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Champions

World Series
1924 World Series
In the 1924 World Series, the Washington Senators beat the New York Giants in seven games. The Giants became the first team to play in four consecutive World Series, winning in 1921–1922 and losing in 1923–1924. Their long-time manager, John McGraw, made his ninth and final World Series appearance...

: 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...

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

(4-3)
First Negro League World Series
1924 Colored World Series
The 1924 Colored World Series was a best-of-nine match-up between the Negro National League champion Kansas City Monarchs and the Eastern Colored League champion Hilldale. In a ten-game series, the Monarchs narrowly defeated Hilldale 5 games to 4, with one tie game. It was the first World Series...

: 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...

over Hilldale
Hilldale Club
The Hilldale Athletic Club was an African American professional baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia....

(5-4-1)

Awards and honors

League Award
MLB Most Valuable Player Award
The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award is an annual Major League Baseball award, given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers Association of America...
- 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...
  
  , 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...
  
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- Dazzy Vance
  Dazzy Vance
  Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance was a star Major League Baseball starting pitcher during the 1920s.-Biography:...
  
  , Brooklyn Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
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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 :...	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	.378	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	.424
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	46	Jack Fournier Jack Fournier John Frank "Jack" Fournier was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, St... BRO	27
RBI	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... WSH	129	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	136
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...	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... WSH	23	Dazzy Vance Dazzy Vance Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance was a star Major League Baseball starting pitcher during the 1920s.-Biography:... BRO	28
K	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... WSH	158	Dazzy Vance Dazzy Vance Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance was a star Major League Baseball starting pitcher during the 1920s.-Biography:... BRO	262
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...	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... WSH	2.72	Dazzy Vance Dazzy Vance Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance was a star Major League Baseball starting pitcher during the 1920s.-Biography:... BRO	2.16

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
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...	92	62	.597	--
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...	89	63	.586	2
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...	86	68	.558	6
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...	74	78	.487	17
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....	71	81	.467	20
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...	67	86	.438	24.5
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"...	67	87	.435	25
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...	66	87	.431	25.5

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....	93	60	.608	--
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...	92	62	.597	1.5
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...	90	63	.588	3
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....	83	70	.542	10
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...	81	72	.529	12
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...	65	89	.422	28.5
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...	55	96	.364	37
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....	53	100	.346	40

Negro National League final standings

Negro National League (West)
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
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...	60	27	.690
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...	63	29	.685
St. Louis Stars St. Louis Stars (baseball) The St. Louis Stars were a Negro League baseball team that competed in the Negro National League from 1922 to 1931. Founded when Dick Kent and Dr. Sam Sheppard took over the St...	36	31	.537
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...	38	37	.507
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,...	19	19	.500
Birmingham Black Barons Birmingham Black Barons The Birmingham Black Barons played professional baseball for Birmingham, Alabama, in the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1960 when the Major Leagues successfully integrated...	37	46	.446
Memphis Red Sox Memphis Red Sox The Memphis Red Sox were a professional Negro League baseball team based in Memphis, Tennessee from the 1920s until the end of segregated baseball.... †	26	36	.419
Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns (Negro Leagues) The Cleveland Browns were a baseball team in the Negro National League, based in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1924. In their only season, they finished with a 17-34 record in league play.Their manager that year was Baseball Hall of Fame member Sol White....	17	34	.333
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... †	3	12	.200

† Indianapolis dropped out of the league in June and was replaced by Memphis.

Eastern Colored League final standings

Eastern Colored League (East) Eastern Colored League The Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Clubs, more commonly known as the Eastern Colored League , was one of the several Negro leagues, which operated during the time organized baseball was segregated.- History :...
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Philadelphia Hilldale Giants Hilldale Club The Hilldale Athletic Club was an African American professional baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia....	58	23	.716
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...	51	35	.593
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...	55	44	.556
Harrisburg Giants Harrisburg Giants The Harrisburg Giants were a U.S. professional baseball team in the Negro Leagues, based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They joined the Eastern Colored League for the 1924 season with Hall of Fame center fielder Oscar Charleston as playing manager...	40	34	.541
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	30	.531
Washington/Wilmington Potomacs	23	36	.390
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 :...	12	23	.343
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...	16	36	.308

Events

April 15
- On opening day, two future Hall of Famers
  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...
  
  make their major league debuts, as Al Simmons
  Al Simmons
  Aloysius Harry Simmons , born Aloisius Szymanski in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was an American baseball player. He played for two decades in the major leagues as an outfielder, and had his best years as a member of Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics during the 1930's...
  
  makes his major league debut in 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....
  
  ' season opener with 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...
  
  , and Freddie Lindstrom
  Freddie Lindstrom
  Frederick Charles Lindstrom was a National League Baseball player with the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1924 until 1936...
  
  appears in 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....
  
  opener with the Brooklyn Robins.
- The contest between 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....
  
  and 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...
  
  at the Baker Bowl
  Baker Bowl
  Baker Bowl is the best-known popular name of a baseball park that formerly stood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its formal name, painted on its outer wall, was National League Park. It was also initially known as Philadelphia Park or Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds.It was on a small...
  
  ends in a 6-6 tie.

April 16 - Earle Combs
Earle Combs
Earle Bryan Combs was an American professional baseball player, who played his entire career for the New York Yankees . Combs batted leadoff and played center field on the Yankees' fabled 1927 team...

makes his major league debut pinch hitting for Sad Sam Jones
Sad Sam Jones
Samuel Pond "Sad Sam" Jones was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in the American League with the Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , St. Louis Browns , Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox . A native of Woodsfield, Ohio, Jones batted and threw...

in 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...

' 9-6 loss to 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"...

.

May 31 - Red Ruffing
Red Ruffing
Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing was a Major League Baseball pitcher most remembered for his time with the highly successful New York Yankees teams of the 1930s and 1940s...

gives up five hits and three earned runs in his major league debut.

July 14 - 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...

goes three-for-four in 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...

' 12-0 victory over the Brooklyn Robins to raise his season average to .402. His average remains above .400 for the remainder of the season.

July 17 - Jesse Haines
Jesse Haines
Jesse Joseph "Pop" Haines, was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher and knuckleballer. He played briefly in 1918, then from 1920 to 1937.-Career:...

of the St. Louis Cardinals pitches a no-hitter
No-hitter
A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...

against the Boston Braves in a 5-0 win.

August 27 - The New York Yankees are shut out for only the second time all season, 1-0 by 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...

.

August 28
- The New York Yankees and Washington Senators open a crucial four game series at Yankee Stadium for first place 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 Senators win 11-6 and take three of the four games of the series to leave 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 a 1.5 game lead.
- Despite future Hall of Famer Chick Hafey
  Chick Hafey
  Charles James "Chick" Hafey was an American player in Major League Baseball. Hafey was part of two World Series championship teams as a St. Louis Cardinal, and was selected by the Veteran's Committee for the Hall of Fame in .Playing for the St...
  
  making his major league debut in both games of their double header
  Doubleheader (baseball)
  A doubleheader is a set of two baseball games played between the same two teams on the same day in front of the same crowd. In addition, the term is often used unofficially to refer to a pair of games played by a team in a single day, but in front of different crowds and not in immediate...
  
  , the St. Louis Cardinals lose to the Chicago Cubs, 5-2 and 8-3. Hafey collects his first major league hit in the second game.

September 6 - The Boston Braves beat the Brooklyn Robins in the second game of a double header, 5-4, ending Brooklyn's fifteen game winning streak.

September 7 - In a crucial battle 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 defeat the Brooklyn Robins, 8-7, to increase their lead in the NL to 1.5 games.

September 16 - St. Louis Cardinals 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...

Jim Bottomley
Jim Bottomley
James Leroy Bottomley was born in Oglesby, Illinois and grew up in Nokomis, Illinois. Nicknamed "Sunny Jim" because of his cheerful disposition, he was a left-handed Major League Baseball player. He also served as player-manager for the St. Louis Browns in 1937.-Career:As a first baseman for the...

drives in twelve runs
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...

in the Cardinals' 17-3 victory over the Brooklyn Robins.

September 20 - Grover Cleveland 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...

of 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...

records his 300th career win.

September 22 - With his 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...

holding a commanding lead over the Boston Red Sox, manager 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...

brings in young prospect Charlie Gehringer
Charlie Gehringer
Charles Leonard Gehringer , nicknamed “The Mechanical Man,” was a German-American Major League Baseball second baseman who played 19 seasons for the Detroit Tigers...

as a defensive replacement at short. He does not log an at-bat in his major league debut.

September 28 - The Brooklyn Robins' Dazzy Vance
Dazzy Vance
Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance was a star Major League Baseball starting pitcher during the 1920s.-Biography:...

pitches a gem to earn his league leading 28th win of the season over the Boston Braves. Vance also leads the league with a 2.16 earned run average
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...

and 262 strikeouts to earn 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 first ever MVP award.

October 4 - With the New York Giants up 2-1, the Washington Senators' Roger Peckinpaugh
Roger Peckinpaugh
Roger Thorpe Peckinpaugh was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians , New York Yankees , Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox...

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....

in Ossie Bluege
Ossie Bluege
Oswald Louis "Ossie" Bluege was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Washington Senators from 1922 through 1939...

to send game one 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...

goes 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 two. The New York Giants score two in the twelfth, and win it, 4-3. The Giants became the first team to play in four consecutive World Series, winning in & and losing in . Their long-time manager, John McGraw
John McGraw
John McGraw may refer to:* John McGraw , , New York lumber tycoon, and one of the founding trustees of Cornell University* John McGraw , , Governor of Washington state from 1893–1897...

, made his ninth and final World Series appearance.

October 5 - 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...

hits a two run home run in the first inning to put the Washington Senators up 2-0 in game two of the World Series. The Giants tie it in the top of the Ninth, only to lose it in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI double by Roger Peckinpaugh
Roger Peckinpaugh
Roger Thorpe Peckinpaugh was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians , New York Yankees , Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox...

.

October 6 - 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...

, the New York Giants win game three of the World Series, 6-4.

October 7 - A three run home run by Goose Goslin powers the Washington Senators past the New York Giants in game four of the World Series.

October 8 - American League MVP 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...

takes his second loss of the 1924 World Series
1924 World Series
In the 1924 World Series, the Washington Senators beat the New York Giants in seven games. The Giants became the first team to play in four consecutive World Series, winning in 1921–1922 and losing in 1923–1924. Their long-time manager, John McGraw, made his ninth and final World Series appearance...

, as the New York Giants beat him and the Washington Senators, 6-2.

October 9 - With two outs in the fifth inning, Bucky Harris
Bucky Harris
Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris was a Major League Baseball player, manager and executive. In 1975, the Veterans Committee elected Harris, as a manager, to the Baseball Hall of Fame.-Biography:...

drives in two runs with a single to right, and the Senators win game six of the World Series, 2-1.

October 10 - 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...

defeat the New York Giants, 4-3, in twelve innings, in Game seven of the World Series to win their first World Championship
World championship
A world championship is the top achievement for any sport or contest. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best nation, team, individual in the world in a particular field. Certain sports do not have a world championship, instead...

. This was the second extra-inning World Series–deciding game and the last before . The 1991 World Series
1991 World Series
The 1991 World Series pitted the Minnesota Twins of the American League against the Atlanta Braves of the National League. The series was played from Saturday, October 19 to Sunday, October 27....

is won by the very same franchise, by then known as the Minnesota Twins
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...

.

January-February

January 1 - Charlie Bishop
Charlie Bishop
Charles Tuller Bishop was an American professional baseball player. He was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1952 through 1955 for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics. Listed at , , Bishop batted and threw right-handed...
January 1 - Earl Torgeson
Earl Torgeson
Clifford Earl Torgeson was an American, left-handed hitting and throwing first baseman in Major League Baseball...
January 5 - Fred Marsh
Fred Marsh
Fred Francis Marsh was an American infielder in Major League Baseball who played from to for the Cleveland Indians, St...
January 7 - Jim Pendleton
Jim Pendleton
James Edward Pendleton , was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder in the Major Leagues between 1953 and 1962. The native of St. Charles, Missouri, played for the Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and Houston Colt .45s...
January 9 - John Hall
John Hall
John Hall may refer to:American government:* John Hall , U.S. Representative from New York and former member of the band Orleans...
January 16 - Junior Wooten
February 4 - Dorothy Harrell
Dorothy Harrell
Dorothy Harrell was a shortstop who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 4", 127 lb., Harrell batted and threw right-handed...
February 8 - Joe Black
Joe Black
Joseph Black was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro League and Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Redlegs, and Washington Senators who became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game, in 1952. Black died of prostate cancer at age 78.A native of Plainfield,...
February 11 - Hal Rice
Hal Rice
Harold Housten "Hal" Rice also known as "Hoot", was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball for all or parts of seven seasons, from until , for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs. Most of his career was spent with the Cardinals, where he backed up Stan Musial...
February 20 - Sal Yvars
Sal Yvars
Salvador Anthony Yvars was a Major League Baseball catcher who played with the New York Giants from to and the St. Louis Cardinals from to . Born in Manhattan's Little Italy to a Spanish gravedigger and an Italian laundress, he was a three-sport star at White Plains High School, playing...
February 21 - Lloyd Hittle
February 23 - Phil Haugstad
Phil Haugstad
Philip Donald Haugstad was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.He was born in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Haugstad pitched from 1947-1952 with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
February 25 - Jack Lohrke
February 29 - Al Rosen
Al Rosen
Albert Leonard Rosen , nicknamed "Al", "Flip", and the "Hebrew Hammer", is a former American professional baseball player who was a third baseman and right-handed slugger in the Major Leagues for ten seasons in tthe 1940s and 1950s.He played his entire 10-year career with the Cleveland Indians in...

March-April

March 1 - Tim Thompson
Tim Thompson
Charles Lemoine Thompson was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played from 1954-1958 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers.He was a coach for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1981....
March 2 - Cal Abrams
Cal Abrams
Calvin Ross Abrams , nicknamed Abie, was an American left-handed Major League Baseball player.-Baseball career:...
March 4 - Jack Brittin
Jack Brittin
John Albert "Jack" Brittin was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Brittin played for the Philadelphia Phillies in and . In 6 career games, he had a 0-0 record with a 6.75 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed....
March 5 - Ramón García
Ramón García (1940s pitcher)
Ramón García was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Washington Senators during the season. Listed at 5' 10", 170 lb., García batted and threw right handed...
March 6 - Ed Mierkowicz
Ed Mierkowicz
Edward Frank Mierkowicz , nicknamed "Butch" and "Mouse," is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played four seasons with the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals . Born in Wyandotte, Michigan, Mierkowicz was the son of a factory worker who made gaskets...
March 6 - Bud Podbielan
Bud Podbielan
Clarence Anthony Podbielan was an American professional baseball player, a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers , Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians...
March 8 - Toby Atwell
Toby Atwell
Maurice Dailey "Toby" Atwell was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs , Pittsburgh Pirates and Milwaukee Braves . Atwell batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
March 10 - John Perkovich
John Perkovich
John Joseph "Perky" Perkovich was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox.-External links:...
March 18 - Garvin Hamner
Garvin Hamner
Wesley Garvin Hamner was an American professional baseball player. A second baseman and shortstop, he appeared in one season for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball...
March 27 - Walt Linden
Walt Linden
Walter Charles Linden is a former Major League Baseball player. He played one season with the Boston Braves between April 30 and May 8, 1950.-External links:...
April 2 - Bobby Avila
Bobby Avila
Roberto Francisco Ávila González to Maria Gonzalez and Jorge Avila, was a Major League Baseball second baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Cleveland Indians , Baltimore Orioles , Boston Red Sox , Milwaukee Braves and Tigres del México...
April 4 - Gil Hodges
Gil Hodges
Gilbert Ray Hodges was an American Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. During an 18-year baseball career, he played in 1943 and from 1947–63, spending most of his career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers...
April 20 - Jim Bilbrey
Jim Bilbrey
James Melvin "Jim" Bilbrey was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in .-External links:...
April 23 - Chuck Harmon
Chuck Harmon
Charles Byron Harmon is retired American professional baseball player, a former utility player in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Redlegs , St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies...
April 25 - Art Schallock
Art Schallock
Arthur Lawrence Schallock is an American former left-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles from 1951 to 1955...
April 27 - Bill Higdon
Bill Higdon
William Travis Higdon was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox.-External links:...
April 27 - Frank Wurm
Frank Wurm
Frank James Wurm was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in 1 game for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1944 season, starting the game, but giving up four runs while only getting 1 out, a strikeout.-External links:...
April 29 - Freddy Rodríguez
Freddy Rodríguez (baseball)
Fernando Pedro Rodríguez Borrego is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 6'0...

May-June

May 7 - Al Cihocki
Al Cihocki
Albert Joseph Cihocki is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Indians from April 17, 1945 to September 22, 1945.-External links:...
May 11 - Frank Campos
Frank Campos
Francisco José Campos Lopéz was a Cuban-born professional baseball player, an outfielder who appeared in 71 games played over three Major League seasons with the Washington Senators between –. He threw and batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed .Born in Havana, Campos played in organized...
May 11 - Helen Filarski
Helen Filarski
Helen Filarski [Steffes] is a former infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 125 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
May 13 - Cliff Fannin
Cliff Fannin
Clifford Bryson Fannin , was a professional baseball pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He played his entire career for the St. Louis Browns. He compiled a win-loss record of 34-51, with an Earned Run Average of 4.85 and 352 strikeouts...
May 21 - Ed Fitz Gerald
Ed Fitz Gerald
Edward Raymond Fitz Gerald is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played from - for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians. He attended Saint Mary's College of California...
May 23 - Clyde King
Clyde King
Clyde Edward King was an American pitcher, coach, manager, general manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. King, whose career in baseball spanned over 60 years, was perhaps best known for his longtime role as a special baseball advisor to George Steinbrenner, late owner of the...
May 27 - Tom Hurd
Tom Hurd
Thomas Carr Hurd [Whitey] was a middle-relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1954 through 1956 for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 9", 155 lb., Hurd batted and threw right-handed...
May 29 - Pepper Paire
Pepper Paire
Lavonne Paire Davis [″Pepper″] is a former catcher and infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 138 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.-Overview profile:...
May 30 - Turk Lown
Turk Lown
Omar Joseph "Turk" Lown is a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of eleven seasons with the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox...
June 3 - George Armstrong
George Armstrong (baseball)
George Armstrong was a baseball catcher who spent part of 1 season in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1946.-External links:...
June 5 - Lou Brissie
Lou Brissie
Leland Victor Brissie is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1947 to 1951 and the Cleveland Indians from 1951-1953....
June 16 - Ernie Johnson
June 19 - Jim Blackburn
Jim Blackburn
James Ray Blackburn was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
June 23 - Harry Schaeffer
Harry Schaeffer
Harry Edward "Lefty" Schaeffer is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Schaeffer played in five games, having a 0-1 record with a 5.29 ERA. He played in , with the New York Yankees....

July-August

July 1 - Jack Bruner
Jack Bruner
Jack Raymond Bruner was a professional baseball pitcher. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1949 and 1950.Signed by the Chicago White Sox in 1949 as a bonus baby, he debuted in the major leagues three days after signing. In 1950, he was traded to the St. Louis Browns...
July 1 - Ken Wood
Ken Wood (baseball player)
Kenneth Lanier Wood was an American right and left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns , Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators . He batted and threw right-handed....
July 6 - Frank Kellert
Frank Kellert
Frank William Kellert was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He was an alumnus of Oklahoma State University....
July 7 - John Simmons
John Simmons (baseball)
John Earl Simmons was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators in 1949.-External links:...
July 11 - Al Federoff
Al Federoff
Alfred Federoff , nicknamed "Whitey," was a American professional baseball infielder and manager. He spent his career in minor league baseball, except for 76 games spread over the 1951 and 1952 seasons, when he was a member of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.Federoff graduated from high...
July 15 - Bob Barthelson
Bob Barthelson
Robert Edward Barthelson was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants in 1944. The 6'0", 185 lb. right-hander was a native of New Haven, Connecticut, where he graduated from Hillhouse High School....
July 20 - Claude Crocker
Claude Crocker
Claude Arthur Crocker was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944 and 1945. The 6'2", 185 lb. right-hander was a native of Caroleen, North Carolina....
July 24 - Tod Davis
Tod Davis
Thomas Oscar "Tod" Davis was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played parts of two seasons in the majors, and , for the Philadelphia Athletics. He played most of his games as either a shortstop or a third baseman.-External links:...
July 26 - Milt Welch
Milt Welch
Milton Edward Welch is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for one season. He played in one game for the Detroit Tigers on June 5 during the 1945 Detroit Tigers season.-External links:...
August 2 - Lloyd Merriman
Lloyd Merriman
Lloyd Archer Merriman was an American professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from – for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs...
August 5 - Eddie Yuhas
Eddie Yuhas
John Edward Yuhas is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher, born in Youngstown, Ohio. He was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1942. Yuhas signed on to play Minor League Baseball in the Yankees organization...
August 5 - Rube Novotney
Rube Novotney
Ralph Joseph "Rube" Novotney was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
August 6 - Van Fletcher
Van Fletcher
Albert Vanoide Fletcher was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He appeared in nine games for the Detroit Tigers in ....
August 15 - Frank Whitman
Frank Whitman
Walter Franklin Whitman was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for two seasons. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 20 total games during the 1946 Chicago White Sox season and the 1948 Chicago White Sox season....
August 17 - Larry Ciaffone
August 20 - George Zuverink
George Zuverink
George Zuverink is a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of eight seasons with the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles...
August 21 - Jack Buck
Jack Buck
John Francis "Jack" Buck was an American sportscaster, best known for his work announcing Major League Baseball games of the St. Louis Cardinals. Buck received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987, and is honored with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame...
August 21 - Vern Fear
Vern Fear
Luvern Carl Fear was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
August 23 - Sherm Lollar
Sherm Lollar
John Sherman Lollar was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians , New York Yankees , St. Louis Browns , and the Chicago White Sox...
August 26 - Alex Kellner
Alex Kellner
Alexander Raymond Kellner was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics , Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals . Kellner batted right handed and threw left handed. He was born in Tucson, Arizona...
August 29 - Wayne McLeland
Wayne McLeland
Wayne Gaffney McLeland was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher whose 11-year pro career included ten games played in Major League Baseball for the – Detroit Tigers. Born in Stockport, Iowa, and nicknamed "Nubbin," he stood tall and weighed...
August 30 - Frank Sacka
Frank Sacka
Frank Sacka was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in 14 Major League games as a catcher and pinch hitter for the and editions of the Washington Senators — playing in seven games in each season...
August 31 - Adeline Kerrar
Adeline Kerrar
Adeline Kerrar [״Addie״] was an infielder and catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the season. Listed at 5' 2", 130 lb., she was a switch-hitter and threw right handed....

September-October

September 1 - Ed Samcoff
Ed Samcoff
Edward William Samcoff was a infielder in Major League Baseball.-External links:...
September 3 - Bill Greason
Bill Greason
William Henry Greason is a retired American professional baseball player who later became a Baptist minister. Greason served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II in the 66th Supply Platoon, an all-black unit, in the Pacific Theater of Operations and took part in the Battle of Iwo...
September 6 - Jim Fridley
Jim Fridley
James Riley Fridley was an American professional baseball player. During his Major League Baseball career, he was backup outfielder, playing mostly at left field for three different teams between 1952 and 1958. Nicknamed "Big Jim," Fridley was listed at and and batted and threw right-handed...
September 6 - Hal Jeffcoat
Hal Jeffcoat
Harold Bentley Jeffcoat was an outfielder and pitcher for the Chicago Cubs , Cincinnati Redlegs and St...
September 6 - George Schmees
George Schmees
George Edward Schmees was an American professional baseball player. An outfielder, he appeared in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at tall and , Schmees batted and threw left-handed...
September 10 - Ted Kluszewski
Ted Kluszewski
Theodore Bernard "Big Klu" Kluszewski was a Major League first baseman from 1947 through 1961. He batted and threw left-handed.-Career:...
September 11 - Lou Grasmick
Lou Grasmick
Louis "Lou" Junior Grasmick is an American former professional baseball player who played two games for the Philadelphia Phillies during the season. After playing baseball, he operated a lumber business. When once asked about knockdown pitches he stated: "If you didn't thrown a knockdown, you...
September 12 - George Bradshaw
September 12 - Bubba Church
Bubba Church
Emory Nicholas "Bubba" Church was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies , Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs...
September 14 - Jerry Coleman
Jerry Coleman
Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman is a former Major League Baseball second baseman for the New York Yankees. Currently, he is an analyst and former play-by-play radio announcer for the San Diego Padres...
September 15 - Jim Davis
Jim Davis (baseball)
James Bennett Davis was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. In 1956, he had the unique distinction of being the first pitcher in forty years to record four strikeouts in a single inning. He threw both a screwball and a knuckler.-References:...
September 19 - Vern Benson
Vern Benson
Vernon Adair Benson is a retired infielder/outfielder, coach, scout and interim manager in American Major League Baseball. During his playing career, he stood 5'11" tall, weighed 180 pounds , batted left-handed, and threw right-handed.Benson attended Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina...
September 23 - Dino Restelli
Dino Restelli
Dino Paolo Restelli was a Major League Baseball center fielder and right-handed batter who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1949 and 1951....
September 25 - Red Webb
Red Webb
Samuel Harry "Red" Webb was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of two seasons in the majors, and , for the New York Giants.-Sources:...
September 26 - Eddie Erautt
Eddie Erautt
Edward Lorenz Sebastian Erautt was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...
September 27 - Jerry Scala
Jerry Scala
Gerald Michael Scala was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1948 to 1950 for the Chicago White Sox....
September 29 - Ed McGhee
Ed McGhee
Warren Edward McGhee was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Chicago White Sox during the , , and seasons and the Philadelphia Athletics during the and seasons. He was an alumnus of Arkansas State University....
October 2 - Bill Serena
Bill Serena
William Robert Serena was a professional baseball player who played infielder in the Major Leagues from to for the Chicago Cubs.He was born in Alameda, California and died in Hayward, California.-External links:...
October 13 - Dee Fondy
Dee Fondy
Dee Virgil Fondy was a former professional baseball player who played first base in the Major Leagues from 1951-1958. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago Cubs....
October 13 - Charlie Silvera
Charlie Silvera
Charles Anthony Ryan Silvera is a retired American professional baseball player, a catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1948 through 1957 for the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs...
October 14 - Dave Jolly
Dave Jolly
David Jolly was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher. The 6'0", 165 lb. right-hander was a native of Stony Point, North Carolina. He was signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent before the 1946 season...
October 14 - Bill Renna
Bill Renna
William Beneditto Renna is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for four different teams between the and seasons. Nicknamed "Big Bill," he was listed at and , and batted and threw right-handed...
October 16 - Bob Cain
Bob Cain
Robert Max Cain [Sugar] was a left-handed pitcher who played Major League Baseball from 1949 to 1954. Cain was born in Longford, Kansas and raised in Salina....
October 22 - Ernestine Petras
Ernestine Petras
Ernestine Petras [״Tenny״] is a former infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 125 lb., Petras batted and threw right handed...
October 25 - Bobby Brown
October 29 - Hal Bamberger
Hal Bamberger
Harold Earl "Hal" Bamberger was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the New York Giants during the season. Listed at 6' 0", 173 lb., Bamberger batted left handed and threw right handed. He was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.Bamberger graduated from Cornwall High School in...

November-December

November 2 - George Estock
George Estock
George John Estock was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball with the Boston Braves during the 1951 season....
November 5 - Sonny Dixon
Sonny Dixon (baseball)
John Craig "Sonny" Dixon was a retired American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for parts of four seasons for the Washington Senators, the Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Athletics, and the New York Yankees...
November 11 - Evelyn Wawryshyn
Evelyn Wawryshyn
Evelyn Wawryshyn [Litwin/Moroz] is a former Canadian second basewoman who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 130 lb., Wawryshyn batted and threw right-handed...
November 12 - Andy Hansen
Andy Hansen
Andrew Viggo "Andy" Hansen , nicknamed Swede, was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. In a nine-season career, he played for the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies...
November 18 - Rocky Nelson
Rocky Nelson
Glenn Richard "Rocky" Nelson was a first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals , Pittsburgh Pirates , Chicago White Sox , Brooklyn Dodgers and Cleveland Indians .A native of Portsmouth, Ohio, Nelson batted and threw left-handed...
November 21 - Warren Hacker
Warren Hacker
Warren Louis Hacker was an American professional baseball player, a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs , Cincinnatiu Redlegs , Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox...
November 24 - Joanne Winter
Joanne Winter
Joanne Emily Winter [Jo] was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 8", 138 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.-Overview profile:...
November 27 - Cal Howe
Cal Howe
Calvin Earl Howe was an American professional baseball player who appeared in one game in Major League Baseball as a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs during the season. Listed at and , Howe batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Rock Falls, Illinois.In his one relief appearance, on...
November 29 - Irv Noren
Irv Noren
Irving Arnold Noren is a retired American professional baseball and basketball player. He played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1950-1960. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers...
December 3 - Fred Taylor
December 9 - Jerry Fahr
Jerry Fahr
Gerald Warren Fahr was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched in five games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1951 Cleveland Indians season. He was born in Marmaduke, Arkansas and died in Duluth, Georgia.-External links:...
December 11 - Hal Brown
Hal Brown
Hector Harold Brown , nicknamed "Skinny," is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Chicago White Sox , Boston Red Sox , Baltimore Orioles , New York Yankees and Houston Colt .45's...
December 13 - George Shuba
George Shuba
George "Shotgun" Shuba is a former utility outfielder and left-handed pinch hitter in Major League Baseball who played seven seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers. His seven seasons included three World Series as well as a World Series championship in 1955...
December 19 - Rex Barney
Rex Barney
Rex Edward Barney was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943 and from 1946 through 1950....
December 19 - Herb Gorman
Herb Gorman
Herbert Allen Gorman was a Major League Baseball player. He had only one at bat in only one game for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1952. Gorman was born San Francisco, California and died in San Diego, California....
December 21 - Marge Villa
Marge Villa
Margaret Villa [Cryan] is a former utility player who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 115 lb., Villa batted and threw right handed...
December 23 - Bob Marquis
Bob Marquis
Robert Rudolph Marquis is a former left-handed baseball outfielder who played professionally from 1947 to 1954, and for the Cincinnati Reds in 1953....
December 24 - Chico García
Chico Garcia
Vinicio "Chico" García Uzcanga was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Baltimore Orioles in the 1954 season. Listed at 5' 8", 170 lb., García batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico...
December 28 - Steve Kuczek
Steve Kuczek
Stanislaw Leo "Steve" Kuczek was a former major league baseball player for the Boston Braves, and was one of only 84 players in the history of major league baseball to sport a career 1.000 batting average...
December 31 - Ted Gray
Ted Gray
Ted Glenn Gray was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played eight seasons with the Detroit Tigers , and then had short stints during the season with the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, and Baltimore Orioles.A native Detroiter, Gray was a star pitcher at Highland Park...

January

January 4 - John Peters, 73, 19th century shortstop for four clubs, including the pennant-winning 1876 Chicago White Stockings
1876 Chicago White Stockings season
The Chicago White Stockings were one of the founding members of the new National League, and won its initial championship during the 1876 season.-Roster:-Starters by position:...

in the very first year of the National League.

January 9 - George Hodson
George Hodson
George S. Hodson was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Beaneaters in 1894 and the Philadelphia Phillies in 1895. He also pitched in the minor leagues for 17 seasons and won 20 or more games six times. Hodson was 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighed 150 pounds.-Career:Hodson...

, 55, pitcher.

January 15 - Pat Friel
Pat Friel
Patrick Henry Friel was an American professional baseball player from the early 1880s to the mid-1890s. Friel was born in Lewisburg, West Virginia, and his brother Bill Friel was also a professional baseball player. He began his minor league baseball career in 1883, and continued through the end...

, 63, American Association outfielder who played from 1890 to 1891 for the Syracuse Stars and Philadelphia Athletics.

February

February 7 - George Kahler
George Kahler
George Runnells Kahler was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cleveland Naps from 1910 to 1914.Kahler was the second pitcher to use the emery ball, after Russ Ford.-External links:...

, 34, pitcher.

February 16 - Pop-Boy Smith
Pop-Boy Smith
Charles Ossie "Pop-Boy" Smith was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for three seasons. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1913 and the Cleveland Indians from 1916 to 1917.-External links:...

, 31, pitcher.

February 27 - Thomas Lynch, 65, National League president from 1910 through 1913, previously a highly regarded umpire from 1888 to 1899.

March

March 7 - Pat Moran
Pat Moran
Patrick Joseph Moran was an American catcher and manager in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he led two teams to their first-ever modern-era National League championships: the 1915 Philadelphia Phillies and the 1919 Cincinnati Reds...

, 48, catcher/third baseman for three National League teams from 1901 through 1914, including the 1907 Chicago Cubs
1907 Chicago Cubs season
The Chicago Cubs season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in first place in the National League with a record of 107-45, 17 games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was their second straight NL pennant...

World Champion team
1907 World Series
The 1907 World Series featured the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, with the Cubs winning the Series four games to none for their first championship....

, who later became the first manager to lead two different teams teams to their first-ever modern-era National League championships, the 1915 Philadelphia Phillies
1915 Philadelphia Phillies season
The Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Phillies winning the National League, then going on to lose the 1915 World Series to the Boston Red Sox. This was the team's first pennant since joining the league in...

and the 1919 Cincinnati Reds
1919 Cincinnati Reds season
The Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds won the National League pennant, then went on to win the 1919 World Series...

, capturing 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...

title.

March 8 - Myron Allen
Myron Allen
Myron Smith Allen was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for four seasons. He played for the New York Gothams in 1883, the Boston Beaneaters in 1886, the Cleveland Blues in 1887, and the Kansas City Cowboys in 1888....

, 69, outfielder/pitcher for four teams in two different leagues from 1883 through 1888.

March 17 - Bill Harbridge
Bill Harbridge
William Arthur "Bill" Harbridge , also known as "Yaller Bill", was a Major League Baseball player who split his playing time between catcher and in the outfield for five different teams during his nine season career that lasted from through .-Career:He began his career in the last year of the...

, 68, catcher/outfielder for five teams of three different leagues between the 1875 and 1884 seasons.

April

April 4 - George Wood, 65, left fielder in 13 seasons from 1880 to 1992, mainly for the Detroit Wolverines and the Philadelphia Athletics, who posted a .300 average twice and led the National League in home runs in 1882.

April 8 - Jimmy Macullar
Jimmy Macullar
James F. "Jimmy" Macullar , also known as "Little Mac", was an American Major League Baseball player from Boston, Massachusetts. He played mostly at shortstop, but did play many games in the center field, for three different teams in two leagues...

, 69, infielder/outfielder/pitcher for three teams between 1879 and 1886, who holds a Major League lifetime record for the most games played at shortstop for a left-handed
Left-handed
Left-handedness is the preference for the left hand over the right for everyday activities such as writing. In ancient times it was seen as a sign of the devil, and was abhorred in many cultures...

thrower with 325 appearances in the position, while leading the American Association in putouts at outfield in 1882 and as a shortstop in 1885.

April 16 - Buster Hoover
Buster Hoover
William James "Buster" Hoover was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Keystones, Philadelphia Quakers, Baltimore Orioles, and Cincinnati Reds between 1884 and 1892...

, 61, utility infielder/outfielder for four teams between 1884 and 1892.

April 26 - Moxie Manuel
Moxie Manuel
Mark Garfield "Moxie" Manuel , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1905-1908. He would play for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox.-External links:...

, 42, pitcher.

April 28 - Barney McFadden
Barney McFadden
Bernard Joseph McFadden was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the 1901 Cincinnati Reds and 1902 Philadelphia Phillies. He went to Villanova University.-External links:...

, 47, pitcher.

May

May 9 - Bill Wilson
Bill Wilson (catcher)
William G. Wilson was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the 1890 Pittsburg Alleghenys and 1897-1898 Louisville Colonels.-Sources:...

, 56, catcher.

May 11 - John Stedronsky
John Stedronsky
John Stedronsky was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball for the 1879 Chicago White Stockings.-External links:...

, 73, third baseman.

May 11 - Fleet Walker, 67, catcher for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings
1884 Toledo Blue Stockings season
The Toledo Blue Stockings finished with a 45-58 record, eighth place in the American Association. This was the only season the team was in operation.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

, who is credited with being the first African American to play professional baseball.

May 15 - Ed Swartwood
Ed Swartwood
Cyrus Edward Swartwood was an American professional baseball player and umpire. He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as a right fielder and first baseman. He played for the Buffalo Bisons , Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates , Brooklyn Grays , and Toledo Maumees...

, 65, right fielder/first baseman who topped the American Association in batting average during the 1883 season, led the league in runs, doubles and total bases the following season, and later became an umpire.

May 16 - Candy Cummings
Candy Cummings
William Arthur "Candy" Cummings was a professional baseball pitcher in the National Association and National League who was credited with inventing the curveball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.-Career:...

, 75, Hall of Fame pitcher credited with developing the curveball
Curveball
The curveball is a type of pitch in baseball thrown with a characteristic grip and hand movement that imparts forward spin to the ball causing it to dive in a downward path as it approaches the plate. Its close relatives are the slider and the slurve. The "curve" of the ball varies from pitcher to...

in 1867, who won 28 or more games for four teams of the National Association and later became a Minor League executive.

May 25 - Carl Weilman
Carl Weilman
Carl Woolworth Weilman , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He played for the St. Louis Browns.-External links:...

, 34, pitcher who posted a 84-93 record and a 2.67 earned run average in 239 games for the American League St. Louis Browns between 1912 and 1920.

May 26 - Ed MacGamwell
Ed MacGamwell
Edward M. MacGamwell , was a professional baseball player who played first base in four games for the 1905 Brooklyn Superbas.-External links:...

, 46, first baseman.

June

June 2 - Jim Hughes
Jay Hughes
James Jay Hughes was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, who played four seasons from to .Hughes was born in Sacramento, California...

, 50, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles and Brooklyn Superbas National League clubs, who led the league's pitchers with 28 wins in the 1899 season.

June 5 - Bill Reynolds, 39, catcher.

June 5 - John Sullivan, 51, catcher.

June 23 - Shorty Gallagher
Shorty Gallagher
Charles William "Shorty" Gallagher was a Major League Baseball who played for one season. He played two games for the Cleveland Blues during the 1901 Cleveland Blues season.-External links:...

, 52, outfielder.

July

July 3 - Ed Householder
Ed Householder
Edward H. Householder was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Superbas in 1903. He stood at 5' 9" and weighed 180 lb.-Career:...

, 54, outfielder.

July 9 - Bill McCloskey
Bill McCloskey
William George McCloskey officially played one year of Major League Baseball in for the Wilmington Quicksteps of the Union Association. He played nine games in that season, splitting time between the outfield and catcher...

, 70, catcher and outfielder.

July 27 - Bob Dresser
Bob Dresser
Robert Nicholson Dresser was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Boston Beaneaters of the National League in one game on August 13, 1902.-External links:*...

, 45, pitcher.

August

August 4 - George Nicol
George Nicol (baseball)
George Edward Nicol , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher and outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1890-1894. He played for the St. Louis Browns, Chicago Colts, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Louisville Colonels.-External links:...

, 53, pitcher and outfielder.

August 17 - John Bruce, 67, secretary of the National Commission from 1903 to 1920, previously legal counsel to American League president and also part owner of the St. Louis Browns from 1902 to 1916.

August 19 - Bill Keister
Bill Keister
William Hoffman Keister , was a professional baseball player who played shortstop and second base in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Baltimore Orioles , Baltimore Orioles , Boston Beaneaters, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...

, 53, middle infielder for seven different teams in seven seasons, who led the American League with 21 triples in 1901.

September

September 3 - Herman Pitz
Herman Pitz
Herman Pitz was a 19th century Major League Baseball player. Primarily a catcher, he also played third base and outfield with the Syracuse Stars and Brooklyn Gladiators of the American Association in 1890. He remained active in minor league baseball through 1895.-External links:*...

, 59, catcher.

September 7 - Bob Spade
Bob Spade
Robert Spade was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played four seasons in the major leagues, from until , for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns.When Spade died in 1924 he was penniless, and fans raised the money to pay for his burial.-Sources:...

, 47, pitcher.

September 15 - Frank Chance
Frank Chance
Frank Leroy Chance was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. Performing the roles of first baseman and manager, Chance led the Chicago Cubs to four National League championships in the span of five years and earned the nickname "The Peerless Leader".Chance was elected to...

, 47, Hall of Fame first baseman and manager of the Chicago Cubs, who anchored famed infield of four National League and two World Series champions from 1906–1910; batted .300 four times; topped the league in runs once and steals twice; led the 1906 squad to a winning-record 116 games, while collecting a career-winning percentage of .593 (second highest among managers of 1500 or more games), and stole 401 bases to set a career-mark for first basemen.

September 18 - Bill Geiss
Bill Geiss
William J. Geiss was a pitcher and second baseman in Major League Baseball for the 1882 Baltimore Orioles and 1884 Detroit Wolverines. His brother, Emil Geiss, also played professional baseball.-External links:...

, 66, pitcher for the 1882 Baltimore Orioles and second baseman for the 1884 Detroit Wolverines.

September 24 - Dan McFarlan
Dan McFarlan
Anderson Daniel McFarlan was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played in 1895 for the Louisville Colonels, and 1899 for two different teams, the Brooklyn Superbas and Washington Senators.-External links:...

, 50, pitcher.

October

October 9 - Ed Caskin
Ed Caskin
Edward James Caskin , born in Danvers, Massachusetts, was a shortstop for the Troy Trojans , New York Gothams/Giants and St...

, 72, shortstop.

October 9 - Jake Daubert
Jake Daubert
Jacob Ellsworth Daubert was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Superbas and Cincinnati Reds. His career lasted from 1910 until his death in 1924....

, 40, 1913 MVP first baseman and captain for National League championships in Brooklyn and Cincinnati, who batted a .303 career average, won batting titles in 1913 and 1914, and led the league in triples two times.

October 29 - Pop Snyder
Pop Snyder
Charles N. "Pop" Snyder was an American catcher, manager, and umpire in Major League Baseball. His 18 season playing career began in 1873 for the Washington Blue Legs of the National Association, and ended with the 1891 Washington Statesmen...

, 70, catcher for several teams over 18 seasons including 1878 Boston champions; also managed Cincinnati to 1882 American Association pennant.

November

November 6 - Emil Leber
Emil Leber
Emil Bohmiel Leber was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for one season. He played in two games for the Cleveland Naps during the 1905 Cleveland Naps season.-External links:...

, 43, third baseman.

November 14 - Joe Quest
Joe Quest
Joseph L. Quest was a utility player with a 10 year career from 1871, 1878-1886. He played with the Cleveland Forest Citys of the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, the Indianapolis Blues, Chicago White Stockings and Detroit Wolverines all of the National League, and the St...

, 71, second baseman for 10 seasons. Started for three Chicago White Stockings championship teams.

December

December 1 - Dolly Stark
Dolly Stark
Monroe Randolph Stark was a professional baseball player who played shortstop for the Cleveland Naps and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1909-1912. He later served as an Umpire....

, 39, murdered, who played at shortstop for the Cleveland Naps and the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1909 through 1912, and later served as an umpire.

December 1 - Dummy Stephenson
Dummy Stephenson
Reuben Crandol "Dummy" Stephenson was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1892.-External links:...

, 55, outfielder.

December 11 - Moxie Hengel, 67, second baseman.

December 14 - Chappie McFarland
Chappie McFarland
Charles Amos McFarland was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1902-1906.His brother, Monte McFarland, also played professional baseball.-External links:...

, 49, pitcher.

December 17 - Pat Dealy
Pat Dealy
Patrick E. Dealy was a Major League Baseball player. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors between and . He debuted with the St...

, 63, catcher.

December 20 - Jimmy Woulfe
Jimmy Woulfe
James Joseph Woulfe was an American professional baseball player who played outfielder for the 1884 Cincinnati Red Stockings and Pittsburg Alleghenys.-External links:...

, 65, outfielder.

December 24 - Doc Gessler
Doc Gessler
Henry Homer "Doc" Gessler was a Major League Baseball player born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania who began his eight season career, at the age of 22, with the Detroit Tigers in . He played mainly as a right fielder in a career that totaled 880 games played, 2969 at bats, 831 hits, 363 RBIs and 14...

, 44, Major League outfielder during eight seasons, who later managed in the outlaw Federal League for the 1914 Pittsburgh Rebels
1914 Pittsburgh Rebels season
The Pittsburgh Rebels season was a season in American baseball. The Rebels finished in 7th place in the Federal League, 22½ games behind the Indianapolis Hoosiers.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

.

December 29 - Bill White
Bill White (shortstop)
William Dighton White , was a professional baseball player who was mainly a shortstop in major leagues for five season from to . During his major league career, he played for three different franchises: the Pittsburg Alleghenys in , the Louisville Colonels from 1886 to 1888, and the St...

, 64, shortstop in five season from 1883 to 1888.

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