Champions

• World Series
  1920 World Series
  -Game 1:Tuesday, October 5, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 2:Wednesday, October 6, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 3:Thursday, October 7, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 4:...
  
  : Cleveland Indians
  Cleveland Indians
  The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
  
   over Brooklyn Robins
  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...
  
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MLB statistical leaders

EWLINE   American League American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major... National League National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional... Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Batting average Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...   George Sisler George Sisler George Harold Sisler , nicknamed "Gentleman George" and "Gorgeous George," was an American professional baseball player for 15 seasons, primarily as first baseman with the St. Louis Browns...   .407 Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby, Sr. , nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball . He played for the St. Louis Cardinals , New York Giants , Boston Braves , Chicago Cubs , and St. Louis Browns...   .370 HR Home run In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...   Babe Ruth Babe Ruth George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...   54 Cy Williams Cy Williams Frederick "Cy" Williams was a Major League Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies ....   15 RBI  Babe Ruth Babe Ruth George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...   137 Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby, Sr. , nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball . He played for the St. Louis Cardinals , New York Giants , Boston Braves , Chicago Cubs , and St. Louis Browns...  & George Kelly  94 Wins Win (baseball) In professional baseball, there are two types of decisions: a win and a loss . In each game, one pitcher on the winning team is awarded a win and one pitcher on the losing team is given a loss in their respective statistics. These pitchers are collectively known as the pitchers of record. Only...   Jim Bagby Jim Bagby, Sr. James Charles Jacob Bagby, Sr. was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Bagby was the first pitcher to hit a home run in a modern World Series, and one of the last three pitchers to win over 30 games in one season .-Biography:A native of Barnett, Georgia, Bagby began...   31 Pete Alexander Grover Cleveland Alexander Grover Cleveland Alexander , nicknamed "Old Pete", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals and was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.-Career:Alexander was born in Elba, Nebraska, one of thirteen...   27 ERA Earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...   Bob Shawkey Bob Shawkey James Robert Shawkey was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher from to .-Biography:Shawkey born to John William Shawkey and Sarah Catherine Anthony, in Sigel, Pennsylvania...   2.45 Pete Alexander Grover Cleveland Alexander Grover Cleveland Alexander , nicknamed "Old Pete", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals and was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.-Career:Alexander was born in Elba, Nebraska, one of thirteen...   1.91

American League final standings

American League American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Cleveland Indians Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...	98	56	.636	--
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...	96	58	.623	2
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...	95	59	.617	3
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...	76	77	.497	21.5
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"...	72	81	.471	25.5
Washington Senators Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...	68	84	.447	29
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...	61	93	.396	37
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....	48	106	.312	50

National League final standings

National League National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Brooklyn Robins 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...	93	61	.604	--
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....	86	68	.558	7
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....	82	71	.536	10.5
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...	79	75	.513	14
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...	75	79	.487	18
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...	75	79	.487	18
Boston Braves 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....	62	90	.408	30
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...	62	91	.405	30.5

Negro National League final standings

Negro National League (West)
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Chicago American Giants Chicago American Giants Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team, owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Foster. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball...	31	15	.674
Detroit Stars Detroit Stars The Detroit Stars were a United States baseball team in the Negro leagues and played at historic Mack Park.- Founding :Founded in 1919 by Tenny Blount with the help of Rube Foster, owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, the Detroit Stars immediately established themselves as one of the...	40	21	.656
Kansas City Monarchs Kansas City Monarchs The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro Leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri and owned by J.L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 1930. J.L. Wilkinson was the first Caucasian owner at the time...	45	33	.577
Indianapolis ABCs Indianapolis ABCs The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro League baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League . They claimed the western championship of black baseball in 1915 and 1916, and finished second in the 1922 NNL...	42	34	.553
St. Louis Giants St. Louis Giants The St. Louis Giants were a Negro League baseball team that competed independently from as early as 1906 to 1919, and joined the Negro National League for the 1920 and 1921 seasons. After the 1921 season, the franchise was sold to another group of investors, who built a new park and renamed the...	21	21	.500
Cuban Stars Cuban Stars (West) The Cuban Stars were a team of Cuban professional baseball players that competed in the United States Negro leagues from 1907 to 1932. The team was also sometimes known as the Stars of Cuba, the Cuban All-Stars, the Havana Reds, the Almendares Blues, or simply as the Cubans. For one season, 1921,...	22	26	.458
Dayton Marcos Dayton Marcos The Dayton Marcos were a Negro League baseball team that is now defunct along with the Negro League. They were based from Dayton, Ohio.- Founding :The Dayton Marcos history does go back farther than the Negro League though...	10	18	.357
Chicago Giants Chicago Giants The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois which played in the Negro Leagues. The team was founded by Frank Leland after he and his partner, Rube Foster, split up the Leland Giants in 1910. The new club was sometimes also known as the Leland Giants...	2	12	.143

East (independent teams) final standings

A loose confederation of teams were gathered in the East to compete with the West, however East teams did not organize a formal league as the West did.

East
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Brooklyn Royal Giants Brooklyn Royal Giants The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York which played in the Negro Leagues. They were one of the premier professional teams before World War I, winning multiple championships in the East.- League play :...	5	4	.556
Philadelphia Hilldales Hilldale Club The Hilldale Athletic Club was an African American professional baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia....	7	6	.538
Bacharach Giants Bacharach Giants The Bacharach Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played in Atlantic City, New Jersey.- Founding :The club was founded when two African-American politicians moved the Duval Giants of Jacksonville, Florida, to Atlantic City in 1916 and renamed them after Harry Bacharach, the city's mayor...	12	12	.500
Baltimore Black Sox Baltimore Black Sox The Baltimore Black Sox were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland.- Founding :The Black Sox started as an independent team in 1916 by George Rossiter and Charles Spedden...	3	8	.273
Cuban Stars Cuban Stars (East) The Cuban Stars were a team of professional baseball players from Cuba and other Latin American countries who competed in the Negro leagues in the eastern United States from 1916 to 1933...	1	4	.200
New York Lincoln Giants Lincoln Giants The Lincoln Giants were a Negro League baseball team based in New York City from 1911 through 1930.- Founding :Jess McMahon, a white promoter, hired Sol White, former manager of the Philadelphia Giants, to put together a club...	0	4	.000

• Won-loss records were sporadically reported due to lack of interest by the press mainly in New York.
• Bacharach claimed the pennant, although Hilldale disputed it.

January - June

• January 3 - 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...
  
   purchase outfielder
  Outfielder
  Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...
  
   Babe Ruth
  Babe Ruth
  George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...
  
   from 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"...
  
   for $100,000
  Curse of the Bambino
  The Curse of the Bambino was a superstition cited as a reason for the failure of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to win the World Series in the 86-year period from 1918 to 2004...
  
  .

• February 13 - A meeting in Kansas City
  Kansas City, Missouri
  Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
  
   results in the birth of the Negro National League. Rube Foster spearheads the formation of the league, which will consist of eight franchises: Chicago American Giants
  Chicago American Giants
  Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team, owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Foster. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball...
  
  , Chicago Giants
  Chicago Giants
  The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois which played in the Negro Leagues. The team was founded by Frank Leland after he and his partner, Rube Foster, split up the Leland Giants in 1910. The new club was sometimes also known as the Leland Giants...
  
  , Cuban Stars
  Cuban Stars (West)
  The Cuban Stars were a team of Cuban professional baseball players that competed in the United States Negro leagues from 1907 to 1932. The team was also sometimes known as the Stars of Cuba, the Cuban All-Stars, the Havana Reds, the Almendares Blues, or simply as the Cubans. For one season, 1921,...
  
  , Dayton Marcos
  Dayton Marcos
  The Dayton Marcos were a Negro League baseball team that is now defunct along with the Negro League. They were based from Dayton, Ohio.- Founding :The Dayton Marcos history does go back farther than the Negro League though...
  
  , Detroit Stars
  Detroit Stars
  The Detroit Stars were a United States baseball team in the Negro leagues and played at historic Mack Park.- Founding :Founded in 1919 by Tenny Blount with the help of Rube Foster, owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, the Detroit Stars immediately established themselves as one of the...
  
  , Indianapolis ABCs
  Indianapolis ABCs
  The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro League baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League . They claimed the western championship of black baseball in 1915 and 1916, and finished second in the 1922 NNL...
  
  , Kansas City Monarchs
  Kansas City Monarchs
  The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro Leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri and owned by J.L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 1930. J.L. Wilkinson was the first Caucasian owner at the time...
  
   and St. Louis Giants
  St. Louis Giants
  The St. Louis Giants were a Negro League baseball team that competed independently from as early as 1906 to 1919, and joined the Negro National League for the 1920 and 1921 seasons. After the 1921 season, the franchise was sold to another group of investors, who built a new park and renamed the...
  
  .

• April 14 - Stan Coveleski
  Stan Coveleski
  Stanley Anthony Coveleski was a Major League Baseball player during the 1910s and 1920s. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969....
  
   and the Cleveland Indians
  Cleveland Indians
  The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
  
   hold the St. Louis Browns to five hits in a 5-0 victory at Dunn Field
  League Park
  League Park was a baseball park located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was situated at the northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and E. 66th Street in the Hough neighborhood. It was home to the National League Cleveland Spiders, the American League Cleveland Indians, and the Cleveland...
  
  . 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...
  
   defeat 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...
  
   3-2 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....
  
   defeat the New York Yankees 3-1 as the road teams win two of the three contests in the season openers in the American League
  American League
  The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
  
  .

• April 19 - Babe Ruth enters 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"...
  
   as a member of the opposing team for the first time in his career as the Boston Red Sox sweep 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...
  
   from Ruth and the New York Yankees. Ruth goes three-for-eight with an RBI.

• April 25 - High Pockets Kelly drives in three as 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....
  
   defeat the Brooklyn Robins 5-2 in the first meeting of the National League
  National League
  The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
  
  's two New York
  New York
  New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
  
   teams.

• May 1 - The Brooklyn Robins' Leon Cadore
  Leon Cadore
  Leon "Caddy" Joseph Cadore was a right-handed American pitcher from 1915 - 1924. Cadore shares a MLB record for the most innings pitched in a single game . In 1920, both Cadore and Joe Oeschger pitched all 26 innings for their respective teams in a game that was eventually called a tie due to...
  
   and the Boston Braves
  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....
  
  ' Joe Oeschger
  Joe Oeschger
  Joseph Carl Oeschger was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 12 seasons from 1914 to 1925. After starting his career with the Philadelphia Phillies, Oeschger was traded to the New York Giants...
  
   pitched 26 innings in a 1-1 tie. Morning rain delayed the start of the game until 3:00 p.m. The Dodgers scored a run in the top of the fifth, a single
  Single (baseball)
  In baseball, a single is the most common type of base hit, accomplished through the act of a batter safely reaching first base by hitting a fair ball and getting to first base before a fielder puts him out...
  
   by Ivy Olson
  Ivy Olson
  Ivan Massie Olson born in Kansas City, Missouri was a Major League Baseball Shortstop for the Cleveland Naps , Cincinnati Reds And Brooklyn Robins...
  
   driving in Ernie Krueger
  Ernie Krueger
  Ernest George Krueger born in Chicago, Illinois was a catcher for the Cleveland Naps , New York Yankees , New York Giants , Brooklyn Robins and Cincinnati Reds .-Biography:...
  
  . The Braves tied it in the bottom of the sixth with a double by Walt Cruise and a single by Tony Boeckel
  Tony Boeckel
  Norman Doxie "Tony" Boeckel was a former Major League Baseball infielder who played six seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves of the National League. He was born in Los Angeles, California....
  
  . The game went into extra innings. No runs were scored for the rest of the game and it was called due to darkness in the 26th inning.

• May 2 - Opening day for the Negro National League.

• May 3 - Dutch Leonard
  Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher)
  Hubert Benjamin "Dutch" Leonard, was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1913–1921, 1924-1925. He played for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers, and holds the major league modern-era record for the lowest single-season ERA of all time — 0.96...
  
   and the Detroit Tigers defeat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 for their first win of the season versus thirteen losses.

• May 14 - 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...
  
   of the Washington Senators
  Minnesota Twins
  The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
  
   records his 300th win.

• May 20 - At Griffith Stadium
  Griffith Stadium
  Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street, and between W Street and Florida Avenue, NW. An earlier wooden baseball park had been built on the same site in 1891...
  
  , the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox go into extra innings
  Extra innings
  Extra innings is the extension of a baseball or softball game in order to break a tie.Ordinarily, a baseball game consists of nine innings , each of which is divided into halves: the visiting team bats first, after which the home team takes its turn at bat...
  
   tied at three. The ChiSox score two in the fifteenth inning only to be matched by Washington in the bottom of the inning. Chicago then puts up eight runs in the sixteenth to win the game by a final score of 13-5 in sixteen innings. Red Faber
  Red Faber
  Urban Clarence "Red" Faber was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from through , playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964....
  
   pitches all sixteen innings for Chicago.

• June 1 - In a slugfest at Dunn Field, the Detroit Tigers defeat the Cleveland Indians 11-10. Detroit's 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...
  
   goes two-for-five with two RBIs and a run scored.

• June 24 - Following a 5-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
  , 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...
  
   fall into last place in the National League
  National League
  The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
  
  . With the Philadelphia A's having been in last place since the 13th, both Philadelphia teams spend the rest of the season in last.

• June 28 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Washington Senators 6-2 to end an 18 game losing streak. After giving up two runs on two hits and a walk in the first inning, A's starter Slim Harriss
  Slim Harriss
  William Jennings Bryan Harriss was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between the 1920 and 1928 seasons. Listed at 6'6", 180 lb., Harriss batted and threw right-handed...
  
   cruises the rest of the way for the complete game victory.

July - September

• July 1 - Six weeks after recording his 300th, Walter Johnson pitches the only no-hitter
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
   of his career, as the Washington Senators top 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"...
  
  , 1-0.

• July 27 - The Washington Senators defeat the Cleveland Indians 19-6. Indians starter
  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....
  
   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...
  
   lasts just 1.1 innings, and is replaced by George Uhle
  George Uhle
  George Ernest Uhle was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he began his playing career with his hometown Cleveland Indians...
  
  , who gives up four hits and a walk in only a third of an inning of work. Tony Faeth
  Tony Faeth
  Anthony Joseph Faeth was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. he pitched for the Cleveland Indians for six games during the 1919 Cleveland Indians season and 13 games during the 1920 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
   picks up the third out of the second inning to stop the bleeding after the Senators have plated twelve runs. In all, the Senators collect 22 hits as every starter, including pitcher
  Pitcher
  In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
  
   Eric Erickson collects at least one hit.

• August 13 - The New York Yankees complete a three game sweep of the Cleveland Indians to move within a half game of first place.

• August 16 - Cleveland Indians shortstop
  Shortstop
  Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...
  
   Ray Chapman
  Ray Chapman
  Raymond Johnson Chapman was an American baseball player, spending his entire career as a shortstop for Cleveland....
  
   is struck in the head by a pitch
  Beanball
  "Beanball" is a colloquialism used in baseball, for a ball thrown at an opposing player with the intention of striking him such as to cause harm, often connoting a throw at the player's head...
  
   from the New York Yankees' Carl Mays
  Carl Mays
  Carl William Mays was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929. Despite impressive career statistics, he is primarily remembered for throwing a beanball on August 16, 1920, that struck and killed Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians, making Chapman one of two people to die...
  
   in a game at the 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...
  
  . He dies twelve hours later from a fractured skull, making it the only fatal field accident in Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
  
   history. His death leads to the banning of the spitball
  Spitball
  A spitball is an illegal baseball pitch in which the ball has been altered by the application of saliva, petroleum jelly, or some other foreign substance....
  
  .

• September 10 - Hall of Fame
  National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
  The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of...
  
   Cleveland Indians
  Cleveland Indians
  The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
  
   shortstop
  Shortstop
  Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...
  
   Joe Sewell
  Joe Sewell
  Joseph Wheeler Sewell was a Major League Baseball infielder for the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees...
  
   makes his major league debut in a 6-1 loss to the New York Yankees.

• September 15 - In the second game of a double header with the Boston Braves
  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....
  
  , Hall of famer Pie Traynor
  Pie Traynor
  Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor was an American professional baseball player, manager, scout and radio broadcaster. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a third baseman with the Pittsburgh Pirates . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
   makes his major league debut at shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• September 17
  • The Detroit Tigers' Bobby Veach
    Bobby Veach
    Robert Hayes "Bobby" Veach was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played fourteen seasons for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees and Washington Senators ....
    
     and New York Giants' George Burns
    George Burns (outfielder)
    George Joseph Burns was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career as the leadoff hitter for the New York Giants. A soft-spoken person, he was nicknamed "Silent George" by his teammates, and he was said to be one of the best pool players ever to play major...
    
     hit for the cycle
    Hitting for the cycle
    In baseball, hitting for the cycle is the accomplishment of one batter hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a "natural cycle". Cycles are uncommon in Major League Baseball , occurring 293 times since the first by Curry...
    
    , the first time it happened twice on the same day, according to the Elias Sports Bureau
    Elias Sports Bureau
    The Elias Sports Bureau is an American company that provides historical research and statistical services in the field of professional sports.In 1913, Al Munro Elias and his brother Walter established the Al Munro Elias Bureau in New York City...
    
    . Veach finished 6-for-6, adding two singles, as Burns added a second double to his cycle in New York's 4–3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates
    Pittsburgh Pirates
    The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
    
     in ten innings. Two separate players would not hit for the cycle on the same day until 2008, when the feat was duplicated by Stephen Drew
    Stephen Drew
    Stephen Oris Drew is a shortstop in Major League Baseball who plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He is the younger brother of Boston Red Sox outfielder J.D. Drew and former major leaguer Tim Drew....
    
     and Adrián Beltré
    Adrián Beltré
    Adrián Beltré Pérez is a Major League Baseball third baseman for the Texas Rangers.The youngest player in the National League when he made his major league debut, he has also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers , the Seattle Mariners , the Boston Red Sox , and the Texas Rangers . He bats and...
    
     for the Arizona Diamondbacks
    Arizona Diamondbacks
    The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field...
    
     and Seattle Mariners
    Seattle Mariners
    The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Safeco Field has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July...
    
    , respectively.
  • The Detroit Tigers defeat the Boston Red Sox, 13–12, in 12 innings, despite a major-league record 20 BoSox receiving walks. Eight Tigers also walk to set another ML record of 28 walks in an extra-inning game.
  • St. Louis Browns first baseman
    First baseman
    First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team...
    
     George Sisler
    George Sisler
    George Harold Sisler , nicknamed "Gentleman George" and "Gorgeous George," was an American professional baseball player for 15 seasons, primarily as first baseman with the St. Louis Browns...
    
     goes four-for-five in the Browns' 17-6 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics to raise his average to .400. Sisler will end the season with a .407 batting average
    Batting average
    Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
    
    .

• September 25
  • After having spent most of the season in the minors, and having logged only ten innings pitched all season, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jimmy Zinn
    Jimmy Zinn
    James Edward Zinn born in Benton, Arkansas was a Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics , Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians ....
    
     pitches all twelve innings in the Pirates' 2-1 extra innings
    Extra innings
    Extra innings is the extension of a baseball or softball game in order to break a tie.Ordinarily, a baseball game consists of nine innings , each of which is divided into halves: the visiting team bats first, after which the home team takes its turn at bat...
    
     victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Zinn gives up just six hits in his twelve innings of work.
  • The Boston Red Sox defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 4-2, handing Connie Mack
    Connie Mack (baseball)
    Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr. , better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he holds records for wins , losses , and games managed , with his victory total being almost 1,000 more...
    
    's team their 100th loss of the season.

• September 27 - Babe Ruth
  Babe Ruth
  George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...
  
   hits two home runs, and accounts for all three runs scored in the New York Yankees' 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. The two home runs bring his season total to 53. He hits his 54th, and final, home run two days later.

October - December

• October 1 - 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...
  
  ' Pete Alexander pitches 17 innings to earn his National League
  National League
  The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
  
   leading 27th victory. Only one of the two runs Alexander surrenders to the St. Louis Cardinals is earned, lowering his ERA to 1.91 for the season, which also leads the league.

• October 2
  • Jim Bagby
    Jim Bagby, Sr.
    James Charles Jacob Bagby, Sr. was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Bagby was the first pitcher to hit a home run in a modern World Series, and one of the last three pitchers to win over 30 games in one season .-Biography:A native of Barnett, Georgia, Bagby began...
    
     and the Cleveland Indians defeat the Detroit Tigers 10-1 for Bagby's 31st victory of the season.
  • At Forbes Field
    Forbes Field
    Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...
    
    , the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds play the last major league tripleheader, with Cincinnati winning the first two games, 13-4 & 7-3, and Pittsburgh winning the third 6-0 in six innings.

• October 5 - The Cleveland Indians defeat the Brooklyn Robins, 3–1, in Game one of the 1920 World Series
  1920 World Series
  -Game 1:Tuesday, October 5, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 2:Wednesday, October 6, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 3:Thursday, October 7, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 4:...
  
   at Ebbets Field
  Ebbets Field
  Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, USA, on a city block which is now considered to be part of the Crown Heights neighborhood. It was the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. It was also a venue for professional football...
  
  . Indians' pitcher
  Pitcher
  In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
  
   Stan Coveleski gives up a run on five hits and one walk
  Base on balls
  A base on balls is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls. It is better known as a walk. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, and further detail is given in 6.08...
  
  , while striking out
  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....
  
   three in a complete game
  Complete game
  In baseball, a complete game is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game without the benefit of a relief pitcher.As demonstrated by the charts below, in the early 20th century, it was common for most good Major League Baseball pitchers to pitch a complete game almost every start. Pitchers were...
  
   effort, while his battery-mate Steve O'Neill
  Steve O'Neill
  Stephen Francis O'Neill was an American catcher, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball.Born to Irish immigrants in Minooka, Pennsylvania , O'Neill was one of six brothers who escaped a life in the coal mines by playing in the major leagues...
  
   led the attack with two doubles
  Double (baseball)
  In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....
  
   and two runs batted in. Rube Marquard
  Rube Marquard
  Richard William "Rube" Marquard was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1910s and early 1920s...
  
   is the losing pitcher.

• October 6 - The Brooklyn Robins even the World Series
  World Series
  The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...
  
   at a game apiece with a 3–0 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....
  
   against the visiting Cleveland Indians. Burleigh Grimes
  Burleigh Grimes
  Burleigh Arland Grimes was an American professional baseball player, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1954. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.-Career:Nicknamed "Ol' Stubblebeard", Grimes was...
  
   is credited with the shoutout, holding Cleveland to only seven hits and four walks while striking out two. Brooklyn right fielder Tommy Griffith
  Tommy Griffith
  Tommy Griffith was a professional baseball player from 1913 to 1925. He was a right fielder. Griffith mainly played with the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Robins. With these teams, he never hit below .250 and has over 100 hits six times...
  
   goes 2-for-4 with two RBI. Jim Bagby
  Jim Bagby, Sr.
  James Charles Jacob Bagby, Sr. was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Bagby was the first pitcher to hit a home run in a modern World Series, and one of the last three pitchers to win over 30 games in one season .-Biography:A native of Barnett, Georgia, Bagby began...
  
  , the losing pitcher, gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings of work.

• October 7 - The host Brooklyn Robins beat the Cleveland Indians, 2–1, to take a 2-1 advantage in the World Series
  1920 World Series
  -Game 1:Tuesday, October 5, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 2:Wednesday, October 6, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 3:Thursday, October 7, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 4:...
  
  . The Robins took an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, when leadoff hitter Ivy Olson
  Ivy Olson
  Ivan Massie Olson born in Kansas City, Missouri was a Major League Baseball Shortstop for the Cleveland Naps , Cincinnati Reds And Brooklyn Robins...
  
   walked and Tommy Griffith
  Tommy Griffith
  Tommy Griffith was a professional baseball player from 1913 to 1925. He was a right fielder. Griffith mainly played with the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Robins. With these teams, he never hit below .250 and has over 100 hits six times...
  
   reached base on an error, followed by RBI-singles by Zack Wheat
  Zack Wheat
  Wheat played his first full season in . He played every game for the Superbas that season as the regular left fielder, leading the league in games played. He batted .284 that season, the second-lowest average of his career, which led the team, and was among the league leaders in hits, doubles, and...
  
   and Hy Myers
  Hy Myers
  Henry "Hy" Myers was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over all or part of 14 seasons with the Brooklyn Supurbas/Robins, St. Louis Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds. He led the National League in RBIs in 1919 while playing for Brooklyn. He was born in East Liverpool, Ohio and...
  
  . The only Cleveland run came in the fourth, after 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...
  
   doubled
  Double (baseball)
  In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....
  
   to left field and scored on an error. Robins' starter Sherry Smith
  Sherry Smith
  Sherrod Malone Smith was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1911 until 1927, he pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Brooklyn Robins and Cleveland Indians . Smith batted right-handed and threw left-handed...
  
   pitched all the way, giving up an unearned run on three hits and two walks, while striking out two. 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...
  
   was credited with the loss.

• October 9 - The Cleveland Indians
  Cleveland Indians
  The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
  
   even the World Series
  1920 World Series
  -Game 1:Tuesday, October 5, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 2:Wednesday, October 6, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 3:Thursday, October 7, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 4:...
  
   at two games a piece, with a 5–1 victory against the Brooklyn Robins at League Park
  League Park
  League Park was a baseball park located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was situated at the northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and E. 66th Street in the Hough neighborhood. It was home to the National League Cleveland Spiders, the American League Cleveland Indians, and the Cleveland...
  
  . For the second time pitcher Stan Coveleski
  Stan Coveleski
  Stanley Anthony Coveleski was a Major League Baseball player during the 1910s and 1920s. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969....
  
   silenced the Brooklyn hitters for nine innings, giving up a run on five hits while striking out four and walking one. Bill Wambsganss
  Bill Wambsganss
  William Adolf Wambsganss was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1914 through 1926, Wambsganss played for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, and Philadelphia Athletics...
  
   hit 2-for-4 with an RBI and scored twice, while 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...
  
   went 2-for-5 with two runs and George Burns
  George Burns (first baseman)
  George Henry Burns , nicknamed "Tioga George," was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for five American League teams from to...
  
   drove in two runs. Coveleski helped himself with a single and a run, while Larry Gardner
  Larry Gardner
  William Lawrence "Larry" Gardner was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1908 through 1924, Gardner played for the Boston Red Sox , Philadelphia Athletics, and Cleveland Indians . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
   and Elmer Smith drove in a run apiece. The only Brooklyn damage came in the fourth inning after a single by Jimmy Johnston
  Jimmy Johnston
  James Harle Johnston was a major-league baseball player from 1911 to 1926...
  
   and a RBI-double from Tommy Griffith
  Tommy Griffith
  Tommy Griffith was a professional baseball player from 1913 to 1925. He was a right fielder. Griffith mainly played with the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Robins. With these teams, he never hit below .250 and has over 100 hits six times...
  
  . The Robins used four pitchers, as starter Leon Cadore
  Leon Cadore
  Leon "Caddy" Joseph Cadore was a right-handed American pitcher from 1915 - 1924. Cadore shares a MLB record for the most innings pitched in a single game . In 1920, both Cadore and Joe Oeschger pitched all 26 innings for their respective teams in a game that was eventually called a tie due to...
  
   lasted just one inning and was credited with the loss.

• October 10 - At League Park, the Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Robins 8–1 in Game 5 of the World Series
  1920 World Series
  -Game 1:Tuesday, October 5, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 2:Wednesday, October 6, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 3:Thursday, October 7, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 4:...
  
   to take a 3-2 lead in the Classic, in one of the most unusual games in Series history. This game recorded the only triple play
  Triple Play
  A triple play is a baseball play in which three outs are made as a result of continuous action without any intervening errors between outs.Triple play may also refer to:...
  
   ever made in postseason play, the first Series 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...
  
  , and the first Series home run hit by a pitcher
  Pitcher
  In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
  
  . The triple-header was unassisted
  Unassisted triple play
  In baseball, an unassisted triple play occurs when a defensive player makes all three putouts by himself in one continuous play, without any teammates touching the ball . In Major League Baseball , it is one of the rarest of individual feats, along with hitting four home runs in one game and the...
  
   and turned by Cleveland second baseman Bill Wambsganss
  Bill Wambsganss
  William Adolf Wambsganss was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1914 through 1926, Wambsganss played for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, and Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  , while the grand slam was hit by Indians outfielder Elmer Smith and the home run belted by Cleveland starter
  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....
  
   Jim Bagby
  Jim Bagby, Sr.
  James Charles Jacob Bagby, Sr. was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Bagby was the first pitcher to hit a home run in a modern World Series, and one of the last three pitchers to win over 30 games in one season .-Biography:A native of Barnett, Georgia, Bagby began...
  
  , who earned the victory. Beside this, Brooklyn outhit Cleveland, 13-to-12, in a lost cause. Burleigh Grimes
  Burleigh Grimes
  Burleigh Arland Grimes was an American professional baseball player, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1954. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.-Career:Nicknamed "Ol' Stubblebeard", Grimes was...
  
   was charged with the loss.

• October 11 - The Cleveland Indians
  Cleveland Indians
  The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
  
   put themselves one win away from their first World Championship title, after beating the Brooklyn Robins, 1–0, in Game 6 of the World Series
  1920 World Series
  -Game 1:Tuesday, October 5, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 2:Wednesday, October 6, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 3:Thursday, October 7, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 4:...
  
   at Cleveland League Park
  League Park
  League Park was a baseball park located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was situated at the northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and E. 66th Street in the Hough neighborhood. It was home to the National League Cleveland Spiders, the American League Cleveland Indians, and the Cleveland...
  
  . Facing his former team, Duster Mails
  Duster Mails
  John Walter "Duster" Mails born in San Quentin, California was a pitcher for the Brooklyn Robins , Cleveland Indians and St...
  
   pitched a sterling three-hit shutout with four strikeouts and two walks. The only run of the game came in the bottom of the sixth inning, when 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...
  
   hit a two-out single and scored on a double by George Burns
  George Burns (first baseman)
  George Henry Burns , nicknamed "Tioga George," was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for five American League teams from to...
  
  . The lack of run support by the Robins made a hard-luck loser out of their starter Sherry Smith
  Sherry Smith
  Sherrod Malone Smith was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1911 until 1927, he pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Brooklyn Robins and Cleveland Indians . Smith batted right-handed and threw left-handed...
  
  , who gave up a run on seven hits in a complete-game defeat.

• October 12 - The Cleveland Indians
  Cleveland Indians
  The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
  
   defeated the visiting Brooklyn Robins, 3-0, in Game 7 of the World Series
  1920 World Series
  -Game 1:Tuesday, October 5, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 2:Wednesday, October 6, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 3:Thursday, October 7, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York-Game 4:...
  
  , to clinch their first World Championship
  World championship
  A world championship is the top achievement for any sport or contest. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best nation, team, individual in the world in a particular field. Certain sports do not have a world championship, instead...
  
   five games to two. Stan Coveleski
  Stan Coveleski
  Stanley Anthony Coveleski was a Major League Baseball player during the 1910s and 1920s. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969....
  
   earned the 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....
  
   and his third victory of the Series, limiting the Robins to five hits and striking out one without walks, to reach a minuscule 0.67 ERA
  Earned run average
  In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...
  
   in three complete game
  Complete game
  In baseball, a complete game is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game without the benefit of a relief pitcher.As demonstrated by the charts below, in the early 20th century, it was common for most good Major League Baseball pitchers to pitch a complete game almost every start. Pitchers were...
  
  s. The Indians scored his first run in the bottom of the fourth inning, when Larry Gardner
  Larry Gardner
  William Lawrence "Larry" Gardner was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1908 through 1924, Gardner played for the Boston Red Sox , Philadelphia Athletics, and Cleveland Indians . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
   singled and scored on a two-out error. An inning later, Charlie Jamieson
  Charlie Jamieson
  Charles Devine Jamieson was an American baseball player, an outfielder for the Washington Senators , Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians ....
  
   singled and scored on a two-out triple by 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...
  
  . The last run came in the seventh, when Coveleski scored on a double by Jamieson. Burleigh Grimes
  Burleigh Grimes
  Burleigh Arland Grimes was an American professional baseball player, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1954. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.-Career:Nicknamed "Ol' Stubblebeard", Grimes was...
  
   was the loser, after allowing all three runs on seven hits in seven innings.

• October 22 - Eight members 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...
  
   are indicted for supposedly throwing the 1919 World Series
  1919 World Series
  The 1919 World Series matched the American League champion Chicago White Sox against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds. Although most World Series have been of the best-of-seven format, the 1919 World Series was a best-of-nine series...
  
  . Although considered heavy favorites to win the Series, the White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
   in eight games.

• November 12 - MLB owners unanimously elect Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  Kenesaw Mountain Landis was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first Commissioner of Baseball from 1920 until his death...
  
   chairman for seven years. The owners' action comes in direct response to the Black Sox Scandal
  Black Sox Scandal
  The Black Sox Scandal took place around and during the play of the American baseball 1919 World Series. Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were banned for life from baseball for intentionally losing games, which allowed the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series...
  
  , which threatens the integrity of the game. Landis accepts, but only as sole baseball commissioner
  Baseball Commissioner
  The Commissioner of Baseball is the chief executive of Major League Baseball and its associated minor leagues. Under the direction of the Commissioner, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball hires and maintains the sport's umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, and television contracts...
  
   with final authority over the players and owners, while remaining a federal judge with his $7,500 federal salary deducted from the baseball salary of $50,000.

January-February

• January 2 - Cliff Dapper
  Cliff Dapper
  Clifford Roland Dapper was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1942 season. Listed at 6'2", 190 lbs., he batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• January 4 - Walter Ockey
  Walter Ockey
  Walter Andrew Ockey was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in two games, both in relief, for the New York Giants in 1944. The 6'0", 175 lb. right-hander was a native of New York, New York....
  
  
• January 6 - Early Wynn
  Early Wynn
  Early Wynn Jr. , nicknamed "Gus", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 25-year baseball career, he pitched for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• January 7 - Dixie Howell
  Dixie Howell (pitcher)
  Millard Filmore "Dixie" Howell was a relief pitcher who played in six Major League Baseball seasons between and as well 19 years in the minors. Listed at 6' 2", 210 lb., Howell batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• January 8 - Bert Kuczynski
  Bert Kuczynski
  Bernard Carl "Bert" Kuczynski was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics of the MLB and an American football tight end in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and the Philadelphia Eagles. He attended the University of Pennsylvania...
  
  
• January 10 - Max Patkin
  Max Patkin
  Max Patkin was an American baseball player and clown, best known as the Clown Prince of Baseball ....
  
  
• January 15 - Steve Gromek
  Steve Gromek
  Stephen Joseph Gromek was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played seventeen seasons in the American League with the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers . He was a native of Hamtramck, Michigan.An All-Star in 1945, Gromek posted a 19-9 won-loss record with a 3.26 ERA...
  
  
• January 16 - Ray Poole
  Ray Poole (baseball)
  Raymond Herman Poole was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the and seasons. Poole served in the military during World War II from 1942 to 1945.-External links:...
  
  
• January 16 - Roy Talcott
  Roy Talcott
  Leroy Everett Talcott was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Braves in 1943.-External links:...
  
  
• January 17 - Jay Heard
  Jay Heard
  Jehosie "Jay" Heard was an American professional baseball player. A native of Athens, Georgia, he was a left-handed pitcher who stood tall and weighed . He pitched two games in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles.Heard began his pro career in the Negro Leagues after serving in the...
  
  
• January 20 - Sam Hairston
  Sam Hairston
  Samuel Harding Hairston is a former Negro League baseball and Major League Baseball player. He played for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro Leagues and played part of one season with the Chicago White Sox as a catcher...
  
  
• January 26 - Dick Mauney
• January 27 - Eddie Shokes
  Eddie Shokes
  Edward Christopher Shokes was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• February 2 - Zeb Eaton
  Zeb Eaton
  Zebulon Vance Eaton , nicknamed "Red," was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers in 1944 and 1945. Born in Cooleemee, North Carolina, Zeb Eaton played in 6 games for the Tigers in 1944 with no decisions and a 5.74 earned run average...
  
  
• February 8 - Buddy Blattner
  Buddy Blattner
  Robert Garnett Blattner , commonly known as "Buddy" or "Bud" Blattner, was an American table tennis and baseball player and radio and television sportscaster.-Playing career:Blattner played table tennis in his youth, winning the world men's doubles championship in 1936...
  
  
• February 11 - Boyd Bartley
  Boyd Bartley
  Boyd Owen Bartley is a former Major League Baseball player. He played shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers in nine games during the 1943 Brooklyn Dodgers season. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the military during World War II.-External links:...
  
  
• February 20 - Frankie Gustine
  Frankie Gustine
  Frankie Gustine was a Major League Baseball player who appeared in three All-Star Games. He spent the bulk of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, though he also played a season for the Chicago Cubs and played the last 9 games of his career with the St. Louis Browns...
  
  
• February 20 - Bill Ramsey
  Bill Ramsey
  William Thrace Ramsey, Jr. was an American professional baseball player who was an outfielder for the Boston Braves for a single Major League Baseball season in 1945....
  
  
• February 23 - Roy Valdés
  Roy Valdes
  Rogelio Lazaro Valdés Rojas was a Major League Baseball player.Born in Havana, Cuba, Valdés was one of many who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. His career consisted of one at bat as a pinch hitter for the Washington Senators at Fenway Park in Boston on May 3, 1944. He went...
  
  
• February 26 - Danny Gardella
  Danny Gardella
  Daniel Lewis Gardella was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals...
  
  
• February 27 - Connie Ryan
  Connie Ryan
  Cornelius Joseph Ryan was an American second baseman, third baseman, coach and manager in Major League Baseball....
  
  

March-April

• March 3 - Dick Adkins
  Dick Adkins
  Richard Earl Adkins was a professional baseball player. He was a shortstop for one season with the Philadelphia Athletics. For his career, he compiled a .143 batting average in 7 at-bats....
  
  
• March 13 - Frank Biscan
  Frank Biscan
  Frank Stephen "Porky" Biscan was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in , , and .From 1942 to 1945 Biscan served in the military during World War II.-External links:...
  
  
• March 18 - Mickey Rutner
  Mickey Rutner
  Milton "Mickey" Rutner was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1947 season. Listed at 5' 11", 190 lb., Rutner batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• March 20 - Twila Shively
  Twila Shively
  Twila Shively [″Twi″] was an outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 128 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• March 25 - Sam Lowry
  Sam Lowry
  Samuel Joseph Lowry was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the and seasons.-References:...
  
  
• March 28 - Fred Hancock
  Fred Hancock
  Fred James Hancock was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1949.-External links:...
  
  
• March 28 - Babe Martin
  Babe Martin
  Boris Michael "Babe" Martin , was an Major League Baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Browns and a catcher for the Boston Red Sox .Martin was born in Seattle, Washington...
  
  
• March 30 - Irene Ruhnke
  Irene Ruhnke
  Irene Ruhnke [Sanvitas] was an infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• March 31 - Dave Koslo
  Dave Koslo
  George Bernard "Dave" Koslo was a former professional baseball left-handed pitcher over parts of twelve seasons with the New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Braves. On April 18, 1947, Koslo gave up Jackie Robinson’s first major league home run, hit in the third inning...
  
  
• April 8 - Dick Adams
  Dick Adams (baseball)
  Richard Leroy Adams is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. Born in Tuolumne County, California, he batted right handed and threw left handed....
  
  
• April 19 - John O'Neil
• April 24 - Dixie Howell
  Dixie Howell (catcher)
  Homer Elliott Howell was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played from 1947-1956 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers.-External links:...
  
  
• April 26 - Ron Northey
  Ron Northey
  Ronald James Northey was an American professional baseball player and coach. He was an outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies , St. Louis Cardinals , Cincinnati Reds , Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• April 28 - Red Treadway
  Red Treadway
  Thadford Leon "Red" Treadway was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the New York Giants in 1944 and 1945. A native of Athlone, North Carolina, he stood 5'10" and weighed 175 lbs....
  
  

May-June

• May 3 - Dan Bankhead
  Dan Bankhead
  Daniel Robert Bankhead , was the first black pitcher in Major League Baseball. After a strong career in the Negro League playing for the Memphis Red Sox, he was signed at age 24 by Branch Rickey to play in the Brooklyn Dodgers' farm system...
  
  
• May 10 - Mickey Grasso
  Mickey Grasso
  Newton Michael Grasso was an American Major League Baseball catcher who played for seven seasons. He appeared in 322 total games for the New York Giants in and , the Washington Senators from to , and the Cleveland Indians in ....
  
  
• May 11 - Gene Hermanski
  Gene Hermanski
  Eugene Victor Hermanski was a Major League Baseball outfielder. A native of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, he attended Seton Hall University....
  
  
• May 16 - Dave Philley
  Dave Philley
  David Earl Philley is a former outfielder who played in Major League Baseball. A switch-hitter who threw right-handed, he debuted on September 6, and played his final game on August 6, . He was born in Paris, Texas....
  
  
• May 20 - Helen Fox
  Helen Nicol
  Helen Nicol is a Canadian former baseball pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League . Listed at 5' 3", 120 lb., Nicol batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• May 22 - Pinky Woods
  Pinky Woods
  George Rowland "Pinky" Woods was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox from 1943 to 1945. A native of Waterbury, Connecticut, the right-hander stood 6'5" and weighed 225 lbs....
  
  
• May 24 - Vern Curtis
  Vern Curtis
  Vernon Eugene Curtis was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played parts of three seasons in the majors for the Washington Senators between and . Curtis served in the military during World War II.-External links:...
  
  
• June 9 - Sal Madrid
• June 10 - Johnny Podgajny
  Johnny Podgajny
  John Sigmund Podgajny was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for five seasons. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1940 to 1943, the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1943, and the Cleveland Indians in 1946....
  
  
• June 13 - Héctor Rodríguez
• June 16 - Eddie Malone
  Eddie Malone (baseball)
  Edward Russell Malone was a catcher in Major League Baseball.-External links:...
  
  
• June 20 - Red Barbary
• June 22 - Walt Masterson
  Walt Masterson
  Walter Edward Masterson III was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• June 23 - Deacon Donahue
  Deacon Donahue
  John Stephen Michael Donahue was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Phillies. Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Donahue batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.Donahue was one of several players who only appeared in the...
  
  
• June 26 - Jean-Pierre Roy
  Jean-Pierre Roy
  Jean-Pierre Roy is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in three games during the season for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
  
  
• June 28 - Bert Shepard
  Bert Shepard
  Robert Earl "Bert" Shepard was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who pitched in one game for the Washington Senators in 1945 after having had his right leg amputated after his fighter plane was shot down in Germany during World War II while he was serving as a pilot in the...
  
  

July-August

• July 1 - Paul Lehner
  Paul Lehner
  Paul Eugene Lehner was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a center fielder for five American League teams from 1946 through 1952. A native of Dolomite, Alabama, Lehner batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• July 3 - Al Montgomery
  Al Montgomery
  Alvin Atlas Montgomery was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Braves in 1941.-External links:...
  
  
• July 3 - Paul O'Dea
  Paul O'Dea
  Paul O'Dea was an American professional baseball player, manager and scout. He saw Major League service during World War II for the and Cleveland Indians....
  
  
• July 6 - Jay Avrea
  Jay Avrea
  James Epherium Avrea was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Avrea played for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1950 season. In two games, Avrea had two Strikeouts, in 5.3 innings, with a 3.38 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• July 6 - Eddie Bockman
  Eddie Bockman
  Eddie Bockman was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York Yankees , Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates . Listed at 5'9", 175 lb...
  
  
• July 13 - Frank Hiller
  Frank Hiller
  Frank Walter Hiller was an American professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from to for the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• July 14 - Bryan Stephens
  Bryan Stephens
  Bryan Maris Stephens was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched in 31 games for the Cleveland Indians in 1947 and 43 games for the St. Louis Browns in 1948.-External links:...
  
  
• July 15 - Theresa Kobuszewski
  Theresa Kobuszewski
  Theresa Kobuszewski [Koby or Tracy] was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League....
  
  
• July 16 - Larry Jansen
  Larry Jansen
  Lawrence Joseph Jansen was an American right-handed pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. A native of Oregon, he played minor league baseball in the early 1940s before starting his Major League career in 1947 with the New York Giants. Jansen played nine seasons in the big leagues, and was...
  
  
• July 18 - Eddie Kazak
  Eddie Kazak
  Edward Terrance Kazak , was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds from 1948 to 1952. Born Edward Terrance Tkaczuk, he graduated from Cecil Township High School in 1938, where he played both baseball and soccer...
  
  
• July 26 - Eddie Bockman
  Eddie Bockman
  Eddie Bockman was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York Yankees , Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates . Listed at 5'9", 175 lb...
  
  
• July 26 - Sibby Sisti
  Sibby Sisti
  Sebastian Daniel "Sibby" Sisti , was an American Major League Baseball utility player.-Playing career:Sisti stood 5' 11" tall and weighed 175 pounds...
  
  
• July 29 - Erv Dusak
  Erv Dusak
  Ervin Frank "Four Sack" Dusak was an American Major League Baseball player. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1938 and got his nickname from a poem a fan wrote after he hit a home run in the minors. He was very briefly with the 1941 Houston Buffaloes of the...
  
  
• July 31 - Fred Bradley
  Fred Bradley
  Fred Langdon Bradley is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in and for the Chicago White Sox. Listed at 6' 1", 180 lb., he batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• August 3 - Jim Hegan
  Jim Hegan
  James Edward Hegan was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. He played for seventeen seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball from to and from to , most notably for the Cleveland Indians. After his playing career was over, he became a coach and scout in a baseball...
  
  
• August 3 - Vic Johnson
• August 4 - Bob Keegan
  Bob Keegan
  Robert Charles Keegan was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox from 1953-1958. He was originally from Rochester, New York....
  
  
• August 18 - Bob Kennedy
  Bob Kennedy
  Robert Daniel Kennedy was a right fielder/third baseman, manager and executive in Major League Baseball.From 1939-1957, Kennedy played for the Chicago White Sox , Cleveland Indians , Baltimore Orioles , Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Dodgers . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• August 19 - Vern Bickford
  Vern Bickford
  Vernon Edgell Bickford was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Braves in Boston and Milwaukee , and for the Baltimore Orioles...
  
  
• August 21 - Ben Cardoni
  Ben Cardoni
  Armand Joseph "Big Ben" Cardoni is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played three seasons with the Boston Braves from 1943 to 1945.-External links:...
  
  
• August 21 - Whitey Platt
  Whitey Platt
  Mizell George "Whitey" Platt was a right-handed Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1942 to 1943 for the Chicago Cubs, in 1946 for the Chicago White Sox and from 1948 to 1949 for the St...
  
  
• August 21 - Gerry Staley
  Gerry Staley
  Gerald Lee Staley was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who excelled both as a starter and reliever. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the Minor League draft. He pitched regularly from 1947 on, then was traded to Cincinnati for the 1955 season...
  
  

September-October

• September 3 - Sandy Consuegra
  Sandy Consuegra
  Sandalio Simeon Consuegra Castello [con-SWEH-grah] was a Cuban-born relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1950 through 1957, Consuegra played for the Washington Senators , Chicago White Sox , Baltimore Orioles and New York Giants...
  
  
• September 4 - Catherine Bennett
  Catherine Bennett
  Catherine Bennett was a female Canadian pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• September 5 - Gene Bearden
  Gene Bearden
  Henry Eugene "Gene" Bearden was a left-handed knuckleball pitcher in Major League Baseball who completed a remarkable rookie season by closing out the Cleveland Indians' last World Series championship in 1948....
  
  
• September 12 - Andy Seminick
  Andy Seminick
  Andrew Wasal Seminick was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies between 1943 and 1951, and the Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs from 1952 through part of 1955, when he rejoined the Phillies for the rest of his career until...
  
  
• September 18 - Ed Hanyzewski
  Ed Hanyzewski
  Edward Michael Hanyzewski , is a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1942 to 1946. He played for the Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• September 18 - Paul Gillespie
  Paul Gillespie
  For the Irish Times columnist, see Paul Gillespie Paul Allen Gillespie was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Chicago Cubs in 1942, 1944, and 1945. A native of Sugar Valley, Georgia, he stood 6'3" and weighed 195 lbs.Gillespie is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major...
  
  
• September 22 - Larry Eschen
  Larry Eschen
  Lawrence Edward Eschen is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics. He was born in Suffern, New York. He batted and threw right-handed. Eschen had no hits in 11 at-bats, in 12 games, with four walks.His father, Jim, also played in Major League...
  
  
• September 22 - Bob Lemon
  Bob Lemon
  Robert Granville Lemon was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976....
  
  
• September 23 - Marino Pieretti
  Marino Pieretti
  Marino Paul Pieretti , was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from -. He would play for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, and Cleveland Indians....
  
  
• September 24 - Otis Davis
  Otis Davis (baseball)
  Otis Allen Davis was a Major League Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946. Davis, whose nickname was "Scat", made just one appearance as a pinch runner.-External links:...
  
  
• September 30 - Lyman Linde
  Lyman Linde
  Lyman Gilbert Linde was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians in the American League for two seasons. In four career games, Linde pitched 10⅔ innings and had a 6.75 earned run average .Born and raised in Wisconsin, Linde first played...
  
  
• October 2 - Spec Shea
  Spec Shea
  Francis Joseph "Spec" Shea was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1947-1955. He played for the New York Yankees from 1947–1951 and the Washington Senators from 1952-1955...
  
  
• October 8 - George Metkovich
  Catfish Metkovich
  George Michael "Catfish" Metkovich was an American outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox , Cleveland Indians , Chicago White Sox , Pittsburgh Pirates , Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Braves...
  
  
• October 20 - Pat McGlothin
  Pat McGlothin
  Ezra Mac "Pat" McGlothin was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in 8 games during the 1949 and 1950 seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was born in Coalfield, Tennessee.-External links:...
  
  
• October 20 - Bill Ramsey
  Bill Ramsey
  William Thrace Ramsey, Jr. was an American professional baseball player who was an outfielder for the Boston Braves for a single Major League Baseball season in 1945....
  
  
• October 22 - Jim Hickey
• October 23 - Vern Stephens
  Vern Stephens
  Vernon Decatur Stephens was an American shortstop in professional baseball who played 15 seasons in the American League for four different teams. A native of McAlister, New Mexico, Stephens batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• October 26 - Bud Byerly
  Bud Byerly
  Eldred William Byerly is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals , Cincinnati Reds , Washington Senators , Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants...
  
  
• October 28 - Artie Wilson
  Artie Wilson
  Arthur Lee Wilson was a shortstop in Major League and Negro league baseball who was an all-star for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro leagues before playing one season in the major leagues for the New York Giants...
  
  

November-December

• November 2 - Dick Sisler
  Dick Sisler
  Richard Alan Sisler was an American player, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Sisler was the son of Hall of Fame first baseman and two-time .400 hitter George Sisler. Younger brother Dave Sisler was a relief pitcher in the 1950s and 1960s with four MLB...
  
  
• November 2 - John Sullivan
  John Sullivan (shortstop)
  John Paul Sullivan is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. He played six seasons in the majors, between and , for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns. Sullivan was the Senators' starting shortstop from 1942 until 1944, when his career was interrupted by World War II. Upon his return...
  
  
• November 4 - Val Heim
  Val Heim
  Val Raymond Heim is a former left fielder who played in Major League Baseball during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb., he batted right handed and threw left handed....
  
  
• November 8 - Wally Westlake
  Wally Westlake
  Waldon Thomas Westlake was a utility player who had a ten-year career from 1947 to 1956. Born in Gridley, California, he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies of the National League, and the Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles of the...
  
  
• November 9 - Bill Mueller
• November 9 - Homer Spragins
  Homer Spragins
  Homer Franklin Spragins was an American professional baseball pitcher. Spragins played for the Philadelphia Phillies in .-External links:*...
  
  
• November 9 - Dick Whitman
  Dick Whitman
  Dick Corwin Whitman was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played college baseball at the University of Oregon, and then professionally from 1946-1951 with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.Born in Woodburn, Oregon, he appeared in the 1949 World Series with the...
  
  
• November 10 - Russ Kerns
• November 11 - Joe Murray
  Joe Murray (baseball)
  Joseph Ambrose Murray was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball during the season. Listed at 6' 0", 165 lb., Murray batted and threw left handed. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania....
  
  
• November 21 - Stan Musial
  Stan Musial
  Stanley Frank "Stan" Musial is a retired professional baseball player who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals . Nicknamed "Stan the Man", Musial was a record 24-time All-Star selection , and is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in baseball...
  
  
• November 23 - Jake Jones
  Jake Jones
  James Murrell "Jake" Jones was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 6'3", 197 lb., Jones batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Epps, Louisiana.-Career:Jones was a highly decorated World War II veteran...
  
  
• November 26 - Bud Sheely
  Bud Sheely
  Hollis Kimball "Bud" Sheely was an American Major League Baseball catcher.Sheely attended Saint Mary's College of California. He was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941....
  
  
• November 27 - Johnny Schmitz
  Johnny Schmitz
  John Albert Schmitz, nicknamed "Bear Tracks" , was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 13 seasons between and , missing 1943 to 1945 due to World War II. His nickname was inspired by the way he shuffled to the mound and his size 14 feet...
  
  
• December 1 - Charlie Ripple
  Charlie Ripple
  Charles Dawson Ripple was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• December 6 - Gus Niarhos
  Gus Niarhos
  Constantine Gregory "Gus" Niarhos was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox , Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• December 15 - Eddie Robinson
• December 17 - Mike Schultz
• December 20 - Julio González
• December 21 - Bill Werle
  Bill Werle
  William George "Bill" Werle was a left-handed major league baseball pitcher fromOakland, California. He pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox from 1949–1954. His nickname was Bugs. He threw and batted left-handed...
  
  
• December 27 - Dutch McCall
• December 28 - Leslie Aulds
  Leslie Aulds
  Leycester Doyle Aulds was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox in the season. Aulds batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Farmerville, Louisiana. In over ten games played, Aulds posted a .250 batting average . Aulds died in Hondo, Texas, at the age...
  
  

Deaths

• February 2 - Frank Quinn
  Frank Quinn (outfielder)
  Franklin Cady Quinn , was a former professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues for the 1899 Chicago Orphans of the National League.-Sources:*...
  
  , 43, outfielder for the 1899 Chicago Orphans of the National League.

• February 5 - Tom Catterson
  Tom Catterson
  Thomas Henry Catterson , was a professional baseball player who played outfield from 1908-1909 for the Brooklyn Superbas. He attended Villanova University.-External links:...
  
  , 35, outfielder who played from 1908 through 1909 for the Brooklyn Superbas of the National League.

• February 5 - Ed Siever
  Ed Siever
  Edward Tilden Siever was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played seven seasons with the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns . Born in Goddard, Kansas, Siever had four good seasons and one phenomenal season in his brief major league career...
  
  , 44, pitcher who posted a 83-83 record and a 2.60 earned run average for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns, while leading the American League pitchers with 1.91 ERA in 1902.

• February 6 - Jack Lapp
  Jack Lapp
  John Walker Lapp was a professional baseball player who played catcher in the major leagues from 1908 to 1916...
  
  , 35, backup catcher who hit .263 in nine seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics (1908-1915) and Chicago White Sox.

• February 11 - Ray Boyd
  Ray Boyd (baseball)
  Raymond C. Boyd was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons with the St. Louis Browns, and Cincinnati Reds...
  
  , 33, pitcher who played from 1910 to 1911 with the AL St. Louis Browns and NL Cincinnati Reds.

• February 12 - Mike Goodfellow
  Mike Goodfellow
  Michael J. Goodfellow was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He appeared in one game for the 1887 St. Louis Browns and 68 games for the 1888 Cleveland Blues.-External links:...
  
  , 53, National League outfielder for the 1887 St. Louis Browns and the 1888 Cleveland Blues.

• February 13 - John Shoupe
  John Shoupe
  John F. Shoupe was a 19th-century professional baseball player. Shoupe appeared in 11 games for the Troy Trojans in 1879, 2 games for the St. Louis Brown Stockings in 1882, and 1 game for the Washington Nationals in 1884. Sometimes he is credited as John Shoup.-External links:...
  
  , 68, pitcher and infielder in part of three seasons for the Troy Trojans (NL, 1879), St. Louis Brown Stockings (AA, 1882) and Washington Nationals (UA, 1884).

• February 14 - Andy Sullivan
  Andy Sullivan (baseball)
  Andrew Raymond Sullivan was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He attended Fordham University.-Sources:...
  
  , 35, shortstop for the 1904 Boston Beaneaters of the National League.

• March 1 - Harry Jordan
  Harry Jordan
  Harry James Jordan was a professional baseball player. He pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League during parts of the 1894 and 1895 seasons. He later played in the Eastern League in 1896 and the Interstate League in 1897 and 1898....
  
  , 47, pitcher who went 1-2 with a 4.15 ERA for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1894 to 1895.

• March 5 - Alex Farmer
  Alex Farmer
  Alexander Johnson Farmer , is a former professional baseball player who played catcher for the Brooklyn Superbas during the 1908 season, appearing in twelve games with a .167 batting average.-External links:...
  
  , 42, catcher for the 1908 Brooklyn Superbas of the National League.

• March 10 - Charlie Briggs
  Charlie Briggs
  Charles R. Briggs was a 19th-century professional baseball second baseman and outfielder. He played for the Chicago Browns in the Union Association during the 1884 season. In 1888 he played minor league ball in the Central Interstate League and the Tri-State League.-External links:...
  
  , 59, second baseman and outfielder who played for the Chicago Browns of the Union Association during the 1884 season.

• March 11 - Ed Poole
  Ed Poole
  Edward Isaih Poole was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played from 1900 to 1904 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and Brooklyn Superbas. Poole stood at 5' 10" and weighed 175 lbs.-Career:...
  
  , 44, National League pitcher who played from 1902 through 1904 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Superbas.

• April 2 - Matty McIntyre
  Matty McIntyre
  Matthew W. "Matty" McIntyre was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played ten seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics , Detroit Tigers , and Chicago White Sox ....
  
  , 39, outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox between 1901 and 1912, who led the American League in runs, singles and times on base in the 1908 season.

• April 18 - George McMillan
  George McMillan (baseball)
  George A. McMillan was a Major League Baseball player. He played for the New York Giants of the National League in ten games during the 1890 season.-Sources:...
  
  , 56, Canadian outfielder for the 1890 New York Giants of the National League.

• May 1 - Joe Leonard
  Joe Leonard (baseball)
  Joseph Howard Leonard was an American Major League Baseball player, born in Chicago, Illinois on November 15, 1894. He died in Washington, D.C. on May 1, 1920....
  
  , 25, third baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, and Washington Senators between the 1914 and 1920 seasons.

• May 8 - Bill McTigue
  Bill McTigue
  William Patrick "Rebel" McTigue is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played two seasons with the Boston Rustlers and Braves from 1911 to 1912 and one season with the Detroit Tigers in 1916. On August 23, 1918, it was reported that McTigue had a terminal lung disease and he had only days...
  
  , 27, pitcher who went 2-5 in 27 games with the Boston Rustlers/Braves (1911/1912-1913) and Detroit Tigers (1916).

• May 23 - Doc Kennedy
  Doc Kennedy
  Michael Joseph "Doc" Kennedy was an American professional baseball player. He played catcher in the major leagues from 1879 to 1883.-External links:...
  
  , 66, National League catcher who hit .260 in 160 games for the Cleveland Blues and Buffalo Bisons from 1879 to 1883.

• June 10 - Martin Flaherty
  Martin Flaherty
  Martin John Flaherty was an outfielder in Major League Baseball for one game in . He struck out in both of his at bats. He played this game on August 18 for the team that represents the city of his birth, Worcester Ruby Legs. The following season, in , he umpired one game. He died in Providence,...
  
  , 66, sporting goods dealer who came out of the stands to play one game for the 1881 Worcester Ruby Legs.

• June 19 - Ed Barry, 37, pitcher for the Boston Americans from 1905 through 1907.

• Juy 19 - John Hinton
  John Hinton (baseball)
  John Robert Hinton was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Beaneaters in 1901.- External links :...
  
  , 44, third baseman for the 1901 Boston Beaneaters of the National League.

• July 20 - Bill O'Neill, 40, Canadian shortstop for the Boston Americans, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox between 1904 and 1906, who committed six errors in a single game in 1904 to become the only 20th century big leaguer to accomplish this dubious feat.

• July 23 - Buttercup Dickerson
  Buttercup Dickerson
  Lewis Pessano Dickerson was a 19th century Major League Baseball outfielder. Born in Tyaskin, Maryland, he played a total of seven seasons in the majors, splitting time between eight teams in three different leagues...
  
  , 62, outfielder for eight teams from 1878 to 1885. Officially the first Italian American to play Major League Baseball.

• August 1 - Frank Norton
  Frank Norton
  Frank Prescott Norton was an American professional baseball player, who played in one game for the Washington Olympics on May 5, 1871. He struck out in his only at-bat and played third base and outfield in the game....
  
  , 75, outfielder/third baseman for the 1871 Washington Olympics of the National Association.

• August 4 - Frank Fennelly
  Frank Fennelly
  Francis John Fennelly was a 19th century Major League Baseball shortstop. He played his entire career for American Association teams: the Washington Nationals , Cincinnati Red Stockings , Philadelphia Athletics , and Brooklyn Gladiators...
  
  , 60, shortstop for four different teams from 1884 to 1890, who led the National League for the most RBI in 1885

• August 12 - Elmer Horton
  Elmer Horton
  Elmer Edward Horton , is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues. He pitched in two games for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1896 and in one game for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms in 1898.-External links:...
  
  , 48, pitcher for the 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates and the 1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms of the National League.

• August 17 - Ray Chapman
  Ray Chapman
  Raymond Johnson Chapman was an American baseball player, spending his entire career as a shortstop for Cleveland....
  
  , 29, shortstop for the Cleveland Indians since 1912 who batted .300 three times, led American League in runs and walks in 1918.

• August 27 - Toby Lyons
  Toby Lyons
  Thomas Arthur Lyons was a 19th century major league baseball player. He was a starting pitcher for the Syracuse Stars of the American Association in April and May 1890, starting three games.-External links:...
  
  , 51, pitcher for the 1890 Syracuse Stars of the American Association.

• August 29 - Jimmy Peoples
  Jimmy Peoples
  James Elsworth Peoples was a catcher and shortstop in Major League Baseball in the 19th century. He played from 1884-1889 in the majors and through 1894 in the minors....
  
  , 56, catcher who played from 1884 through 1889 for the Cincinnati Red Stockings,Brooklyn Grays/Bridegrooms and Columbus Solons.

• August 31 - John Ricks
  John Ricks
  John J. Ricks , was a professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues for the 1891 and 1894 St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
  
  , 52, third baseman for the St. Louis Browns of the National League in the 1891 and 1894 seasons.

• September 5 - Jerry Turbidy
  Jerry Turbidy
  Jeremiah Turbidy was a 19th-century professional baseball player. He played for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in 1884.-External links:...
  
  , 68, shortstop who played for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in 1884.

• September 11 - Bill Hallman, 53, second baseman, mainly with the Phillies, who batted .300 and scored 100 runs four times each

• September 17 - Charlie Eden
  Charlie Eden
  Charles M. Eden was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played over parts of four seasons for the Chicago White Stockings, Cleveland Blues, and Pittsbugh Alleghenys.-External links:...
  
  , 65, outfielder in parts of four parts for the Chicago White Stockings, Cleveland Blues and Pittsbugh Alleghenys, who led the National League in total bases and extrabase hits in 1879.

• September 23 - Doc Curley
  Doc Curley
  Walter James Curley , was a former professional baseball player who played second base in the Major Leagues for the 1899 Chicago Orphans of the National League. He went to college at College of the Holy Cross, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Virginia.-Sources:*...
  
  , 46, second baseman for the 1899 Chicago Orphans of the National League.

• September 28 - Phil Reardon
  Phil Reardon
  Philip Michael Reardon , was a professional baseball player who played outfield in five games for the 1906 Brooklyn Superbas.-External links:...
  
  , 36, outfielder for the for the 1906 Brooklyn Superbas of the National League.

• September 29 - Mark Creegan
  Mark Creegan
  Mark Creegan , was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played in nine games for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association. He also played for a number of different minor league teams in his home town of San Francisco.-External links:...
  
  , 50, outfielder for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association.

• October 2 - Walter Hackett
  Walter Hackett (baseball)
  Walter Henry Hackett was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the 1884 Boston Reds in the Union Association and the 1885 Boston Beaneaters in the National League. He later played in the minor leagues through 1889...
  
  , 63, shortstop who played for the 1884 Boston Reds in the Union Association and the 1885 Boston Beaneaters in the National League.

• October 9 - Carl Vandagrift
  Carl Vandagrift
  Carl William Vandagrift was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played 43 games, primarily as a second baseman but also as a third baseman and shortstop, in for the Indianapolis Hoosiers.-External links:...
  
  , 37, utility infielder for the 1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers of the Federal League.

• November 30 - Lou Meyers
  Lou Meyers
  Lewis Henry Meyers was a 19th century baseball catcher and outfielder for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association in 1884, playing in 2 career games on April 17 and May 10. He had three at-bats and did not record a hit...
  
  , 60, catcher/outfielder for the 1884 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association.

• December 9 - George Browne
  George Browne (baseball)
  George Edward Browne was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of twelve seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Boston Doves, Chicago Cubs, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Brooklyn Dodgers. He was the National League leader in runs scored...
  
  , 44, outfielder for seven different teams in a span of eleven seasons, and a member of the 1905 New York Giants World Champions.

• December 16 - Dick Bayless
  Dick Bayless
  Harry Owen Bayless was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder for one season with the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  , 37, right fielder for the Cincinnati Reds in 1908.

• December 27 - Harvey Cushman
  Harvey Cushman
  Harvey Barnes Cushman was an American professional baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball, with whom he played for in 1902. He was born in Rockland, Maine and played college baseball at the University of Maine.-External links:...
  
  , 43, pitcher for the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates.