1911 in Macon, Georgia. Fred attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Fred played in 2 games in his Major League Career, with no at bats. He was put in toward the end of games for...
  
  

September-October

• September 3 - Lindsay Deal
  Lindsay Deal
  Fred Lindsay Deal , is a former professional baseball player who played outfield for the 1939 Brooklyn Dodgers.-External links:...
  
  
• September 4 - Roy Vaughn
  Roy Vaughn
  Clarence LeRoy Vaughn was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1934.-External links:...
  
  
• September 5 - Buddy Hassett
  Buddy Hassett
  John Aloysius "Buddy" Hassett , was a professional baseball player who played first base in Major League Baseball from 1936-1942....
  
  
• September 6 - Harry Danning
  Harry Danning
  Harry Danning, nicknamed Harry the Horse was a professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the New York Giants, and was considered one of the top defensive catchers of his era. He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 6 - Vallie Eaves
  Vallie Eaves
  Vallie Ennis Eaves was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• September 10 - Johnnie Chambers
• September 18 - Tommy de la Cruz
  Tommy de la Cruz
  Tomás de la Cruz Rivero was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1944. The 32-year-old rookie was a native of Marianao, Cuba; he played from 1934 to 1947 in the winter Cuban League and from 1945 to 1948 in the Mexican League...
  
  
• September 25 - Bill Atwood
  Bill Atwood
  William Franklin Atwood is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He was born on September 25, 1911 in Rome, Georgia. Bill attended college at Hardin-Simmons University. In 342 career games between 1936 and 1940, Atwood had 220 hits in 961 at bats, all for the Philadelphia Phillies. He died on...
  
  
• September 27 - Dick Lanahan
  Dick Lanahan
  Dick Lanahan was a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Senators in a four year career varying from 1935 to 1941....
  
  
• September 29 - Dan McGee
  Dan McGee
  Daniel Aloysius McGee was a Major League Baseball player. He played seven games with the Boston Braves between July 14 and July 20, 1934.-External links:...
  
  
• October 12 - Red Bullock
  Red Bullock
  Malton Joseph Bullock was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. Listed at 6' 1", 192 lb., Bullock batted and threw left-handed...
  
  

November-December

• November 1 - Art Parks
  Art Parks
  Artie William Parks was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1937 & 1939 baseball seasons.-External links:...
  
  
• November 2 - Red Jones
  Red Jones
  Morris E. "Red" Jones was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder for one season with the St. Louis Cardinals. For his career, he compiled a .091 batting average in 11 at-bats, with one run batted in....
  
  
• November 3 - John Keane
  Johnny Keane
  John Joseph Keane was an American manager in Major League Baseball. Born in St. Louis, Missouri and known as a patient manager of young players, Keane participated in one of the strangest turns of events in baseball history in , his final season at the helm of the St...
  
  
• November 6 - Frank Gabler
  Frank Gabler
  Frank Harold Gabler was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants , Boston Bees and Chicago White Sox . He was nicknamed The Great Gabbo.Gabler made his major league debut on April 19, 1935 with the Giants...
  
  
• November 7 - Herb Crompton
  Herb Crompton
  Herbert Bryan "Workhorse" Crompton was a Major League Baseball catcher. Crompton played for the Washington Senators in and the New York Yankees in , an eight year difference between his two seasons during which he worked on the coaching staff of minor league teams. He player in two games for...
  
  
• November 9 - Ed Linke
  Ed Linke
  Edward Karl Linke was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, from until , for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
  
  
• November 13 - John Mihalic
• November 13 - Buck O'Neil
  Buck O'Neil
  John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil was a first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he worked as a scout, and became the first African American coach in Major League Baseball...
  
  
• November 24 - Joe Medwick
  Joe Medwick
  Joseph Michael Medwick , nicknamed "Ducky", was an American Major League Baseball player. A left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals during the "Gashouse Gang" era of the 1930s, he also played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , New York Giants , and Boston Braves...
  
  
• November 26 - Clay Bryant
  Clay Bryant
  Claiborne Henry Bryant was a Major League Baseball player from 1935 to 1940 for the Chicago Cubs. Bryant was mainly a pitcher, although in 1939 he played one game as an outfielder. In 1938 he compiled a 19-11 record with a 3.10 ERA...
  
  
• November 28 - Bill DeLancey
  Bill DeLancey
  William Pinkney DeLancey , was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played four seasons in the majors between and for the St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...
  
  
• November 29 - Harry Boyles
  Harry Boyles
  Harry Boyles was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox.-External links:...
  
  
• December 1 - Walter Alston
  Walter Alston
  Walter Emmons Alston , nicknamed "Smokey," was an American baseball player and manager. He was born in Venice, Ohio but grew up in Darrtown. He is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he lettered three years in both basketball and baseball and is a member of the University's Hall...
  
  
• December 5 - Stu Flythe
  Stu Flythe
  Stuart McGuire Flythe was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• December 5 - Don Padgett
  Don Padgett
  Don Wilson Padgett born in Caroleen, North Carolina was a Catcher/Outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals , Brooklyn Dodgers , Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies ....
  
  
• December 5 - Dick Stone
  Dick Stone (baseball)
  Charles Richard Stone was a professional baseball player who appeared in three games in for the Washington Senators. Prior to his short stint in the Major Leagues, Stone spent several seasons in the farm system of the Brooklyn Dodgers....
  
  
• December 7 - Denny Galehouse
  Denny Galehouse
  Dennis Ward Galehouse born in Marshallville, Ohio was a pitcher for the Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns...
  
  
• December 7 - Don Johnson
• December 18 - Coaker Triplett
  Coaker Triplett
  Herman Coaker Triplett was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a left fielder for three different teams between the and seasons. Listed at 5' 11", 185 lb., Triplett batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• December 21 - Nino Bongiovanni
  Nino Bongiovanni
  Anthony Thomas "Nino" Bongiovanni was a professional baseball player and manager. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds. Bongiovanni was 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed 175 pounds....
  
  
• December 21 - Josh Gibson
  Josh Gibson
  Joshua Gibson was an American catcher in baseball's Negro leagues. He played for the Homestead Grays from 1930 to 1931, moved to the Pittsburgh Crawfords from 1932 to 1936, and returned to the Grays from 1937 to 1939 and 1942 to 1946...
  
  
• December 29 - Bill Knickerbocker
  Bill Knickerbocker
  William Hart Knickerbocker was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians , St. Louis Browns , New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  

January-March

• January 18 - Dick Scott, 27, pitcher for the 1901 Cincinnati Reds.

• February 5 - Dad Clarkson
  Dad Clarkson
  Arthur Hamilton "Dad" Clarkson was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1891 to 1896. He played for the New York Giants, Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Browns, and Baltimore Orioles.-Biography:...
  
  , 44, pitcher who posted a 39-39 record and a 4.90 ERA for four different teams from 1891 to 1896.

• February 18 - Buttons Briggs
  Buttons Briggs
  Herbert Theodore "Buttons" Briggs was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, who played a total of five seasons.-Career:...
  
  , 35, pitcher for the Chicago Colts/Orphans/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...
  
   1896-1898, and 1904-1905.

• March 10 - Guy McFadden
  Guy McFadden
  Guy G. McFadden was a first baseman for the St. Louis Browns of the National League in 1895. His professional career also included stops in the Southwest League , Western Association , Western Interstate League , Eastern Iowa League , Southern Association and Canadian League .-Sources:...
  
  , first baseman for the 1895 St. Louis Browns of the National League.

• March 12 - Simon Nicholls
  Simon Nicholls (baseball)
  Simon Burdette Nicholls was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for six seasons. He played for the Detroit Tigers in 1903, the Philadelphia Athletics from 1906 to 1909, and the Cleveland Naps in 1910.-External links:...
  
  , 28, shortstop for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Naps between the 1906 and 1909 seasons.

April-June

• April 5 - Frank Hankinson
  Frank Hankinson
  Frank Edward Hankinson was an American third baseman in the early years of Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Stockings , Cleveland Blues , Troy Trojans , New York Gothams , New York Metropolitans , and Kansas City Cowboys...
  
  , 54, third baseman and pitcher who played from 1878 through 1888 with the White Stockings, Blues, Trojans, Gothams. Metropolitan and Cowboys.

• April 14 - 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:...
  
  , 31, pitcher for Cleveland who won 20 games four times (1905-08), led American League in ERA twice with a career 1.89 ERA, including one-hitter in major league debut, one no-hitter and a perfect game.

• April 23 - George Craig
  George Craig (baseball)
  George McCarthy Craig was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season...
  
  , 23, pitcher for the 1907 Philadelphia Athletics.

• April 25 - Jack Rowe
  Jack Rowe
  John Charles "Jack" Rowe was an American baseball player.Rowe was born in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, in 1911. He first played baseball under Tom Loftus with the Peoria Reds in 1878. In 1879, Rowe and his brother, Dave Rowe, signed with the Rockford team in the newly formed Northwestern League...
  
  , 54, catcher and shortstop for Buffalo and Detroit who batted .300 four times, led NL in triples in 1881; did not strike out in entire 1882 season, later a minor league manager

• May 26 - Billy O'Brien
  Billy O'Brien
  William Smith O'Brien was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He was a native of Albany, New York.O'Brien played for the St. Paul Saints and Kansas City Cowboys, both of the Union Association, in 1884. He also played for the National League Washington Senators and the Brooklyn Gladiators...
  
  , 51, third baseman for four teams in two different leagues from 1884 to 1890, who topped the Nationel League batters with 19 home runs in 1887.

• June 3 - Dad Clarke
  Dad Clarke
  William H. "Dad" Clarke , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Chicago White Stockings, New York Giants, Louisville Colonels, and Columbus Solons.-External links:...
  
  , 46, who pitched from 1888 to 1898 for the White Stockings/Solons/Giants/Colonels, going 44-51 with a 4.17 ERA.

• june 23 - John O'Rourke, 59, center fielder who hit .295 in 290 games with the Boston Red Caps (1879–1880) and New York Metropolitans (1883), leading the National League with a .521 slugging in 1879.

July-September

• July 4 - Jimmy Mathison
  Jimmy Mathison
  James "Jimmy" Michael Ignatius Mathison was an American professional baseball player who played in twenty-nine games for the Baltimore Orioles during the season....
  
  , 32, third baseman for the 1902 Baltimore Orioles.

• July 26 - John Radcliff, 65, shortstop for five seasons in the National Association.

• August 5 - Bob Caruthers
  Bob Caruthers
  Robert Lee Caruthers , nicknamed "Parisian Bob," was an American right-handed pitcher and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Bridegrooms...
  
  , 47, pitcher who compiled the highest career winning percentage among major leaguers with 250 decisions; led American Association with 40 victories in both 1885 and 1889, pacing St. Louis and Brooklyn to respective pennants; batted .300 twice, later an umpire

• August 8 - Joe Walsh
  Joe Walsh (AA infielder)
  Joseph R. "Joe" Walsh was a Major League Baseball player. Walsh played for the Baltimore Orioles in . He batted left and threw right-handed.He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Omaha, Nebraska.-External links:...
  
  , 46, infielder for the 1881 Baltimore Orioles of the American Association.

• August 31 - Will White
  Will White
  William Henry "Whoop-La" White was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.White made his debut on July 20, 1877 with the Boston Red Caps at the age of 23...
  
  , 56, pitcher who won over 200 games for Cincinnati teams in 10-year career, led league in wins and strikeouts twice each; first major leaguer to wear eyeglasses, and batterymate of brother Deacon
  Deacon White
  James Laurie "Deacon" White was an American baseball player who was one of the principal stars during the first two decades of the sport's professional era...
  
   from 1877-79

September-December

• October 1 - Leo Hafford
  Leo Hafford
  Leo Edgar Hafford was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues. He attended Tufts University.-External links:...
  
  , 28, pitcher for the 1906 Cincinnati Reds.

• October 4 - Emil Geiss
  Emil Geiss
  Emil August Geiss was an American professional baseball player who was a pitcher and infielder for one season in Major League Baseball. He appeared in three games for the Chicago White Stockings; one as a pitcher, one at first base, and one at second base...
  
  , 44, infielder/pitcher for the 1887 Chicago White Stockings.

• October 6 - Larry Murphy, 54, Canadian outfielder for the 1891 for the Washington Statesmen.

• October 10 - Bill Parks
  Bill Parks
  William Robert Parks was an American left fielder, pitcher, and manager in Major League Baseball from Easton, Pennsylvania. A native of Easton, Pennsylvania, Parks played for the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia White Stockings, both of the National Association, in 1875. Then, in 1876, he...
  
  , 62, pitcher and left fielder for three teams from 1875 to 1876. Managed the 1875 Washington Nationals
  Washington Nationals (NA)
  The Washington Nationals were the first important baseball club in the nation's capital. They played part of one season or parts of two seasons in the National Association, the first professional league, so they are considered a major league team by those who count the NA as a major league...
  
   for eight games in 1875.

• October 19 - Marshall King, 61, outfielder who played from 1867 to 1872 for the Haymakers, White Stockings and Haymakers.

• October 25 - Chris Rickley
  Chris Rickley
  Christian Rickley was a 19th century Major League Baseball player. He played primarily shortstop during the 1884 season for the Philadelphia Keystones of the Union Association. He appeared in six games for the Keystones in June 1884 and had five hits in 25 at-bats. He played in the minor leagues...
  
  , 52, shortstop for the 1884 for the Philadelphia Keystones of the Union Association.

• November 4 - Warren Burtis
  Warren Burtis
  Lewis Warren Burtis was a professional baseball umpire.Burtis umpired 10 National League games in , all of them as the home plate umpire. The following year in , he umpired 15 games, again all of them as the home plate umpire....
  
  , 63, National League umpire in 1876 and 1877.

• November 8 - Oscar Bielaski
  Oscar Bielaski
  Oscar Bielaski was an American right fielder and the first Polish-American to play Major League Baseball, playing from 1872 until 1876. His father was Alexander Bielaski, a Captain for the Union army, died at the battle of Belmont...
  
  , 64, right fielder for five seasons, from 1872 to 1876, who was on the 1876 National League champion Chicago White Stockings.

• November 8 - Frank Gatins
  Frank Gatins
  Frank Anthony Gatins was an American third baseman and shortstop in Major League Baseball. Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, he appeared in 17 games for the Washington Senators in the 1898 season and 50 games for the Brooklyn Superbas in 1901 and 1902.-External links:...
  
  , 40, infielder for the Washington Senators (1898) and Brooklyn Superbas (1901).

• November 22 - Ed Cermak
  Ed Cermak
  Edward Hugo Cermak was a professional baseball player. He played in one game in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Blues for one game on September 9, 1901...
  
  , 30, outfielder for the 1901 Cleveland Blues of the American League.

• November 6 - John Hamill
  John Hamill (baseball)
  John Alexander Charles Hamill was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played one season for the Washington Nationals of the American Association.-Washington Nationals:...
  
  , 40, pitcher for the 1884 Washington Nationals.

• December 6 - Ed Glenn, 36, National League shortstop who played between 1898 and 1902 with the Washington Senators, New York Giants and Chicago Orphans.

• December 31 - Pete Gilbert
  Pete Gilbert
  Pete Gilbert is a British artist, painter and graphic designer. Gilbert has become well known for his moving non-representational, contemporary abstract art.-Painting:...
  
  , 43, third baseman for the Orioles/Grooms/Colonels American Association teams from 1890 to 1894.