1921 in baseball - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Headline Events of the Year

First radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

broadcast of 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...

.
Babe Ruth breaks Roger Connor's All-Time Home Run record of 138.

Champions

World Series
1921 World Series
In the 1921 World Series, the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees five games to three. This was the last of the experimental best-five-of-nine series....

: 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....

over 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...

(5-3)

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 :...	Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann Harry Edwin Heilmann , nicknamed “Slug,” was a Major League Baseball player who played 17 seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952.Heilmann was a line drive hitter who won four American League batting crowns: in 1921, 1923, 1925 and... DET	.394	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... STL	.397
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... NYY	59	George Kelly George Kelly (baseball player) George Lange Kelly , nicknamed "Long George" and "High Pockets", was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He played most of his MLB career for the New York Giants , but also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Cincinnati Reds , Chicago Cubs , and Brooklyn Dodgers... NYG	23
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... NYY	171	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... STL	126
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...	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... NYY & Urban Shocker Urban Shocker Urban James Shocker , born Urbain Jacques Shockor in Cleveland, Ohio, was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns from to .... SLB	27	Wilbur Cooper Wilbur Cooper Arley Wilbur Cooper was an American left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Pittsburgh Pirates. A four-time winner of 20 games in the early 1920s, he was the first National League left-hander to win 200 games... PIT	22
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...	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.... CHW	2.48	Bill Doak Bill Doak William Leopold Doak was born on January 28, 1891 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He spent 11 years with the St. Louis Cardinals. In he went 19-6 and lead the league with an ERA of 1.72. Doak won 20 games in , and led the NL in ERA again in 1921. On June 14, 1924 Doak was traded by the Cardinals to... STL	2.59
Ks	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... WAS	283	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... BRK	136

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
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...	98	55	.641	--
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...	94	60	.610	4.5
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...	81	73	.526	17.5
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...	80	73	.523	18
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"...	75	79	.487	23.5
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...	71	82	.464	27
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...	62	92	.403	36.5
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....	53	100	.346	45

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
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....	94	59	.614	--
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...	90	63	.588	4
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...	87	66	.569	7
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....	79	74	.516	15
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...	77	75	.507	16.5
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....	70	83	.458	24
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...	64	89	.418	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...	51	103	.331	43.5

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...	50	27	.650
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...	54	30	.645
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...	73	43	.630
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...	46	46	.500
Columbus Buckeyes	30	39	.435
Cincinnati Cubans 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,...	30	39	.435
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...	43	60	.417
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...	7	37	.159

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
Atlantic City 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...	34	28	.630
Philadelphia Hilldales Hilldale Club The Hilldale Athletic Club was an African American professional baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia....	26	16	.619
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...	12	7	.590
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 :...	1	2	.333
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...	12	26	.316
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...	2	6	.250

January - May

April 13
- George Toporcer debuts at second base for the St. Louis Cardinals
  St. Louis Cardinals
  The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
  
  . Nicknamed "Specs," he is the first position player to wear eye glasses on the field.
- In the season opener, 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...
  
  left fielder
  Left fielder
  In baseball, a left fielder is an outfielder who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound...
  
  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...
  
  goes five-for-five 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....
  
  , two runs batted in and a run scored
  Run (baseball)
  In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured...
  
  to lead the Yankees to an 11-1 victory over 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....
  
  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...
  
  .

April 24 - 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...

Ralph Miller
Ralph Miller (third baseman)
Ralph Joseph Miller , was a Major League Baseball player who played infielder from -. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Senators.-External links:...

hits 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...

and draws a walk, and is the only base runner as 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...

are one-hit by Phil Douglas
Phil Douglas
Phillip Brooks Douglas was an American baseball player.Douglas originally signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1912, but soon landed with the Cincinnati Reds. In 1915, he was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers, then to the Chicago Cubs.In 1919, he was signed by the New York Giants. John McGraw had...

and the New York Giants
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....

.

May 22 - In their first meeting of the season, 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...

defeat the New York Giants 8-6 at the Polo Grounds, to improve their record to 25-6 and to increase their lead over the second place Giants to 4.5 games. After trailing for most of the game, the Pirates scored twice in the eighth and six times in the ninth.

May 30 - There are eight 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...

s on the major league schedule, with all four NL contests resulting in a sweep; the Pittsburgh Pirates sweep 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...

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 New York Giants sweep the Philadelphia Phillies at the Polo Grounds, the St. Louis Cardinals sweep 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....

at Redland Field 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....

sweep the Brooklyn Dodgers at Braves Field
Braves Field
Braves Field was a baseball park that formerly stood on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. The stadium was home to the Boston Braves National League franchise from 1915–1952, when the team moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin...

. Meanwhile, 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...

, 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"...

are swept by the A's in Philadelphia, and the St. Louis Browns and 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...

split a pair at Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...

, 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...

and Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

split a pair at Navin Field, and the New York Yankees and 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...

split a pair 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...

. Highlights of the doubleheaders include a two-hitter by the Senators' George Mogridge
George Mogridge
George Anthony Mogridge born in Rochester, New York was a Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox , New York Yankees , Washington Senators , St. Louis Browns and Boston Braves ....

, and a sixteen inning marathon between the Braves and Dodgers.

June - September

July 12 - Babe Ruth hits his 33rd and 34th home run
Home run
In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...

of the season. His 33rd home run gave him 136 career home runs, tying Roger Connor
Roger Connor
Roger Connor was a 19th century Major League Baseball player, born in Waterbury, Connecticut. Known for being the player whom Babe Ruth succeeded as the all-time home run champion, Connor hit 138 home runs during his 18-year career, and his career home run record stood for 23 years after his...

's all-time mark. His 34th home run makes him the all-time home run king, a title he will hold until .

August 9 - The St. Louis Browns defeat the Washington Senators 8-6 in nineteen innings. Dixie Davis
Dixie Davis
J. Richard Davis , also known as Dixie Davis, was the lawyer for Dutch Schultz.-Biography:He was born in 1905. He attended Syracuse University Law School and was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1927...

pitches all nineteen innings for St. Louis.

August 12 - The Philadelphia Phillies' George Smith
George Smith (National League pitcher)
George Allen Smith born in Byram, Connecticut was a pitcher for the New York Giants , Cincinnati Reds , Brooklyn Robins and Philadelphia Phillies ....

gives up twelve hits
Hit (baseball)
In baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....

and still pitched a shutout
Shutout
In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....

as the Phillies beat 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....

4-0.

August 19 - Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb
Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb , nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in Narrows, Georgia...

of the Detroit Tigers becomes the fourth player with 3000 career hits.

August 27 - With a 3-1 victory at the Polo Grounds, the New York Giants complete a five game sweep of the visiting 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...

to move within 2.5 games of first place Pittsburgh. The Giants out scored the Pirates 27-6 in the series.

September 9 - The Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox lock up in a slugfest at Comiskey Park. The Tigers collect twenty hits and six walks on their way to scoring fifteen runs. However, the White Sox score twenty runs on 22 hits, including a home run by Earl Sheely
Earl Sheely
Earl Homer Sheely born in Bushnell, Illinois was a first baseman for the Chicago White Sox , Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Braves ....

.

September 16
- In the first game of a crucial three game series for first 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...
  
  , the New York Giants' Fred Toney
  Fred Toney
  Fred Toney , of Nashville, Tennessee, was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals from 1911-1923. His career record was 139 wins, 102 losses, and a 2.69 earned run average...
  
  holds the Pittsburgh Pirates to two hits in the Giants' 5-0 victory.
- Hall of Famer
  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...
  
  Goose Goslin
  Goose Goslin
  Leon Allen "Goose" Goslin was a left fielder in Major League Baseball known for his powerful left-handed swing and dependable clutch hitting. He played 18 seasons with the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, and Detroit Tigers, from until...
  
  makes his major league debut in the Washington Senators' 2-0 loss to the Cleveland Indians.

September 17 - The New York Giants complete a ten game winning streak that sees them go from a half game back of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League to first place, 4.5 games up.

September 20 - With a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers, and a 7-4 loss by 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...

at the hands of the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees capture first place in the American League, and hold it for the remainder of the season.

September 25 - The New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians 21-7. Surprisingly, none of the 21 runs scored are driven in by Babe Ruth, who goes on to compile one of the greatest single seasons of batting in Major League baseball history by hitting 59 home runs, driving in 171 runs, scoring 177 runs with 204 hits for a .378 batting average in only 540 At-Bats. His On-base percentage for the season is .510 and his slugging percentage is an astounding .846 mark. Ruth's 59 home runs are more than the other seven American League team home run totals combined.

September 29 - Hall of Fame 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...

Kiki Cuyler
Kiki Cuyler
Hazen Shirley "Kiki" Cuyler was a Major League Baseball right fielder from 1921 until 1938. He was born in Harrisville, Michigan.Cuyler broke into the big leagues in 1921 with the Pittsburgh Pirates and became a fixture in the lineup in 1924...

makes his major league debut with 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...

. He is held hitless in three at-bats by the St. Louis Cardinals' Bill Sherdel
Bill Sherdel
William Henry Sherdel was a former professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of fifteen seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves. For his career, he compiled a 165-146 record in 514 appearances, with an 3.72 earned run average and 839 strikeouts...

.

October - December

October 2 - The Philadelphia Athletics lose 11-6 to the Washington Senators for their 100th loss of the season, giving both Philadelphia teams 100 losses for the season.

October 5 - The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants 3-0 in the first 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...

game in franchise history. The Series is the first to be broadcast on radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

. Announcer Thomas Cowan recreated the game over Westinghouse
Westinghouse Broadcasting
The Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, also known as Group W, was the broadcasting division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. It owned several radio and television stations across the United States and distributed television shows for syndication....

-owned WJZ in Newark, listening to phoned-in reports from the stadium.

October 6 - The Yankees defeat the Giants in the second game of the World Series by the same score of the first game, 3-0.

October 7 - After having been outscored 10-0 in the World season, and falling behind 4-0 to the Yankees in game three, the Giants explode for thirteen runs, and defeat the Yankees 13-5.

October 9 - The New York Giants even the 1921 World Series
1921 World Series
In the 1921 World Series, the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees five games to three. This was the last of the experimental best-five-of-nine series....

at two games apiece with a 4-2 victory. Babe Ruth homers in the bottom of the ninth.

October 10 - Babe Ruth catches the New York Giants' infield
Infield
Infield is a widely used term in sports terminology, its meaning depends on the sport in which it is used.- In baseball :In baseball the baseball diamond plus a region beyond it , has both grass and dirt, in contrast to the more distant, usually grass-covered outfield...

off guard as the Yankee slugger bunts his way on to lead off the fourth inning. The strategy works, as Ruth scores the winning run in the Yankees' 3-1 victory.

October 11 - The New York Giants battle back from 3-0 and 5-3 deficits to beat the Yankees 8-5 in game six of the World Series.

October 12 - A costly error
Error (baseball)
In baseball statistics, an error is the act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or baserunner to reach one or more additional bases, when such an advance would have been prevented given ordinary effort by the fielder.The term ...

by second baseman
Second baseman
Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base...

Aaron Ward on a Johnny Rawlings
Johnny Rawlings
John William Rawlings [Red] was a second baseman and shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for six different teams between the and seasons. Listed at 5'8", 158 lb., he batted and threw right-handed....

ground ball leads to an unearned run, and is the difference in the Giants' 2-1 victory in game seven of the World Series.

October 13 - The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, 1-0, in Game eight of the World Series to capture their second 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 three. For the first time in World Series play, all games were held at one site: the Polo Grounds in 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...

, with the home team alternating. The Yankees sub-leased 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...

from the New York Giants from through .

January

January 1 - Royce Lint
Royce Lint
Royce Lint was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1954.-Early career:...
January 1 - Doris Tetzlaff
Doris Tetzlaff
Doris Tetzlaff [″Tetz″] was an infielder and chaperone in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5'5", 155 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
January 3 - Lucella MacLean
Lucella MacLean
Lucella MacLean [Ross] is a former utility who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed....
January 8 - Herb Conyers
Herb Conyers
Herbert Leroy Conyers was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Indians from April 18, 1950 to October 1, 1950.-External links:...
January 8 - Marv Rickert
Marv Rickert
Marvin August Rickert , was a professional baseball player who was an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1942 to 1950. He played for the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, and Pittsburgh Pirates.-External links:...
January 8 - Johnny Tobin
Johnny Tobin
John Patrick Tobin, known as Johnny or Jackie , was a professional baseball player. He played one season in Major League Baseball for the 1945 Boston Red Sox, primarily as a third baseman....
January 11 - Al Kvasnak
January 21 - Ken Polivka
Ken Polivka
Kenneth Lyle Polivka was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher for one season with the Cincinnati Reds...
January 28 - Julio Moreno
Julio Moreno (baseball)
Julio Moreno González was a Cuban-born right-handed pitcher in North American professional baseball. Nicknamed "Jiquí" and "the Cuban Bob Feller" for his blazing fastball, Moreno was a star in Cuban amateur baseball circles before he turned professional in 1947 and his mound career would extend...

February

February 1 - Dave Madison
Dave Madison
David Pledger Madison was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from , and with the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, and the Detroit Tigers. He batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Brooksville, Mississippi and died in Macon, Mississippi.Madison was an alumnus of Louisiana State...
February 3 - Red Durrett
Red Durrett
Elmer Cable "Red" Durrett was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1944 and 1945 seasons. Born in Sherman, Texas, he died at age 70 in Waxahachie, Texas....
February 8 - Hoot Evers
Hoot Evers
Walter Arthur "Hoot" Evers was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played twelve seasons in the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , New York Giants , Baltimore Orioles , and Cleveland Indians ....
February 8 - Willard Marshall
Willard Marshall
Willard Warren Marshall was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1942 through 1955, Marshall played for the New York Giants , Boston Braves , Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox...
February 12 - Don Bollweg
Don Bollweg
Donald Raymond Bollweg was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for three teams from 1950 to 1955....
February 13 - Pete Castiglione
Pete Castiglione
Peter Paul "Pete" Castiglione was an infielder in Major League Baseball player for eight seasons from 1947 to 1954...
February 17 - Doyle Lade
Doyle Lade
Doyle Marion Lade was a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Chicago Cubs from to . Born in Fairbury, Nebraska, Lade began his baseball career when he was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1941...
February 20 - Jack Robinson
Jack Robinson (pitcher)
John Edward Robinson was a relief pitcher who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 0", 175 lb., Robinson batted and threw right-handed...
February 25 - Andy Pafko
Andy Pafko
Andrew Pafko is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1943 through 1959, Pafko played for the Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves . He batted and threw right-handed...

March

March 1 - Howie Fox
Howie Fox
Howard Francis Fox was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between the 1944 and 1954 seasons. Listed at 6' 3", 210 lb., Fox batted and threw right-handed...
March 1 - Frank Rosso
Frank Rosso
Francis James Rosso was a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched in two games for the New York Giants in . He played in the minor leagues between and , and after his playing career was a high school coach.-Sources:...
March 2 - Dick Starr
Dick Starr
Richard Eugene Starr is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York Yankees , St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators . Listed at 6' 3", 190 lb., he batted and threw right-handed...
March 3 - Roy Nichols
Roy Nichols (baseball)
Roy Nichols was an American infielder in Major League Baseball who played in 11 games for the New York Giants during the baseball season. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, he died in Hot Springs, Arkansas at age 81....
March 5 - Elmer Valo
Elmer Valo
Elmer William Valo , born Imrich Valo, was a Slovak-American right fielder, coach and scout in Major League Baseball, making his debut on September 22,...
March 7 - Les Fusselman
Les Fusselman
Lester Leroy Fusselman was an American professional baseball player, a catcher who appeared in 43 Major League games for the – St. Louis Cardinals. He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed ....
March 10 - James Atkins
James Curtis Atkins
James Curtis Atkins was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox in the and seasons. Listed at 6' 3", 205 lb., Atkins batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
March 10 - Johnny Blatnik
Johnny Blatnik
John Louis Blatnik was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals . Listed at 6' 0", 195 lb., Blatnik batted and threw right-handed...
March 10 - George Elder
George Elder (baseball)
George Rezin Elder is a former American professional baseball outfielder. He played one season in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Browns in .-References:...
March 13 - Joe Rossi
Joe Rossi (baseball)
Joseph Anthony Rossi was a professional baseball player. He played one season in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds in 1952, primarily as a catcher. Listed at 6' 1", 205 lb., Rossi batted and threw right handed...
March 14 - Bill Kennedy
Bill Kennedy (1948-57 pitcher)
William Aulton Kennedy born in Carnesville, Georgia was a Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians , St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox , Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Redlegs ....
March 20 - Bill Peterman
Bill Peterman
William David "Bill" Peterman was a Major League Baseball catcher. Peterman played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the season. In 1 career game, he had 1 hit in 1 at-bat, having a 1.000 career batting average. He batted and threw right-handed.Peterman was born and died in Philadelphia,...
March 22 - George Crowe
George Crowe
George Daniel Crowe was a Major League first baseman. He attended Franklin High School in Franklin, Indiana, graduated from Indiana Central College, now the University of Indianapolis, in 1943 and played baseball and basketball. He was the first Indiana "Mr. Basketball"...
March 29 - Ferris Fain
Ferris Fain
Ferris Roy Fain was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for nine seasons in the American League with the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians...
March 30 - Dick Fowler
Dick Fowler
Richard John Fowler was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics . Fowler batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada....

April

April 1 - Red Murff
Red Murff
John Robert Murff was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Milwaukee Braves. Listed at 6' 3", 195 lb., Murff batted and threw right-handed. He attended Gettysburg College....
April 3 - Dick Conger
Dick Conger
Richard Conger was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Philadelphia Phillies...
April 5 - Bobby Hogue
Bobby Hogue
Robert Clinton Hogue , was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from -. He would play for the New York Yankees, Boston Braves, and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
April 7 - Frank Seward
Frank Seward
Frank Martin Seward was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Giants.-External links:...
April 8 - Dee Sanders
Dee Sanders
Dee Wilman Sanders , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the St. Louis Browns. He had signed with the Mexican Baseball League for the following season but soon decided against playing in Mexico. He batted and threw right-handed...
April 9 - Charlie Mead
Charlie Mead
Charles Richard Mead was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the New York Giants from 1943 to 1945. He stood 6'1½" and weighed 185 lbs. He was born in Vermilion, Alberta, Canada....
April 10 - Chuck Connors
Chuck Connors
Chuck Connors was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. His best known role from his forty-year film career was Lucas McCain in the 1960s ABC hit Western series The Rifleman....
April 11 - Jim Hearn
Jim Hearn
James Tolbert Hearn was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for 13 seasons . A right-hander, he stood tall and weighed .-Career:...
April 21 - Bob Rinker
Bob Rinker
Robert John Rinker was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
April 23 - Warren Spahn
Warren Spahn
Warren Edward Spahn was an American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in the National League. He won 20 games each in 13 seasons, including a 23-7 record when he was age 42...
April 26 - Gene Lambert
Gene Lambert
Eugene Marion Lambert was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies. He served in the military during World War II from 1943 to 1945.-External links:...
April 27 - Mary Reynolds
Mary Reynolds (baseball)
Mary Reynolds was an utility who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed....

May

May 4 - Larry Drake
Larry Drake (baseball)
Larry Francis Drake was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season and the Washington Senators during the season.-References:...
May 6 - Bob Chesnes
Bob Chesnes
Robert Vincent Chesnes , is a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1948-1950. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates.-External links:...
May 6 - Dick Wakefield
Dick Wakefield
Richard Cummings "Dick" Wakefield , was a left fielder in Major League Baseball for 9 seasons with the Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , and New York Giants...
May 18 - John Fick
John Fick
John Ralph Fick was a Major League Baseball pitcher. The left-hander appeared in four games for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944 . The 23-year-old rookie was a native of Baltimore, Maryland....
May 19 - John Carden
May 20 - Hal Newhouser
Hal Newhouser
Harold "Prince Hal" Newhouser was an American pitcher for Major League Baseball who played 17 seasons from 1939 to 1955, mostly with the Detroit Tigers of the American League...
May 20 - Earl Rapp
Earl Rapp
Earl Wellington "Rappy" Rapp was a 6'2", 185 pound Major League Baseball outfielder who played in 1949 and from 1951 to 1952 for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, St...
May 23 - Bill Drescher
Bill Drescher
William Clayton "Dutch" Drescher was a Major League Baseball catcher. He was born on May 23, 1921 in Congers, New York. He played 3 seasons with the New York Yankees, in 1944-1946. Drescher had 37 career hits and 16 RBIs in 57 games. He died on May 15, 1968 in Haverstraw, New York.-External links:*...
May 24 - Clancy Smyres
Clancy Smyres
Clarence Melvin "Clancy" Smyres is a former Major League Baseball player. He appeared in five games for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1944 Major League Baseball season, recording two at bats but no hits...

June

June 7 - Bill McCahan
Bill McCahan
William Glenn McCahan was an American professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1946 to 1949....
June 9 - Ray Shore
Ray Shore
Raymond Everett Shore , nicknamed "Snacks," was an American pitcher, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Shore threw and batted right-handed, stood 6'3" tall and weighed 230 pounds .Shore broke into professional baseball as a catcher before World War II, but by...
June 10 - Al Verdel
Al Verdel
Albert Alfred Verdel was a Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-hander appeared in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944. The 23-year-old rookie was a native of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania....
June 13 - Nancy Warren
Nancy Warren (baseball)
Nancy Warren was a pitcher and infielder who played from through for six different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed...
June 17 - Dave Pope
Dave Pope
David Pope was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who played for four seasons in MLB for the Cleveland Indians in 1952, and from 1954 to 1955...
June 26 - Howie Pollet
Howie Pollet
Howard Joseph Pollet was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball during the 1940s and 1950s. A three-time All-Star in , and , he twice he led the National League in earned run average .Born in New Orleans, Pollet signed his first professional contract with the St...
June 27 - Hank Behrman
Hank Behrman
Henry Bernard Behrman was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1946-1949 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants...
June 27 - Lou Kretlow
Lou Kretlow
Louis Henry Kretlow was an American baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers , St...
June 28 - Steve Filipowicz
Steve Filipowicz
Stephen Charles "Flip" Filipowicz was a professional American football and baseball player.-Football:...
June 30 - Jack Albright
Jack Albright
Harold John "Jack" Albright was a Major League Baseball player. Albright played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the season. He batted and threw right-handed. In 41 games, Albright had 23 hits in 99 at-bats, he also had two home runs and eight errors at shortstop.He was born in St...
June 30 - Joe Stephenson
Joe Stephenson
Joseph Chester Stephenson was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Giants , Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox . Stephenson batted and threw right-handed...

July

July 7 - Johnny Van Cuyk
Johnny Van Cuyk
John Henry Van Cuyk was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Listed at 6' 1", 190 lb., he batted and threw left-handed...
July 11 - Hal Gregg
Hal Gregg
Harold Dana Gregg was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants . Greeg batted and threw right-handed...
July 22 - Al LaMacchia
Al LaMacchia
Alfred Anthony LaMacchia was a professional baseball player and scout. He was a right-handed pitcher who spent 14 years in the minor leagues where he accumulated a record of 159–117 and spent parts of three seasons with the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators compiling a 2–2...
July 25 - Marv Rackley
Marv Rackley
Marvin Eugene Rackley is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played from 1947-1950 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Cincinnati Reds. He appeared in the 1949 World Series as a member of the Dodgers.-Career:...
July 25 - Sandy Ullrich
Sandy Ullrich
Carlos Santiago Ullrich was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher, born in Havana, Cuba. Ullrich signed on to play Major League Baseball in the Washington Senators organization...
July 26 - Tom Saffell
Tom Saffell
Thomas Judson Saffell is a former major league outfielder from Etowah, Tennessee-Early life:Saffell grew up playing sports, especially fast-pitch softball. His team won the state tournament and played in a national tournament in Detroit, Michigan. After completing high school in 1940, Saffell...
July 28 - Ben Steiner
Ben Steiner
Benjamin Saunders Steiner was a backup second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers . Listed at 5' 11", 165 lb., Steiner batted left-handed and threw right-handed...

August

August 1 - Ray Hamrick
Ray Hamrick
Raymond Bernard Hamrick [Handsome Ray] was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League. Listed at 5' 11", 165 lb., Hamrick batted and threw right-handed...
August 5 - Ebba St. Claire
Ebba St. Claire
Edward Joseph "Ebba" St. Claire was an American catcher in Major League Baseball player and the father of Randy St. Claire. He stood 6'1" tall and weighed 219 pounds. He was a switch hitter and threw right-handed...
August 18 - Alice DeCambra
Alice DeCambra
Alice G. DeCambra [″Moose″] was an infielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 126 lb., she batted and threw right handed...
August 23 - Dale Mitchell
Dale Mitchell (baseball)
Loren Dale Mitchell was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1946 through 1956, Mitchell played for the Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Dodgers...
August 28 - Cliff Aberson
Cliff Aberson
Clifford Alexander "Cliff" Aberson was a Major League Baseball outfielder ane American football player. Aberson played baseball for the Chicago Cubs between 1947 and 1949. He hit .251 in 63 career games. He also played football for the Green Bay Packers, playing 10 games in 1946.-External links:...
August 28 - Bill Bradford
Bill Bradford
William D. Bradford was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Kansas City Athletics during the 1956 season. Listed at 6' 2", 180 lb., Bradford batted and threw right-handed...

September

September 1 - Joe Erautt
Joe Erautt
Joseph Michael Erautt was a Canadian professional baseball player. He was a catcher over parts of two seasons with the Chicago White Sox...
September 2 - Josephine Lenard
Josephine Lenard
Veronica Josephine Lenard [″Bubblegum″] was a center fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 130 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
September 5 - Vince Shupe
Vince Shupe
Vincent William Shupe was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Boston Braves in 1945. The 23-year-old rookie was a native of East Canton, Ohio....
September 6 - Jack Phillips
September 21 - John McHale
John McHale
John Joseph McHale was an American first baseman and executive in Major League Baseball who served as the general manager of three teams: the Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, and Montreal Expos...
September 24 - Charlene Pryer
Charlene Pryer
Charlene Barbara Pryer [Mayer] was a female utility in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, playing mainly at second base and center field from through . Listed at 5' 1", 105 lb., Pryer batted and threw right-handed...
September 24 - Clyde Vollmer
Clyde Vollmer
Clyde Frederick Vollmer , was an American professional baseball player. An outfielder, he played in 685 Major League games for three teams: the Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox. During one of his seasons with the Red Sox, his timely hitting earned him the nickname "Dutch the...
September 26 - Clarence Maddern
Clarence Maddern
Clarence James Maddern was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for four seasons. He played for the Chicago Cubs in 1946 and from 1948 to 1949, and the Cleveland Indians in 1951. He was born in Bisbee, Arizona and died in Tucson, Arizona.-External links:...
September 30 - Eddie McGah
Eddie McGah
Edward Joseph McGah was a reserve catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1946 to 1947 for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6' 0", 183 lb., McGah batted and threw right-handed...

October

October 2 - Ralph Weigel
Ralph Weigel
Ralph Richard Weigel was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for three seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians in 1946, then was traded to the Chicago White Sox on January 27, 1948 for Thurman Tucker. He played for the White Sox in 1948 and the Washington Senators in 1949.-External...
October 7 - Red Adams
Red Adams
Charles Dwight Adams was the longtime pitching coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was born in Parlier, California.Adams won over 150 games in the minor leagues from 1942–1957 and pitched briefly in the Major Leagues with the Chicago Cubs in 1946. After his playing career, he was a scout for the...
October 7 - Charlie Fox
Charlie Fox
Charles Francis Fox was an American manager, general manager, scout, coach—and, briefly, a catcher—in Major League Baseball...
October 7 - Al Sima
Al Sima
Albert "Al" Sima was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to , with the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, and Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
October 10 - Hank Riebe
Hank Riebe
Harvey Donald "Hank" Riebe was a Major League Baseball catcher for four seasons with the Detroit Tigers . He also received two Purple Heart medals while serving four years in the military during World War II....
October 17 - Ken Brondell
October 16 - Matt Batts
Matt Batts
Matthew Daniel Batts was a Major League Baseball catcher who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Browns , Detroit Tigers , Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds . Batts batted and threw right-handed...
October 30 - Ted Abernathy
Tal Abernathy
Talmadge Lafayette Abernathy , also known as Ted Abernathy, was a professional baseball player whose playing career spanned eight seasons, including parts of three in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics . Abernathy was a pitcher...
October 30 - Chet Kehn
Chet Kehn
Chester Lawrence Kehn was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1942. At 20 years of age, he was the fourth-youngest player to appear in a National League game that season....

November

November 3 - Wally Flager
Wally Flager
Walter Leonard Flager was a professional baseball player. He was a shortstop for one season with the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies...
November 5 - Mike Goliat
Mike Goliat
Mike Mitchell Goliat was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Browns . He batted and threw right-handed....
November 18 - Les Layton
Les Layton
Lester Lee Layton is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder who played in 63 games for the New York Giants. He was born in Nardin, Oklahoma.-External links:...
November 19 - Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella , nicknamed "Campy", was an American baseball player, primarily at the position of catcher, in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball...
November 20 - Neill Sheridan
Neill Sheridan
Neill Rawlins "Wild Horse" Sheridan was a pinch hitter in Major League Baseball in 1948 for the Boston Red Sox. He was born in Sacramento, California.-External links:...
November 26 - Jodie Beeler
Jodie Beeler
Joseph Sam Beeler was an infielder in Major League Baseball. He played in three games for the Cincinnati Reds during the 1944 baseball season.-External links:...
November 26 - Mickey McGowan
Mickey McGowan
Tullis Earl "Mickey" McGowan was a former professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher for one season with the New York Giants...

December

December 1 - Bob Savage
Bob Savage
John Robert Savage is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Savage pitched in all or part of five seasons in the major leagues between and ....
December 5 - Dave Ferriss
Dave Ferriss
Dave Meadow Ferriss is a former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He was born in Shaw, Mississippi, a small town in the Mississippi Delta...
December 9 - Chuck Kress
Chuck Kress
Charles Steven Kress was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played from 1947-1954 with the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Dodgers....
December 12 - Bill Howerton
Bill Howerton
William Ray Howerton was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, from until , for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants.-Sources:...
December 14 - Bobby Adams
Bobby Adams
Robert Henry Adams was a third baseman/second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds & Redlegs , Chicago White Sox , Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs . Adams batted and threw right-handed...
December 23 - Marge Callaghan
Marge Callaghan
Margaret Callaghan Maxwell was an infielder who played from 1944-1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 112 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
December 28 - Nelson Burbrink
Nelson Burbrink
Nelson Edward Burbrink was a Major League Baseball catcher and scout. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, he was signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent before the 1941 season. He finally made it to the major leagues at the age of 33 with the St...

January-February

January 1 - George Winkleman
George Winkleman
George W. Winkleman was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played one season in the majors for the 1883 Louisville Eclipse.-External links:...

January 24 - Lauirie Reis

January 29 - Burt Hart
Burt Hart
James Burton Hart was a Major League Baseball first baseman. Hart played for the Baltimore Orioles in . In 58 career games, he had 64 hits in 206 at-bats, with 23 RBIs...

February 11 - John Cullen
John Cullen (baseball)
John Joseph Cullen officially played one year of Major League Baseball in for the Wilmington Quicksteps of the Union Association-External links:...

February 13 - Barney McLaughlin
Barney McLaughlin
Bernard McLaughlin was a Major League Baseball player. He played three seasons in the majors, spaced at three year intervals, for three different teams, in three different leagues, at three different positions....

February 14 - Jumbo Davis
Jumbo Davis
James J. "Jumbo" Davis , is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. He played all or part of seven seasons in the majors, between 1884 and 1891, for the Brooklyn Gladiators, St...

, 59, third baseman for seven seasons from 1884 to 1891.

March-April

March 21 - Tom Vickery
Tom Vickery
Thomas Gill Vickery , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues in -. He would play for the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago Colts.-External links:...

March 24 - Larry McLean
Larry McLean
John Bannerman McLean was a professional baseball catcher between 1901 until 1915. He was killed on March 14, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts, when he was shot by a bartender during a barroom brawl....

March 25 - Harry Arndt
Harry Arndt
Harry John Arndt is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He was born on February 12, 1879 in South Bend, Indiana. He played 4 seasons, with the Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, and St. Louis Cardinals. Arndt played in 271 games with 244 hits in 985 at bats. He had a .248 average with 6...

March 30 - Frank Bancroft
Frank Bancroft
Francis Carter Bancroft was an American manager in Major League Baseball for the Worcester Ruby Legs, Detroit Wolverines, Cleveland Blues, Providence Grays, Indianapolis Hoosiers, and Cincinnati Reds of the National League, as well as the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association...

, 74, manager who won 1884 championship with Providence Grays, also managed six other teams; introduced baseball to Cuba in 1879, and was Reds executive for 30 years.

March 31 - John Fitzgerald
John Fitzgerald (Boston Reds pitcher)
John H. Fitzgerald , was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched one season in the majors with the 1891 Boston Reds. He pitched in a total of six games, started three, completed two of them. He struck out 16 batters in 32 innings pitched.-External links:...

, 50, pitcher for the 1891 Boston Reds.

April 3 - Pop Corkhill
Pop Corkhill
John Stewart "Pop" Corkhill was a baseball player who played for ten seasons in the Major Leagues. He was an outfielder who excelled on defense, winning five fielding titles in his career....

April 9 - Kid Butler
Kid Butler (outfielder)
For the 1907 infielder of the same name, see Kid Butler .Frank Edward Butler was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the 1884 Boston Reds in the Union Association.-Sources:...

April 27 - Hal Mauck
Hal Mauck
Alfred Maris Mauck , was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher in . He would play for the Chicago Colts.-External links:...

April 21 - Tom O'Brien, 60, utility who played at in each position except shortstop, while batting a .231 average for five different teams between 1882 and 1890.

May-June

May 14 - John Farrell

May 26 - Gil Hatfield
Gil Hatfield
Gilbert Hatfield , was an American professional baseball player who played third base and shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1885-1895.-External links:...

June 5 - George Rettger
George Rettger
George Edward Rettger was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher.-External links:*...

June 10 - Julie Freeman
Julie Freeman (baseball)
Julius Benjamin Freeman , was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the 1888 St. Louis Browns. He lost his only start in the majors.-External links:...

June 15 - Robert Foster
Robert Foster (baseball)
Robert G. Foster was a 19th century Major League Baseball player. He played primarily catcher during the 1884 season for the Philadelphia Keystones of the Union Association and the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association.-Sources:...

June 24 - Charlie Hall
Charlie Hall (baseball)
Charles Walter Hall , was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the American Association for the 1887 New York Metropolitans.-External links:...

June 27 - Hugh Nicol
Hugh Nicol
Hugh N. Nicol was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on May 3, 1881. His final game took place on August 2, 1890. During his career, he played for Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Stockings of the National League and St. Louis Browns of the American...

, 63, Scottish right fielder who set 19th-century record for steals with 138 for 1887 Cincinnati team.

July-August

July 1 - Amos Booth
Amos Booth
Amos Smith Booth was a professional baseball player in the 1870s and 1880s. Booth's primary playing years were in 1876 and 1877 with the Cincinnati Reds. He had a .261 batting average his first year, and a .171 in 1877. Booth took a leave of absence from baseball until 1880 when he appeared in one...

July 16 - Arthur Irwin
Arthur Irwin
Arthur Albert Irwin , nicknamed Doc or Sandy, was a Canadian-American shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball during the late nineteenth century...

, 63, Canadian shortstop for six teams who managed Boston to 1891 American Association pennant; later a scout and minor league manager.

July 21 - Tom McLaughlin
Tom McLaughlin
Thomas McLaughlin was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, between and . He played primarily at shortstop, but also played over 100 games as a second baseman...

July 22 - Jack Robinson
Jack Robinson (catcher)
John W. "Jack" Robinson was a Major League Baseball player. Robinson played for the New York Giants in .He was born in Portland, Maine and died in Macon, Georgia.-External links:*...

July 24 - Bill Dugan
Bill Dugan (baseball)
William H. Dugan was a American professional baseball catcher. He played during the 1884 season for the Richmond Virginians of the American Association and the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association. His brother, Ed Dugan, was his teammate on the Virginians...

August 24 - Emil Gross
Emil Gross
Emil Michael Gross , was an American Major League Baseball catcher from -. He played for the Providence Grays, Philadelphia Quakers, and Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies. He died at the age of 63 in Eagle River, Wisconsin, and is interred in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois at Graceland...

, 63, catcher for five seasons from 1879 to 1884.

August 26 - Henry Oberbeck
Henry Oberbeck
Henry A. Oberbeck was a 19th-century professional baseball outfielder, third baseman, pitcher and Umpire. He played in 75 Major League games in both the American Association and the Union Association in and ....

September-October

September 3 - Jim Clinton
Jim Clinton
James Lawrence Clinton was an outfielder in Major League Baseball....

, 71, outfielder for 10 seasons; 1872–1876, 1882-1886.

October 2 Ed Carfrey
Ed Carfrey
Edwin M. Carfrey was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association in , their last year of existence.-External links:...

October 20 - Jack Hardy
Jack Hardy (catcher)
John Doolittle Hardy was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cleveland Naps, Chicago Cubs, and Washington Senators.-External links:...

October 24 - Jimmy Barrett
Jimmy Barrett
James Erigena Barrett was a Major League Baseball center fielder. A native of Athol, Massachusetts, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Barrett played 10 seasons in the major leagues with the Cincinnati Reds , Detroit Tigers , and Boston Red Sox...

October 27 - Bill Kuehne
Bill Kuehne
William J. Kuehne [b. William J. Knelme] was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1883 through 1892 for the Columbus Buckeyes , Pittsburg Alleghenys , Pittsburgh Burghers , Columbus Solons , Louisville Colonels , St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds...

, 63, German third baseman for the Columbus Buckeyes, Pittsburgh Alleghenys & Burghers, Columbus Solons, Louisville Colonels, St. Louis Browns, and Cincinnati Reds during the 19th century.

November-December

November 4 - Levi Meyerle
Levi Meyerle
Levi Samuel Meyerle was an American Major League Baseball player who played for eight seasons in organized professional league play...

, 76, infielder who won National Association batting titles in 1871 and 1874, later playing in the first major league game.

December 9 - Charlie Morton, 67, player, manager, and later a minor league president.

December 15 - Joe Weber
Joe Weber (baseball)
Joseph Edward Weber , was a Canadian professional baseball player, who played in with the Detroit Wolverines, of the National League. In his two game career, Weber had no hits in 8 at-bats....

December 22 - Socks Seybold
Socks Seybold
Ralph Orlando "Socks" Seybold was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played over parts of nine seasons with the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Athletics. Known as a power hitter, Seybold set the American League record for home runs in 1902, which would not be broken until 1919...

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.