Champions

• World Series
  1912 World Series
  In the 1912 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Giants four games to three .This dramatic series showcased great pitching from Giant Christy Mathewson and from Boston fireballer Smoky Joe Wood. Wood won two of his three starts and pitched in relief in the final game...
  
  : 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"...
  
   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....
  
   (4-3-1)

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...
  
  
  • Tris Speaker
    Tris Speaker
    Tristram E. Speaker , nicknamed "Spoke" and "The Grey Eagle", was an American baseball player. Considered one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball, he compiled a career batting average of .345 , and still holds the record of 792 career doubles...
    
    , 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"...
    
    , OF
  • Larry Doyle
    Larry Doyle (baseball player)
    Lawrence Joseph Doyle , nicknamed "Laughing Larry," was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1920 who played almost his entire career for the New York Giants...
    
    , 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....
    
    , 2B

MLB statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

Events

• April 9 - In the first game ever played at Fenway Park
  Fenway Park
  Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...
  
  , 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"...
  
   defeat the Harvard University
  Harvard University
  Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
  
   team in an exhibition game played in a snow storm.

• April 11
  • The New York Highlanders, predecessors of the New York Yankees
    New York Yankees
    The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
    
    , wear pinstripes uniforms for the first time while facing 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"...
    
     in Opening Day at Hilltop Park
    Hilltop Park
    Hilltop Park was the nickname of a baseball park that formerly stood in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. It was the home of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball club during 1903-1912 when they were known more often as the "Highlanders"...
    
    . In the first inning, Boston scores a run against pitcher Ray Caldwell
    Ray Caldwell
    Raymond Benjamin Caldwell, , was an American major league pitcher from 1910 to 1921. He was known for throwing the spitball, and he was one of the 17 pitchers allowed to continue throwing the pitch after it was outlawed in 1920.Caldwell was notorious during his playing career for his addiction to...
    
    ‚ while New York respond with two runs in the bottom against Smoky Joe Wood. That is all the scoring until the ninth inning‚ when the Sox score four runs‚ including two on a Wood single. Boston wins‚ 5–3‚ on Wood's seven hitter.
  • New York Giants
    1912 New York Giants season
    The New York Giants season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Giants winning the National League pennant. However, they were beaten by the Boston Red Sox in the World Series...
    
     pitcher Rube Marquard
    Rube Marquard
    Richard William "Rube" Marquard was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1910s and early 1920s...
    
     begins a 19-game winning streak with an 18–3 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers
    1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers season
    The Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers finished in seventh place with a 65-76 record.- Offseason :* December, 1911: Doc Scanlan was traded by the Trolley Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Eddie Stack.- Notable transactions :...
    
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• April 20 – 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"...
  
   play their first home game in the history of Fenway Park
  Fenway Park
  Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...
  
  . The Red Sox open up with an 11-inning, 7–6 victory over the New York Highlanders. Boston outfielder Tris Speaker
  Tris Speaker
  Tristram E. Speaker , nicknamed "Spoke" and "The Grey Eagle", was an American baseball player. Considered one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball, he compiled a career batting average of .345 , and still holds the record of 792 career doubles...
  
   delivers the game-winning RBI before a crowd of 27,000 fans. Minutes later, 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...
  
   christen their Navin Field with a 6–5 victory over the Cleveland Naps.

• May 18 – The Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
   play the first game in the history of Crosley Field
  Crosley Field
  Crosley Field was a Major League Baseball park located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the home field of the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1912 through June 24, 1970, and the original Cincinnati Bengals football team, members of the second and third American Football League...
  
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• June 9 - 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"...
  
   outfielder Tris Speaker
  Tris Speaker
  Tristram E. Speaker , nicknamed "Spoke" and "The Grey Eagle", was an American baseball player. Considered one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball, he compiled a career batting average of .345 , and still holds the record of 792 career doubles...
  
   hits for the cycle, leading the Red Sox to a 9-2 victory over 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...
  
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• June 10 - 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....
  
   catcher Chief Meyers
  Chief Meyers
  John Tortes "Chief" Meyers was a Major League Baseball catcher for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins from 1909 to 1917. He played on the early Giants teams under manager John McGraw and was the primary catcher for Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson...
  
   hits for the cycle 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...
  
  . Chicago wins, however, 9-8.

• June 28 – 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...
  
   of 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....
  
   becomes the eighth pitcher to record 300 career wins.

• July 4 – In the second game of a double-header
  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...
  
  , George Mullin
  George Mullin (baseball)
  George Joseph Mullin was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played fourteen seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators of the American League and the Indianapolis Hoosiers/Newark Pepper of the Federal League.-Career Overview:Mullin holds the Detroit Tigers...
  
   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...
  
   tosses 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 7–0 Tigers win.

• July 25 - Bert Daniels
  Bert Daniels
  Bert Daniels was a professional baseball player from 1910 to 1914. His first four years were with the New York Yankees. Daniels played well the first three seasons, hitting .253, .286, and .274. However, in 1913 his batting average dropped to .216, and Daniels was traded to the Cincinnati Reds,...
  
  , outfielder for the New York Highlanders
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
   hits for the cycle is a 6-4 loss to 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...
  
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• August 22 - 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...
  
   shortstop Honus Wagner
  Honus Wagner
  -Louisville Colonels:Recognizing his talent, Barrow recommended Wagner to the Louisville Colonels. After some hesitation about his awkward figure, Wagner was signed by the Colonels, where he hit .338 in 61 games....
  
   hits for the cycle against the New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
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• August 30 – 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...
  
   pitcher Earl Hamilton
  Earl Hamilton
  Earl Andrew Hamilton was a MLB left-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Browns , Detroit Tigers , Pittsburgh Pirates , and the Philadelphia Phillies . He pitched a no-hitter against Detroit on August 30, 1912. The Tigers did get a run on a Ty Cobb walk and an error, making the final score 5-1 Browns...
  
   returns the favor to the Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
  . He tosses 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"...
  
   in a 7–1 Browns victory.

• September 17 – Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Casey Stengel
  Casey Stengel
  Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel , nicknamed "The Old Perfessor", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in ....
  
   makes an impressive major league debut against 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...
  
  , collecting four hits with two RBI and two stolen bases in the Dodgers 7–3 win.

• October 16 – 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"...
  
   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....
  
  , 3-2, in Game 8 of the World Series
  1912 World Series
  In the 1912 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Giants four games to three .This dramatic series showcased great pitching from Giant Christy Mathewson and from Boston fireballer Smoky Joe Wood. Wood won two of his three starts and pitched in relief in the final game...
  
  , ending one of the most exciting Series in Major League history. The Red Sox win the 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 three (with Game 2 being declared a tie). Nearly all of the games were close. Four games in this series were decided by one run. A fifth ended in a tie
  Tie (draw)
  To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as...
  
  . A sixth was decided by two runs. Game 7 was the only one with a margin greater than three runs. Two games, including the decisive Game 8, went to extra innings. In Games 1 and 3, the losing team had the tying and winning runs on base when the game ended. This was the first time in which a World Series was decided in the last inning of the final game, in "sudden death" or "sudden victory" fashion. It was also the first Series where a team within one inning of losing came back to win. The next time a team that close to elimination recovered to win was in Game 6 of the 1986 Series
  1985 World Series
  -Game 1:Saturday, October 19, 1985 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri-Game 2:Sunday, October 20, 1985 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri...
  
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January–February

• January 1 – Hiker Moran
  Hiker Moran
  Albert Thomas Moran is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played two season with the Boston Bees from 1938 to 1939.-External links:...
  
  
• January 3 – Cliff Melton
  Cliff Melton
  Clifford George Melton was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of eight seasons with the New York Giants. For his career, he compiled an 86-80 record in 272 appearances, with an 3.42 earned run average and 660 strikeouts...
  
  
• January 4 – Joe Mack
  Joe Mack
  Joseph John Mack was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Boston Braves in 1945. The 33-year-old rookie was a native of Chicago, Illinois....
  
  
• January 6 – Hal Warnock
  Hal Warnock
  Harold Charles Warnock was a Major League Baseball player. Warnock played for the St. Louis Browns in the 1935 season. In six games, he had two hits, both of them doubles, with two runs scored. He batted left-handed and he threw right-handed...
  
  
• January 31 – Hiker Moran
  Hiker Moran
  Albert Thomas Moran is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played two season with the Boston Bees from 1938 to 1939.-External links:...
  
  
• February 12 – Linc Blakely
  Linc Blakely
  Lincoln Howard Blakely was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• February 12 – Dutch Dietz
  Dutch Dietz
  Lloyd Arthur "Dutch" Dietz was a major-league pitcher from 1940 to 1943. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:*...
  
  
• February 16 – Ray Harrell
  Ray Harrell
  Raymond James Harrell was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  
• February 17 – Bruce Ogrodowski
  Bruce Ogrodowski
  Ambrose Francis "Bruce" Ogrodowski was a baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936-1937. His nickname is Brusie. He was a right-handed and right-handed batter/pitcher. He was 5'11 in height and weighed 175 lbs pounds. He was born on February 17, 1912 in Hoytville, Pennsylvania...
  
  
• February 19 – Dick Siebert
  Dick Siebert
  Richard Walther Siebert was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1932, 1936-1945. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and St...
  
  
• February 20 – Whitey Wistert
  Whitey Wistert
  Francis Michael "Whitey" Wistert was an American football and baseball player. He played college football and college baseball at the University of Michigan...
  
  
• February 28 – Mark Filley
  Mark Filley
  Marcus Lucius Filley was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Washington Senators. He batted and threw right-handed.He was born in Lansingburgh, New York and died in Yarmouth, Maine.-External links:...
  
  

March–April

• March 2 – Bennie Warren
  Bennie Warren
  Bernie Louis Warren was a Major League Baseball player. Warren played for the Philadelphia Phillies from to and the New York Giants in and . Warren served in the United States Navy during World War II from January 1943 to October 1945, missing playing time in the process.He was born in Elk...
  
  
• March 3 – Aubrey Epps
  Aubrey Epps
  Aubrey Lee Epps was a former Major League Baseball catcher. He was born on March 3, 1912, in Memphis, Tennessee. He batted and threw right handed, was 5 foot 10, and 170 pounds...
  
  
• March 5 – Jim Gleeson
  Jim Gleeson
  James Joseph Gleeson was an American outfielder, scout and coach in Major League Baseball. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he attended Rockhurst University...
  
  
• March 11 – Del Young
  Del Young (infielder)
  Delmer Edward Young was a Major League Baseball player. Young played in 4 major league seasons, all with the Philadelphia Phillies. His father, Del Sr., also played in Major League Baseball.-External links:*...
  
  
• March 16 – Bud Bates
  Bud Bates
  Hubert Edgar "Bud" Bates was a Major League Baseball outfielder. Bates played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the season. In 15 career games, he had 15 hits in 58 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• March 16 – Ed Edelen
  Ed Edelen
  Edward "Doc" Joseph Edelen was an American professional baseball player who played in two games for the Washington Senators during the season. He pitched a total of one inning over the two games giving up three runs. He was born in Bryantown, Maryland and died in LaPlata, Maryland at the age of...
  
  
• March 8 – Ray Mueller
  Ray Mueller
  Ray Coleman Mueller was an American professional baseball player, a catcher in the Major Leagues from 1935–1944 and 1946–1951. Nicknamed "Iron Man," Mueller appeared as a catcher in every game the Cincinnati Reds played — 155 — during the wartime season...
  
  
• March 9 – Arky Vaughan
  Arky Vaughan
  Joseph Floyd "Arky" Vaughan was a professional baseball player. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball between 1932 and 1948 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers, primarily a shortstop...
  
  
• March 17 – Whitey Ock
  Whitey Ock
  Harold David Ock , is a former professional baseball player who played catcher in one game for the 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers. He attended Lehigh University.-External links:...
  
  
• March 20 – Clyde Shoun
  Clyde Shoun
  Clyde Mitchell Shoun was an American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, he was born in Mountain City, Tennessee, and known as "Hardrock", due to his fastball....
  
  
• March 24 – Jud McLaughlin
  Jud McLaughlin
  Justin Theodore McLaughlin was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 11", 155 lb., McLaughlin batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• April 1 – Jake Wade
  Jake Wade (baseball)
  Jacob Fields Wade was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox, , New York Yankees and Washington Senators . Wade batted and threw left-handed. He was nicknamed "Whistlin' Jake"...
  
  
• April 12 – Jack Wilson
• April 13 – Jake Mooty
  Jake Mooty
  Jake T. Mooty was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of seven seasons in the majors, between and , for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers.-Sources:...
  
  
• April 22 – Pete Center
  Pete Center
  Marvin Earl "Pete" Center was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for four seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1942 to 1943 and 1945 to 1946. In between his playing days Center served in the military during World War II.-External links:...
  
  
• April 30 – Chet Laabs
  Chet Laabs
  Chester Peter Laabs was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Detroit Tigers , St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  

May–June

• May 3 – Paul Gehrman
  Paul Gehrman
  Paul Arthur Gehrman was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season with the Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he compiled an 0-1 record, with a 2.89 earned run average, and 1 strikeout in 9⅓ innings pitched.He was born in Marquam, Oregon and died in Bend, Oregon...
  
  
• May 4 – Sid Gautreaux
  Sid Gautreaux
  Sidney Allen Gautreaux , is a former professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1936 and 1937 seasons.-External links:...
  
  
• May 11 – Del Young
  Del Young (infielder)
  Delmer Edward Young was a Major League Baseball player. Young played in 4 major league seasons, all with the Philadelphia Phillies. His father, Del Sr., also played in Major League Baseball.-External links:*...
  
  
• May 12 – Sid Gautreaux
  Sid Gautreaux
  Sidney Allen Gautreaux , is a former professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1936 and 1937 seasons.-External links:...
  
  
• May 17 – Ace Parker
• May 21 – Monty Stratton
  Monty Stratton
  Monty Franklin Pierce Stratton , nicknamed "Gander", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born in Wagner, Texas, USA, but lived in Greenville, Texas for a part of his life....
  
  
• May 23 – Augie Galan
  Augie Galan
  August John Galan was a left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1934 through 1949, he played for the Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Dodgers , Cincinnati Reds , New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics . Galan threw right-handed and began his career as a switch hitter...
  
  
• May 27 – Terry Moore
  Terry Moore (baseball)
  Terry Bluford Moore was a Major League Baseball center fielder. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1935–42 and 1946-48.-Playing career:...
  
  
• May 31 – Dutch Fehring
  Dutch Fehring
  William Paul "Dutch" Fehring was an American football and baseball player and coach in the United States. He served as the head baseball coach at Purdue University from 1936 to 1942 and at Stanford University from 1956 to 1967, compiling a career college baseball record of...
  
  
• June 8 – Lew Krausse
  Lew Krausse Sr.
  Lewis Bernard Krausse was an American pitcher and scout in Major League Baseball from Media, Pennsylvania. He pitched from 1931 through 1932, only for the Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  
• June 10 – Whitey Moore
  Whitey Moore
  Lloyd Albert "Whitey" Moore , was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from -. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. Moore contributed thirteen victories to the Cincinnati Reds' 1939 pennant. It was his best season. He was named one of the fastest pitchers during...
  
  
• June 15 – Babe Dahlgren
  Babe Dahlgren
  Ellsworth Tenney "Babe" Dahlgren was a Major League Baseball infielder from 1935 to 1946 for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• June 15 – Mem Lovett
  Mem Lovett
  Merritt Marwood Lovett was a player who appeared as a pinch-hitter in a single major league game for the Chicago White Sox on September 4, 1933. A native of Chicago, Illinois, USA, Lovett batted and threw right-handed. He went 0-for-1.Lovett died in Downers Grove, Illinois, at age of 83.-External...
  
  
• June 19 – Red Anderson
  Red Anderson (baseball)
  Arnold Revola "Red" Anderson was a professional baseball player whose career spanned eight seasons, including three in Major League Baseball with the Washington Senators in 1937 and again from 1940 to 1941...
  
  
• June 19 – Don Gutteridge
  Don Gutteridge
  Donald Joseph Gutteridge was an American second and third baseman, coach and manager in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates, and later managed the Chicago White Sox in 1969-1970...
  
  
• June 23 – Gene Ford
  Gene Ford
  Eugene Wyman Ford was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season with the Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• June 30 – Dino Chiozza
  Dino Chiozza
  Dino Joseph Chiozza was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for one season. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies in two games during the 1935 Philadelphia Phillies season....
  
  
• June 30 – Johnny Hudson
  Johnny Hudson
  John Wilson Hudson was a infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and New York Giants from 1936-1945.He was later a scout for the Giants from 1949-1970....
  
  
• June 30 – Manny Salvo
  Manny Salvo
  Manuel Salvo was a Major League Baseball pitcher. The 6'4", 210 lb. right-hander played for the New York Giants , Boston Bees , Boston Braves , and Philadelphia Phillies . His nickname was "Gyp", short for "Gypsy".A native of Sacramento, California, Salvo had his best season statistically in...
  
  

July–August

• July 8 – Salty Parker
  Salty Parker
  Francis James "Salty" Parker was a Major League Baseball infielder, coach and manager. Born in East St. Louis, Illinois, Parker played in the Major Leagues for one month from August 13, 1936 through September 16, 1936...
  
  
• July 14 – Ed Lagger
  Ed Lagger
  Edwin Joseph "Ed" Lagger was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed.-External links:...
  
  
• July 15 – Joe Rogalski
  Joe Rogalski
  Joseph Anthony Rogalski , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Detroit Tigers. He batted and threw right-handed. He was born in and died in Ashland, Wisconsin.-External links:...
  
  
• July 16 – Milt Bocek
  Milt Bocek
  Milton F. Bocek is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. During his playing career, he had an official heights of 6'1", and an official weight of 185 pounds...
  
  
• July 19 – Ben Geraghty
  Ben Geraghty
  Benjamin Raymond Geraghty was an American infielder in Major League Baseball and one of the most successful and respected minor league managers of the 1950s....
  
  
• July 20 – Heinie Mueller
• July 21 – Billy Holm
  Billy Holm
  William Frederick Holm was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox . A native of Chicago, Illinois, he stood 5'10½" and weighed 168 lbs....
  
  
• July 24 – Alex Carrasquel
  Alex Carrasquel
  Alejandro Eloy Carrasquel Aparicio [car-ras-KAEL] , was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Washington Senators and the Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• July 30 – Carl Doyle
  Carl Doyle
  William Carl Doyle was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1935-1940.-External links:...
  
  
• July 30 – Johnny Rizzo
  Johnny Rizzo
  John Costa Rizzo was an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1938-1942. Rizzo set the Pittsburgh Pirates record for most home runs in a season, with 23 in his rookie year of 1938...
  
  
• July 30 – Charlie Uhlir
  Charlie Uhlir
  Charles Karel Uhlir was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for one season. He played with the Chicago White Sox for 14 games during the 1934 Chicago White Sox season.-External links:...
  
  
• July 31 – Jesse Landrum
  Jesse Landrum
  Jesse Glenn Landrum was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1938.-External links:...
  
  
• July 31 – Archie Wise
  Archie Wise
  Archibald Edwin Wise was a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season with the Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• August 3 – Whitey Wilshere
  Whitey Wilshere
  Vernon Sprague "Whitey" Wilshere was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw left-handed.-External links:...
  
  
• August 4 – Henry Coppola
  Henry Coppola
  Henry Peter Coppola was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators in 1935 and 1936.-External links:...
  
  
• August 4 – Bill Schuster
  Bill Schuster
  William Charles Schuster , was a professional baseball player who played short stop in the Major Leagues from 1937-1945. He would play for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves, and Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• August 6 – Bud Hafey
  Bud Hafey
  Daniel Albert "Bud" Hafey was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• August 7 – Tom Drake
• August 9 – Lefty Sunkel
  Tom Sunkel
  Thomas Jacob Sunkel , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1937-1944. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and Brooklyn Dodgers.Sunkel's left eye was damaged when he was a child which caused him to lose all sight in this eye in 1941...
  
  
• August 12 – Harlond Clift
  Harlond Clift
  Harlond Benton Clift born in El Reno, Oklahoma, was a third baseman for the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators ....
  
  
• August 14 – Paul Dean
  Paul Dean (baseball)
  Paul Dee "Daffy" Dean was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. Born in Lucas, Arkansas, he pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals , the New York Giants , and the St. Louis Browns ....
  
  
• August 19 – Les Rock
  Les Rock
  Lester Henry Rock was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1936.-External links:...
  
  
• August 21 – Woody Williams
  Woody Williams (infielder)
  Woodrow Wilson Williams was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds from 1938-1945.-External links:...
  
  
• August 24 – Frank Secory
  Frank Secory
  Frank Edward Secory was an American left fielder and umpire in Major League Baseball who played 186 games from 1940 to 1946 for the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago Cubs. His best season was , when he batted .321 in 22 games for the Cubs, the team for which he played nearly his entire...
  
  
• 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 – Ted Olson

• August 28 – Goody Rosen

September–October

• September 1 – Ham Schulte
  Ham Schulte
  Herman Joseph "Ham" Schulte was a professional baseball player. He was a second baseman for one season with the Philadelphia Phillies. For his career, he compiled a .236 batting average in 436 at-bats, with one home run and 21 runs batted in.He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and died in St...
  
  
• September 1 – Claude Wilborn
  Claude Wilborn
  Claude Edward Wilborn was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played for one season. He played for the Boston Bees in five games during the 1940 Boston Bees season.- External links :...
  
  
• September 4 – Gordon Maltzberger
  Gordon Maltzberger
  Gordon Ralph "Maltsy" Maltzberger was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons with the Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• September 4 – Fred Walters
  Fred Walters
  Fred James Walters [Whale] was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 1", 210 lb., Walters batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 6 – Vince DiMaggio
  Vince DiMaggio
  Vincent Paul "Vince" DiMaggio was a Major League Baseball center fielder. During a 10-year baseball career, he played for the Boston Bees , Cincinnati Reds , Pittsburgh Pirates , Philadelphia Phillies , and New York Giants...
  
  
• September 8 – Frank Oceak
  Frank Oceak
  Frank John Oceak was an American infielder and manager in minor league baseball and a coach in Major League Baseball for 11 seasons between and...
  
  
• September 9 – Johnny Lazor
  Johnny Lazor
  John Paul Lazor was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played his career for the Boston Red Sox . Lazor batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Taylor, Washington....
  
  
• September 14 – Icehouse Wilson
  Icehouse Wilson
  George Peacock "Icehouse" Wilson was an American football and baseball player. He was a star halfback and baseball player for St. Mary's College of California...
  
  
• September 16 – Emil Bildilli
  Emil Bildilli
  Emil Bildilli was a professional baseball pitcher. Nicknamed "Hill Billy", he played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball, from until , for the St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
  
  
• September 19 – Red Barkley
  Red Barkley
  John Duncan Barkley was a backup infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns , Boston Bees and Brooklyn Dodgers . A native of Childress, Texas, Barkley batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 20 – Tony DePhillips
  Tony DePhillips
  Anthony Andrew DePhillips was a professional baseball player. He was a catcher for one season with the Cincinnati Reds...
  
  
• September 20 – Al McLean
  Al McLean (baseball)
  Albert Eldon McLean was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in 4 games for the Washington Senators in , all in relief.-Sources:...
  
  
• September 26 – Grey Clarke
  Grey Clarke
  Richard Grey Clarke was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1944.-External links:...
  
  
• September 29 – Glen Stewart
  Glen Stewart
  Glen Weldon Stewart was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors, between and , for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies.-Sources:...
  
  
• October 7 – Bill Patton
  Bill Patton
  George William Patton was a former professional baseball player. He was a catcher for one season with the Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  
• October 9 – Mickey Haefner
  Mickey Haefner
  Milton Arnold "Mickey" Haefner was an American knuckleball-throwing left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played eight seasons from 1943 to 1950, six and a half of them with the Washington Senators , later joining the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Braves...
  
  
• October 11 – Mike Guerra
  Mike Guerra
  Fermin Guerra born in Havana, Cuba was a catcher for the Washington Senators , Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox ....
  
  
• October 11 – Wayne Osborne
  Wayne Osborne
  Wayne Harold Osborne was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Bees . Osborne batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• October 12 – Ed Moriarty
  Ed Moriarty
  Edward Jerome Moriarty was a Major League Baseball player. He played two seasons with the Boston Braves and Bees from 1935 to 1936.-External links:...
  
  
• October 12 – Al Unser
  Al Unser (baseball)
  Albert Bernard Unser was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds . He was a native of Morrisonville, Illinois and the father of MLB center fielder Del Unser....
  
  
• October 13 – Xavier Rescigno
  Xavier Rescigno
  Xavier Frederick Rescigno was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1943 to 1945. The 5'10½", 175 lb. right-hander was a native of New York, New York. He attended St...
  
  
• October 15 – Nick Tremark
  Nick Tremark
  Nicholas Joseph Tremark was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played from 1934-1936. He attended Manhattan College. Prior to his Major League debut, Tremark starred as an outfielder for the 1932 Paterson Pros in historic Hinchliffe Stadium's first season...
  
  
• October 18 – Guy Curtright
  Guy Curtright
  Guy Paxton Curtright was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox . He was born in Holliday, Missouri....
  
  

November–December

• November 5 – Buck Rogers
• November 10 – Birdie Tebbetts
  Birdie Tebbetts
  George Robert "Birdie" Tebbetts was an American professional baseball player, manager, scout and front office executive. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians from to...
  
  
• November 11 – Hal Trosky
  Hal Trosky
  Harold Arthur Trosky, Sr., born Harold Arthur Trojovsky , was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox . Trosky was born in Norway, Iowa. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.Trosky had a career .302 batting average, with a...
  
  
• November 11 – Al Wright
  Al Wright (second baseman)
  Albert Edgar Wright , nicknamed "A-1", was a backup second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Braves in the season. He was born in San Francisco, California....
  
  
• November 13 – Alex Kampouris
  Alex Kampouris
  Alexis William Kampouris , is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a 2nd baseman from 1934–1939 and 1941-1943.-Miscellaneous facts:...
  
  
• November 13 – Jackie Price
  Jackie Price
  John Thomas Reid Price was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played in seven games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1946 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
  
• November 15 – Kit Carson
  Kit Carson (baseball)
  Walter Lloyd "Kit" Carson , was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the Cleveland Indians in 1934 and 1935...
  
  
• November 18 – Charlie Fuchs
  Charlie Fuchs
  Charles Thomas Fuchs was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers , Philadelphia Phillies , St. Louis Browns , and Brooklyn Dodgers . The 5'8", 168 lb. left-hander was a native of Union Hill, New Jersey.Fuchs is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues...
  
  
• November 19 – Steve Gerkin
  Steve Gerkin
  Stephen Paul “Steve” Gerkin was a professional baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League in 1945....
  
  
• November 19 – Stu Martin
• November 22 – Ted Cieslak
  Ted Cieslak
  Thaddeus Walter Cieslak was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944. The 27-year-old rookie stood 5'10" and weighed 175 lbs....
  
  
• November 24 – Tony Giuliani
  Tony Giuliani
  Angelo John Giuliani was an American catcher in Major League Baseball from 1936-1943. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he died there at age 91. He attended Saint Thomas Military Academy and has been selected to its Athletic Hall of Fame.-External links:...
  
  
• November 27 – Tony York
  Tony York
  Tony Batton York was a Major League Baseball shortstop/third baseman who played for the Chicago Cubs in 1944. The 31-year-old rookie stood 5'10" and weighed 165 lbs....
  
  
• December 1 – Cookie Lavagetto
  Cookie Lavagetto
  Harry Arthur "Cookie" Lavagetto was a third baseman, manager and coach in American Major League Baseball. He is most widely known as the pinch hitter whose double ruined Bill Bevens' no-hitter in Game 4 of the 1947 World Series and gave his Brooklyn Dodgers a breathtaking victory over the New...
  
  
• December 3 – Charlie Wagner
  Charlie Wagner
  Charles Thomas Wagner was an American right-handed pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox . Nicknamed "Broadway," he went on to a 50-year career as a scout and minor league instructor...
  
  
• December 20 – Tommy Irwin
  Tommy Irwin
  Thomas Andrew Irwin was a Major League Baseball player. An alumnus of the University of North Carolina, Irwin was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in and played three games for them in October...
  
  
• December 23 – Pat Ankenman
  Pat Ankenman
  Frederick Norman "Pat" Ankenman was an American major league baseball second baseman. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1936, 1943 and 1944 seasons.-External links:* at Find-A-Grave...
  
  
• December 24 – Dave Coble
  Dave Coble
  David Lamar "Dave" Coble was a Major League Baseball catcher. Coble played for the Philadelphia Phillies in . In 15 games, Coble had 7 hits in 25 at-bats, with a .280 batting average....
  
  
• December 25 – Greek George
• December 25 – Quincy Trouppe
  Quincy Trouppe
  Quincy Thomas Trouppe was an American professional baseball player and an amateur boxing champion. He was a catcher in the Negro Leagues from 1930 to 1949. He was a native of Dublin, Georgia....
  
  
• December 27 – Jim Tobin
  Jim Tobin
  James Anthony Tobin, known as Abba Dabba, was a right-handed major league baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Bees/Braves and Detroit Tigers from 1937 to 1945...
  
  
• December 28 – Otto Denning
  Otto Denning
  Otto George Denning was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for two seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1942 to 1943. He made his major league debut on April 15, 1942....
  
  

January–March

• January 11 – Lefty Marr
  Lefty Marr
  Charles W. "Lefty" Marr , was a professional baseball player who played outfield and third base in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Cincinnati Red Stockings , Columbus Solons, and Cincinnati Kelly's Killers.-External links:...
  
  , 49, outfielder/third baseman who hit .289 in 363 games for the Cincinnati Red Stockings, Columbus Solons, and Cincinnati Kelly's Killers from 1886 to 1891.

• January 18 – John Russ
  John Russ (baseball)
  John Russ was a professional baseball player who played in one game for the 1882 Baltimore Orioles of the American Association. He played in the outfield and pitched in the game.-External links:...
  
  , 53, outfielder/pitcher for the 1882 Baltimore Orioles of the American Association.

• January 31 – Ed Taylor
  Ed Taylor (pitcher)
  Edgar Ruben Taylor was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in one game for the St. Louis Cardinals in . In his lone major league game, he pitched three innings without giving up a hit or a run, walking nobody and striking out one batter....
  
  , 34, pitcher for the 1903 St. Louis Cardinals.

• February 1 – Jim Doyle
  Jim Doyle (baseball)
  Jim Doyle was a Major League Baseball infielder. A promising rookie with the Chicago Cubs, Doyle's appendix burst early in 1912, killing who may have been a solid player for many years.-Sources:...
  
  , 30, third baseman who hit .278 in two seasons with the Cincinnati Reds (1910) and Chicago Cubs (1911).

• February 11 – Jimmy Knowles
  Jimmy Knowles
  James Knowles , nicknamed "Darby", was a Canadian Major League Baseball player who played mainly at the third base, but did play significant time at first base as well, for six different teams in his five season career from 1884 to 1892...
  
  , 55, Canadian infielder who .241 in 357 games with six different teams in two leagues between 1884 and 1892.

• March 6 – Pembroke Finlayson
  Pembroke Finlayson
  Pembroke Finlayson was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in the 1908 & 1909 seasons with the Brooklyn Superbas. While playing in the minors in 1910 he was diagnosed with a serious heart problem and underwent surgery...
  
  , 23, who pitched from 1908 through 1909 for the Brooklyn Superbas of the National League.

• March 9 – Doc Amole
  Doc Amole
  Morris George "Doc" Amole was a professional baseball player who career spanned nine season, including parts of two in Major League Baseball with the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Senators . On both occasions, Amole was the youngest player in the National League at the age of 18 and 19,...
  
  , 33, National League pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles (1897) and Washington Senators (1898).

• March 22 – Ed Kenna
  Ed Kenna
  Edward Benninghaus Kenna was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  , 34, pitcher for the 1902 Philadelphia Athletics of the American League.

• March 25 – Harry Keener
  Harry Keener
  Joshua Harry Keener was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the 1896 Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  , 40, pitcher who posted a 3–11 record and a 5.88 ERA for the 1896 Philadelphia Phillies.

April–August

• April 17 – Ace Stewart
  Ace Stewart
  Asa "Ace" Stewart was a Major League Baseball player. Stewart played for Chicago Colts in the season. He batted and threw right-handed.Stewart was born and died in Terre Haute, Indiana.-External links:*...
  
  , 43, second baseman for the 1895 Chicago Colts of the National League.

• April 18 – Hank Gehring, 31, pitcher who posted a 3–7 record and a 3.91 ERA for the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1908.

• April 20 – Sam Barkley
  Sam Barkley
  Samuel E. Barkley was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, he played for four different teams in six seasons from to .-Career:...
  
  , 53, American Association second baseman who played from 1884 through 1889 for the Toledo Blue Stockings, St. Louis Browns, Pittsburgh Alleghenys and Kansas City Cowboys.

• April 28 – Josh Bunce
  Josh Bunce
  Joshua Bunce was an American left fielder and umpire in Major League Baseball who played in one game for the Brooklyn Hartfords in and was hitless in four at bats....
  
  , 64, left fielder for the 1877 Brooklyn Hartfords of the National League.

• May 7 – Gus Alberts
  Gus Alberts
  August Peterson Alberts was an American infielder in Major League Baseball from 1884-1891. He played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys , Cleveland Blues , and the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association and very briefly for the Washington Nationals of the Union Association . Alberts threw and...
  
  , 51, third baseman/shortstop for the Blues/Brewers/Nationals/Alleghenys from 1884 to 1891.

• June 11 – Leonidas Lee
  Leonidas Lee
  Leonidas Pyrrhus Lee, born as Leonidas Pyrrhus Funkhouser was an American professional player who played one season in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the St. Louis Brown Stockings...
  
  , 51, outfielder for the 1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings of the National League.

• June 29 – Harry Lyons
  Harry Lyons
  Harry Pratt Lyons born in Chester, Pennsylvania was an Outfielder for the Philadelphia Quakers , St. Louis Browns , New York Giants and Rochester Broncos ....
  
  , 46, outfielder who hit .234 and stole 120 bases in four different leagues with the Giants, Broncos, Browns and Quakers between 1887 and 1893.

• August 6 – Dick Van Zant
  Dick Van Zant
  Richard Van Zant was a Major League Baseball third baseman. Nicknamed "Foghorn Dick", he played ten games for the Cleveland Blues during the 1888 season.-External links:...
  
  , 47, third baseman for the 1888 Cleveland Blues of the American Association.

• August 10 – Ed Sales
  Ed Sales
  Edward A. Sales was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the Pittsburg Alleghenys of the National League during the 1890 season.-Sources:...
  
  , 51, for the 1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the National League.

• August 15 – Lou Polchow
  Lou Polchow
  Louis William Polchow was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Cleveland Bronchos in 1902. Polchow stood at 5' 9".-Career:...
  
  , 32, pitcher for the 1902 Cleveland Bronchos of the American League.

September–October

• September 5 – Tug Arundel
  Tug Arundel
  John Thomas "Tug" Arundel was an American Major League Baseball catcher born in Romulus, New York. He played in parts of four seasons between and with four different teams.-Career:...
  
  , 50, catcher who played with four teams in two leagues from q1882 to 12888.

• September 7 – Bugs Raymond
  Bugs Raymond
  Arthur Lawrence "Bugs" Raymond was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1904 to 1911. He played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Giants.-Career:...
  
  , 30, pitcher who posted a 45–57 record and a 2.49 ERA in 136 games for the Tigers, Cardinals and Giants between 1904 and 1911.

• September 15 – Al Barker
  Al Barker
  For the English novelist A. L. Barker, click on the link.Alfred L Barker played one major league baseball game in 1871 for the Rockford Forest Citys of the National Association....
  
  , 73, who pitched one game for 1871 Rockford Forest Citys of the National Association.

• September 26 – Cherokee Fisher
  Cherokee Fisher
  William Charles "Cherokee" Fisher , was an American baseball pitcher.Fisher was a pitcher during organized baseball's formative years, from about 1867 to the end of his career. He was known for his fastball on the field and his heavy drinking off it. William J...
  
  , 67, star pitcher before and after the official beginning of professional baseball, known for his blazing fastball, who led the National Association in 1872 with a .909 W-L% and a 1.80 ERA.

• October 1 – Bill Boyd, 59, National Association IF/OF/P and manager between the 1872 and 1875 seasons.

• October 4 – George Knight
  George Knight (baseball)
  George Henry Knight was a major league baseball player for the 1875 New Haven Elm Citys.-Sources:...
  
  , 56, pitcher for the 1875 New Haven Elm Citys of the National Association.

• October 6 – Bill Finley
  Bill Finley
  William James Finley was a 19th-century professional baseball player. He played catcher and outfielder for the 1886 New York Giants. He attended Columbia University and Manhattan College.-External links:...
  
  , 49, National League catcher/outfielder for the 1886 New York Giants.

• October 8 – Heinie Heitmuller
  Heinie Heitmuller
  William Frederick "Heinie" Heitmuller was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. He was born in San Francisco, California and died at age 29 in Los Angeles, California...
  
  , 29, outfielder who played from 1909 to 1910 for the Philadelphia Athletics.

• October 10 – Bill Tobin
  Bill Tobin
  William F. Tobin was a first baseman in Major League Baseball in . He split the season between two teams, debuting in July with the Worcester Ruby Legs and ending the year with the Troy Trojans-Sources:...
  
  , 58, National League third baseman for the Troy Trojans and Worcester Ruby Legs during the 1880 season.

• October 20 – John Skopec
  John Skopec
  John S. Skopec , was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1901-1903. He played for the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers.-External links:...
  
  , 32, American League pitcher for the Chicago White Sox (1901) and DEtroit Tigers (1903).

• October 21 – Charlie Waitt
  Charlie Waitt
  Charles C. "Charlie" Waitt , born in Hallowell, Maine, was a professional baseball player who played a total of four professional baseball seasons. Waitt played in an era when baseball had different rules, uniforms, and many other differences from modern baseball. He was in height, and in weight...
  
  , 59, outfielder/first baseman for the Orioles/Browns/White Stockings/Quakers from 1875 to 1883.

• October 24 – Piggy Ward
  Piggy Ward
  Frank Gray "Piggy" Ward , was a professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1883-1894...
  
  , 45, OF/IF who hit .286 with 172 runs and 90 RBI in 221 games with the Senators/Orioles/Reds/Quakers/Pirates from 1883 to 1894.

November–December

• November 1 – Ed Green
  Ed Green (baseball)
  Edward M. Green was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association during the 1890 season.-Sources:...
  
  , 52, pitcher/infielder for the 1890 Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association.

• November 4 – Frank Murphy
  Frank Murphy (baseball)
  Francis Patrick Murphy was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Beaneaters and New York Giants in 1901. He went to college at Fordham University.- External links :...
  
  , 36, National League OF/IF who hit a combined .219 average in 80 games for the Boston Beaneaters and New York Giants in 1901.

• November 8 – Cupid Childs
  Cupid Childs
  Clarence Algernon "Cupid" Childs was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball with a 13-season career from 1888, 1890–1901, playing for the Philadelphia Quakers, Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos and Chicago Orphans of the National League and the Syracuse Stars of the American...
  
  , 45, second baseman for the Spiders/Orphans/Stars/Perfectos/Quakers from 1888 to 1901, a .306 career hitter with 1214 hits, who topped the American Association in doubles (1890) and the National League in runs (1892), while ranking third all-time in walks (991) upon retirement.

• November 11 – John Rainey
  John Rainey (baseball)
  John Paul Rainey , was a Major League Baseball player who played in one game for the 1887 New York Giants and 1890 Buffalo Bisons.-External links:...
  
  , 48, OF/IF for the New York Giants of the National League (1887) and the Buffalo Bisons of the Players League (1890).

• November 15 – Dennis O'Neill
  Dennis O'Neill (baseball)
  Dennis O'Neill was a Major League Baseball player. He played for the St. Louis Browns in June, 1893.-Sources:...
  
  , 45, first baseman for the 1893 St. Louis Browns of the National League.

• November 26 – John T. Brush
  John T. Brush
  John Tomlinson Brush was an American sports executive who was the owner of the New York Giants franchise in Major League Baseball from 1890 until his death. He also owned the Indianapolis Hoosiers in the late 1880s, and the Cincinnati Reds from 1891 to 1902. Under his leadership, the Giants were...
  
  , 67, owner of the New York Giants from 1890 until the time of his his death]], who also owned the Indianapolis Hoosiers in the late 1880s and the Cincinnati Reds from 1891 to 1902.

• November 27 – Fred Corey
  Fred Corey
  Frederick Harrison Corey was an American pitcher and third baseman in Major League Baseball in and from through , encompassing seven seasons. He played for the Providence Grays, Worcester Ruby Legs, and Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  , 57[?], 3B/P/OF who posted a 27–46 record and hit a .246 average for the Providence Grays, Worcester Ruby Legs and Philadelphia Athletics between 1878 and 1885.

• December 12 – Jim Green
  Jim Green (baseball)
  James F. Green , was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played in ten games for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association. He later played in the Southern League in 1885 and the Tri-State League in 1888-1889.-External links:...
  
  , 58, third baseman for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association.

• December 21 – Jim Conway
  Jim Conway
  Jim Conway is an Australian harmonica player and with his brother, Mic Conway, was a co-founder of the 1970s humour, theatre and rock group, The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band....
  
  , 54, American Association pitcher who posted a 22–29 record and a 3.64 ERA in 56 games with the Brooklyn Atlantics (1884), Philadelphia Athletics (1885) and Kansas City Cowboys (1889).

• December 21 – Jim Gilman
  Jim Gilman
  James Joseph Gilman was a professional baseball third baseman who played for the Cleveland Spiders of the National League in June, 1893. His minor league career lasted through 1897.-External links:...
  
  , 42, third baseman the 1893 Cleveland Spiders of the National League.

• December 22 – Ed Kennedy
  Ed Kennedy (infielder)
  William Edward Kennedy was a 19th century baseball third baseman for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association in 1884. He appeared in 13 games for the Reds and hit .208.-External links:...
  
  , 51, third baseman for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association in 1884.

• December 31 – Charlie Sprague
  Charlie Sprague
  Charlie Sprague was an outfielder and pitcher for Major League Baseball in the 19th century.-Sources:...
  
  , 48, pitcher who went 10–7 with a 4.51 ERA in three seasons with the Chicago White Stockings (1887), Cleveland Spiders (1889) and Toledo Maumees (1890).