Champions

• World Series
  1926 World Series
  The 1926 World Series was the championship series of the 1926 Major League Baseball season, featuring the St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Yankees...
  
  : 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...
  
   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...
  
   (4-3)
• Negro League World Series
  Negro League World Series
  The Negro League World Series was a post-season baseball tournament which was held from 1924-1927 and from 1942-1948 between the champions of the Negro leagues, matching the mid-western winners against their east coast counterparts....
  
  : 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...
  
   over 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...
  
   (5-4-2)

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...
  
  
  • George Burns
    George Burns (first baseman)
    George Henry Burns , nicknamed "Tioga George," was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for five American League teams from to...
    
    , 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...
    
    , 1B
  • Bob O'Farrell
    Bob O'Farrell
    Robert Arthur "Bob" O'Farrell was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for 21 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants. O'Farrell also played for the Cincinnati Reds, albeit briefly...
    
    , 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...
    
    , C

Statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro National League final standings

• Kansas City won the first half, Chicago won the second half.
• Chicago beat Kansas City 5 games to 4 games in a play-off.

Eastern Colored League final standings

Events

• January 15 - 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....
  
   purchase the contract of first baseman Wally Pipp
  Wally Pipp
  Walter Clement Pipp was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball, now best remembered as the man who lost his starting role to Lou Gehrig at the beginning of Gehrig's streak of 2,130 consecutive games....
  
   from 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...
  
   for $7,500.

• February 6 - The St. Louis Browns
  Baltimore Orioles
  The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
  
   acquire catcher Wally Schang
  Wally Schang
  Walter Henry Schang was a catcher in Major League Baseball. From 1913 through 1931, he played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers . Schang was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...
  
   from 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...
  
   in exchange for pitcher 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 cash considerations. Although Schang is 36 years old, he will hold the job as the regular catcher for the Browns for the next four seasons.

• April 13
  • In one of the greatest Opening Day
    Opening Day
    Opening Day is the day on which professional baseball leagues begin their regular season. For Major League Baseball and most of the minor leagues, this day falls during the first week of April. For baseball fans, Opening Day serves as a symbol of rebirth; writer Thomas Boswell once penned a book...
    
     pitchers' duels ever, Walter Johnson
    Walter Johnson
    Walter Perry Johnson , nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Washington Senators...
    
     of the Washington Senators
    Minnesota Twins
    The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
    
     defeats Eddie Rommel
    Eddie Rommel
    Edwin Americus Rommel was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent his entire career with the Philadelphia Athletics from 1920 to 1932. He is considered to be the "father" of the modern knuckleball...
    
     and the Philadelphia Athletics
    Oakland Athletics
    The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
    
    , 1–0, in a 15-inning battle. Johnson strikes out nine and gives up just six hits.
  • 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...
    
     Tony Lazzeri
    Tony Lazzeri
    Anthony Michael "Tony" Lazzeri was an American Major League Baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s, predominantly with the New York Yankees. He was part of the famed "Murderers' Row" Yankee batting lineup of the late 1920s , along with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Bob Meusel...
    
     and Paul Waner
    Paul Waner
    Paul Glee Waner , nicknamed "Big Poison", was a German-American Major League Baseball right fielder.-Pittsburgh Pirates:...
    
     made their debuts in the Major Leagues. Lazzeri with 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...
    
    , in a 12-11 victory against the Boston Red Sox
    Boston Red Sox
    The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
    
    , while Waner does the same 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...
    
     in a 7–6 loss to 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...
    
    .

• April 19 - 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"...
  
   center fielder Ira Flagstead
  Ira Flagstead
  Ira James "Pete" Flagstead was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played thirteen seasons in the American and National League with the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators , and Pittsburgh Pirates .In 1218 career games, Flagstead batted .290 with a .407 on base percentage,...
  
   ties a Major League record by starting three double play
  Double play
  In baseball, a double play for a team or a fielder is the act of making two outs during the same continuous playing action. In baseball slang, making a double play is referred to as "turning two"....
  
  s in one game from the outfield.

• April 27 - Future Hall of Famer Mel Ott
  Mel Ott
  Melvin Thomas Ott , nicknamed "Master Melvin", was a Major League Baseball right fielder. He played his entire career for the New York Giants . Ott was born in Gretna, Louisiana. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
   makes his major league debut with the New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
   and strikes out in his only at-bat.

• April 29 - Future Hall of Famer Joe Cronin
  Joe Cronin
  Joseph Edward Cronin was a Major League Baseball shortstop and manager.During a 20-year playing career, he played from 1926–45 for three different teams, primarily for the Boston Red Sox. Cronin was a major league manager from 1933–47...
  
   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...
  
   a 16–9 loss to the Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
   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...
  
  .

• May 12 - Walter Johnson
  Walter Johnson
  Walter Perry Johnson , nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Washington Senators...
  
   of the Washington Senators
  Minnesota Twins
  The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
  
   records his 400th career win when he defeats the St. Louis Browns
  Baltimore Orioles
  The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
  
  , 7–4, to reach the rarely achieved milestone.

• May 22 - The contest between the Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
   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...
  
   is called after eight innings, resulting in a 6-6 tie.

• May 26 - 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...
  
   defeat 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"...
  
  , 9–8, for their sixteenth victory in row.

• June 24 - At Sportsman's Park
  Sportsman's Park
  Sportsman's Park was the name of several former Major League Baseball ballpark structures in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, all but one of which were located on the same piece of land, the northwest corner of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street on the north side of the city.- History :From...
  
  , 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...
  
   and 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...
  
   play to a 3–3 tie.

• July 4 - The contest between the New York Yankees and Washington Senators is called after six innings, resulting in a 4-4 tie. It is Washington's second tie of the season.

• August 11 - Tris Speaker
  Tris Speaker
  Tristram E. Speaker , nicknamed "Spoke" and "The Grey Eagle", was an American baseball player. Considered one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball, he compiled a career batting average of .345 , and still holds the record of 792 career doubles...
  
   of 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...
  
   hits his 700th career double, but Cleveland loses to the Chicago White Sox
  Chicago White Sox
  The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
  
  , 7–2. The double came in the third inning off Sox pitcher Joe Edwards
  Jim Joe Edwards
  James Corbette Edwards [Little Joe] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for different teams between the and seasons. Listed at 6' 2", 185 lb., Edwards batted right-handed and threw left-handed...
  
  .

• August 21 - Ted Lyons 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"...
  
   in a 6–0 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...
  
   win over the Boston Red Sox
  Boston Red Sox
  The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
  
  .

• September 8 - Hal Wiltse
  Hal Wiltse
  Harold James Wiltse [Whitey] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 5' 9", 168 lb., Wiltse batted and threw left-handed...
  
   and the Boston Red Sox
  Boston Red Sox
  The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
  
   defeat the New York 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...
  
  , 5-2, to end their seventeen game losing streak.

• September 15 - At Dunn Field
  League Park
  League Park was a baseball park located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was situated at the northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and E. 66th Street in the Hough neighborhood. It was home to the National League Cleveland Spiders, the American League Cleveland Indians, and the Cleveland...
  
  , the 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...
  
   defeat 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...
  
  , 6–4. Nevertheless, the Indians take four of the six-game series to reduced the Yankees' lead 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...
  
   to 3½ games from its peak of eleven.

• September 23 - After fifteen innings, the contest between 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....
  
   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...
  
   is called a 6–6 tie.

• September 25 - Excluding the tie on the 23rd, 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....
  
   lose their sixth game in a row, 6–1, against 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...
  
  . Meanwhile, 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...
  
  , who had been playing poorly themselves, clinch the National League title.

• September 26 - The Philadelphia Athletics
  Oakland Athletics
  The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
  
   take their third game in a row from 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...
  
  , relegating them to the second place in the American League two games behind 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...
  
  .

• October 2 - After scoring a run in the first inning on two hits, 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...
  
   are held hitless for the next seven innings by Herb Pennock
  Herb Pennock
  Herbert Jefferis Pennock was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his time spent with the star-studded New York Yankee teams of the mid to late 1920s and early 1930s. Pennock won two World Series championships with the Red Sox and then four World Series championships with the...
  
  . 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...
  
   singles in the ninth, but is left stranded as 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...
  
   win Game One of the 1926 World Series
  1926 World Series
  The 1926 World Series was the championship series of the 1926 Major League Baseball season, featuring the St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Yankees...
  
  , 2–1.

• October 3 - 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...
  
   gives up two runs to the Yankees in the second inning, but sets down the last 21 batters, striking out 10, in Game Two of the World Series. A three-run home run by Billy Southworth
  Billy Southworth
  William Harrison Southworth was an American right fielder, center fielder and manager in Major League Baseball. Playing in and and from to , he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Southworth managed in and from through...
  
   breaks a 2–2 tie, while Tommy Thevenow
  Tommy Thevenow
  Thomas Joseph Thevenow was a professional baseball player who played shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1924–1938. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Bees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals during his career...
  
   collect three hits for a 6–2 Cardinals win.

• October 5 - In Game Three of the World Series, 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:...
  
    pitches a five-hit shutout and hits a three-run home run as the Cardinals beat the Yankees, 4–0, to take a 2-1 lead in the Series.

• October 6 - Babe Ruth
  Babe Ruth
  George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...
  
   hits three home runs to lead the Yankees to a 10–5 victory over St. Louis in Game Four of the World Series to tie the Series at two games apiece. His first inning curtain-raiser is a majestic 395-footer, exiting Sportsman's Park
  Sportsman's Park
  Sportsman's Park was the name of several former Major League Baseball ballpark structures in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, all but one of which were located on the same piece of land, the northwest corner of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street on the north side of the city.- History :From...
  
   over its right field bleacher roof. His second homer clears the roof in right center, carrying 515 feet, breaking a window on the other side of Grand Avenue. Ruth's final foray, however, is the main attraction, carrying deep into the never-before reached centerfield bleachers, far beyond the 430-foot mark. Estimated at 530 feet, it is still deemed, as of April 2010, the longest home run in World Series history. On October 18, , Reggie Jackson
  Reggie Jackson
  Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson , nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the New York Yankees, is a former American Major League Baseball right fielder. During a 21-year baseball career, he played from 1967-1987 for four different teams. Jackson currently serves as...
  
   became only the second player in history to hit three home runs during a single World Series game.

• October 7 - Mark Koenig
  Mark Koenig
  Mark Anthony Koenig was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played for 12 seasons from 1925–1936. He was the starting shortstop for the New York Yankees 1927 Murderers' Row team, and was the last surviving member of that legendary team...
  
   scores on a sacrifice fly by Tony Lazzeri
  Tony Lazzeri
  Anthony Michael "Tony" Lazzeri was an American Major League Baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s, predominantly with the New York Yankees. He was part of the famed "Murderers' Row" Yankee batting lineup of the late 1920s , along with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Bob Meusel...
  
   in the tenth inning, giving the Yankees the 3–2 victory in Game Five of the World Series, to take a 3-2 lead in the Series.

• October 9 - 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...
  
   scatters eight hits in Game Six of the World Series, while St. Louis tee off New York at Yankee Stadium for a 10–2 romp that sends the Series to a seventh game.

• October 10 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the New York Yankees, 3–2, in the decisive Game Seven of the World Series to clinch their first World Championship. One day after picking up his second complete-game victory of the Series, 39-year-old 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...
  
   saves the game after fanning Tony Lazzeri
  Tony Lazzeri
  Anthony Michael "Tony" Lazzeri was an American Major League Baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s, predominantly with the New York Yankees. He was part of the famed "Murderers' Row" Yankee batting lineup of the late 1920s , along with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Bob Meusel...
  
   with the bases loaded in the seventh inning, then proceeding to no-hit New York the rest of the way. The Series would feature thirteen future Hall of Famers.

• November 30 - Bill Carrigan
  Bill Carrigan
  William Francis Carrigan , nicknamed "Rough", was a Major League baseball catcher. He was born in Lewiston, Maine.Carrigan started his career as a platoon catcher and played all ten seasons with the Boston Red Sox...
  
  , popular 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"...
  
   manager who won World Series pennants for the team in 1915
  1915 World Series
  In the 1915 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies four games to one.In their only World Series before , the Phillies won Game 1 before being swept the rest of the way. It was 65 years before the Phillies won their next Series game...
  
   and 1916
  1916 World Series
  In the 1916 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins four games to one.Casey Stengel shone on offense for the Robins in the 1916 Series but the Red Sox pitching core ultimately proved too much for the denizens of Flatbush...
  
  , is drafted out of retirement in an attempt to resurrect the moribund Red Sox.

• December 5 - 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...
  
   catcher Bob O'Farrell
  Bob O'Farrell
  Robert Arthur "Bob" O'Farrell was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for 21 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants. O'Farrell also played for the Cincinnati Reds, albeit briefly...
  
   is named National League MVP. O'Farrell hit .293 in 146 games and polls 79 points. 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....
  
   second baseman Hughie Critz
  Hughie Critz
  Hugh Melville Critz was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1920s and the New York Giants in the 1930s.-Career overview:...
  
   is runner-up with 60 and 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...
  
   pitcher Ray Kremer
  Ray Kremer
  Remy Peter "Ray" Kremer was a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of ten seasons , all with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He led the National League in ERA in both 1926 and 1927. For his career, he compiled an 143-85 record in 308 appearances, with a 3.76 ERA and 516...
  
   (20-6, 2.61 ERA) is third with 32. Critz set a major-league record handling 588 assists
  Assist (baseball)
  In baseball, an assist is a defensive statistic, baseball being one of the few sports in which the defensive team controls the ball. An assist is awarded to every defensive player who fields or touches the ball prior to the recording of a putout, even if the contact was unintentional...
  
  , which will be topped by Frankie Frisch
  Frankie Frisch
  Francis “Frankie” Frisch , nicknamed the "Fordham Flash" or "The Old Flash", was a German American Major League Baseball player of the early twentieth century....
  
   with 643 in .

• December 20 - 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...
  
   is traded by 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...
  
   to 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....
  
   in exchange for Frankie Frisch
  Frankie Frisch
  Francis “Frankie” Frisch , nicknamed the "Fordham Flash" or "The Old Flash", was a German American Major League Baseball player of the early twentieth century....
  
   and Jimmy Ring
  Jimmy Ring
  James Joseph "Jimmy" Ring was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds , Philadelphia Phillies , New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals . Ring batted and threw right-handed.Ring was used sparingly by the Cincinnati Reds from 1917-18...
  
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January

• January   2 - Stan Hollmig
  Stan Hollmig
  Stanley Ernest Hollmig was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• January   3 - Harry Fisher
  Harry Fisher
  Harold A. Fisher was an American college basketball coach.In 1905, while a student and player at Columbia University, Fisher began coaching the basketball team of Fordham University, leading the team to a 4-2 record while capturing All-America honors as a player and leading Columbia to its second...
  
  
• January   6 - Ralph Branca
  Ralph Branca
  Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball.From 1944 through 1956, Branca played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , Detroit Tigers , and New York Yankees...
  
  
• January 10 - George Strickland
• January   8 - Dick Lajeskie
• January 18 - Bob Scherbarth
  Bob Scherbarth
  Robert Elmer Scherbarth was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Scherbarth batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• January 23 - Chico Carrasquel
  Chico Carrasquel
  Alfonso Carrasquel Colón, better known as Chico Carrasquel was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Chicago White Sox , Cleveland Indians , Kansas City Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles...
  
  
• January 27 - Bob Borkowski
  Bob Borkowski
  Robert Vilarian Borkowski was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played from 1950-1955 with the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and Brooklyn Dodgers....
  
  
• January 31 - Tom Alston
  Tom Alston
  Thomas Edison Alston was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1954 to 1957. A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, he stood 6'5" and weighed 210 lbs....
  
  

February

• February   5 - Hank Workman
  Hank Workman
  Henry Kilgariff "Hank" Workman is a former Major League Baseball player. Workman played for the New York Yankees in the 1950 baseball season....
  
  
• February   6 - Sam Calderone
  Sam Calderone
  Samuel Francis Calderone was an American professional baseball catcher. The native of Beverly, New Jersey, spent three seasons in Major League Baseball as a member of the New York Giants and Milwaukee Braves...
  
  
• February   6 - Dale Long
  Dale Long
  Richard Dale Long was a first baseman in professional baseball. Between 1951 and 1963, Long played in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates , St. Louis Browns , Chicago Cubs , San Francisco Giants , New York Yankees and Washington Senators...
  
  
• February   7 - Jerry Lane
  Jerry Lane
  Jerald Hal Lane was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher who appeared in 32 games in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators and the Cincinnati Redlegs , in addition to 429 games over 12 seasons in the minor leagues...
  
  
• February   7 - Dummy Lynch
  Dummy Lynch
  Matthew Daniel "Dummy" Lynch was an American Major League Baseball player. A native of Dallas, Texas, Lynch was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. After the war, he attended Southern Methodist University, where he played both baseball and basketball. He played one...
  
  
• February 10 - Randy Jackson
• February 12 - Joe Garagiola
• February 12 - Ruth Williams
  Ruth Williams
  Ruth Williams [Heverly] was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 139 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• February 13 - Bob Habenicht
  Bob Habenicht
  Robert Julius Habenicht was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in three games in 1951 and the St. Louis Browns in one game in 1953....
  
  
• February 15 - Bubba Harris
  Bubba Harris (baseball)
  Charles "Bubba" Harris is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for three seasons. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1948 to 1949 and in 1951, and the Cleveland Indians in 1951....
  
  
• February 16 - Howie Judson
  Howie Judson
  Howard Kolls Judson is a retired American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher in the Major Leagues from to for the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Redlegs...
  
  
• February 17 - Jack Crimian
  Jack Crimian
  John Melvin Crimian is a retired American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals during the and seasons, the Kansas City Athletics during the season, and the Detroit Tigers during the season.-References:...
  
  

March

• March   2 - Joe Taylor
  Joe Taylor (baseball)
  Joe Cephus Taylor was an American professional baseball outfielder . Taylor's career began in semipro baseball in 1946. From 1949 to 1951, he played in the Negro leagues before joining the baseball minor leagues...
  
  
• March   4 - Cass Michaels
  Cass Michaels
  Casimir Eugene Michaels was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He was born in Detroit, Michigan as Casimir Eugene Kwietniewski, and was primarily a second baseman throughout his career, though he was also a third baseman and shortstop for a time.Under his real name, Michaels was signed to a...
  
  
• March   8 - Dick Teed
  Dick Teed
  Richard Leroy Teed is a former Major League Baseball player who had one at bat for the Brooklyn Dodgers as a pinch hitter in a game and struck out. Although he did not appear on defense in the major leagues, he was a catcher during his minor league career...
  
  
• March 18 - Dick Littlefield
  Dick Littlefield
  Richard Bernard "Dick" Littlefield was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for nine teams between 1950 and 1958.Born in Detroit, Michigan, he died there at age 71....
  
  
• March 22 - Billy Goodman
  Billy Goodman
  William Dale Goodman was an infielder and left-handed batter who played Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox , Baltimore Orioles , Chicago White Sox and Houston Colt .45's ....
  
  
• March 30 - Dick Koecher

April

• April   1 - Jake Thies
  Jake Thies
  Vernon Arthur "Jake" Thies is a retired American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, his decade-long career included 34 games played with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball in –. Thies stood tall and weighed...
  
  
• April   3 - Alex Grammas
  Alex Grammas
  Alexander Peter Grammas is a former Major League infielder and manager. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Grammas played in the National League for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs. He finished his career with a .969 overall fielding percentage...
  
  
• April   6 - Ed White
  Ed White (baseball)
  Edward Perry White was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in three games for the Chicago White Sox during the 1955 Chicago White Sox season. He spent 8 seasons in the minor leagues with the Waterloo White Hawks, Memphis Chickasaws, Sacramento Solons and Minneapolis...
  
  
• April 12 - Walt Moryn
  Moose Moryn
  Walter Joseph "Moose" Moryn was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Moryn played in the majors from through for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, St...
  
  
• April 12 - Lou Possehl
  Lou Possehl
  Louis Thomas Possehl was a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for five seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1946 to 1948 and 1951 to 1952. He died on October 7, 1997 in Sarasota, FL.-External links:...
  
  
• April 15 - Bill Pierro
  Bill Pierro
  William Leonard Pierro was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates.-External links:...
  
  
• April 26 - Stanley Glenn
  Stanley Glenn
  Stanley Glenn was a baseball catcher with the Philadelphia Stars of the Negro Leagues from 1944 to 1950. He also played three years in the minors and two in the Canadian senior Intercounty Baseball League in southwestern Ontario for the St...
  
  

May

• May   3 - Stan Jok
  Stan Jok
  Stanley Edward Jok was an American professional baseball player. A third baseman, Jok played all or parts of 14 seasons in minor league baseball, where he hit 192 home runs, but his Major League opportunity was limited to 12 total games played with the Philadelphia Phillies and the – Chicago...
  
  
• May   4 - Bert Thiel
  Bert Thiel
  Maynard Bert Thiel is an American retired professional baseball pitcher, manager and scout. He appeared in only four Major League games as a relief pitcher for the Boston Braves, but fashioned a 14-year playing career in the minor leagues...
  
  
• May   5 - Bob Cerv
  Bob Cerv
  Robert Henry Cerv was an American baseball player. Prior to his professional career he was a standout baseball and basketball player at the University of Nebraska....
  
  
• May   6 - Dick Cole
• May   9 - Ray Medeiros
• May 15 - Fred Baczewski
  Fred Baczewski
  Fredereric John "Lefty" Baczewski was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs. After some time in the independent minor leagues, Baczewski was purchased from his Shreveport club in October 1949 by the Cubs for $30,000 and a player to be named...
  
  
• May 16 - Rube Walker
  Rube Walker
  Albert Bluford "Rube" Walker was an American Major League Baseball catcher and longtime pitching coach....
  
  
• May 19 - Mike Kume
  Mike Kume
  John Michael Kume is a retired American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher who debuted with the Kansas City Athletics during the season.Kume stood tall and weighed...
  
  
• May 21 - Elmer Sexauer
  Elmer Sexauer
  Elmer George Sexauer was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He was an alumnus of Wake Forest University....
  
  
• May 24 - Willy Miranda
  Willy Miranda
  Guillermo "Willy" Miranda Perez was a Cuban-born professional baseball player who played shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1951–1959...
  
  
• May 27 - Harvey Gentry
  Harvey Gentry
  Harvey William Gentry was a pinch hitter in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Giants in 1954.-External links:...
  
  
• May 28 - Frank Saucier
  Frank Saucier
  Francis Field Saucier played two months of the 1951 baseball season for the St. Louis Browns. Although he had a spectactular minor league career, he is perhaps best known for being replaced by the shortest player in baseball history, Eddie Gaedel, who pinch-hit for him in a stunt devised by...
  
  
• May 30 - Dixie Upright
  Dixie Upright
  R. T. "Dixie" Upright is a former left-handed, 6'0", 175 pound Major League Baseball player who played for the St...
  
  

June

• June   1 - Ray Moore
  Ray Moore (baseball)
  Raymond Leroy Moore was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins from to ....
  
  
• June   2 - Frank Verdi
  Frank Verdi
  Frank Michael Verdi was a Major League Baseball player in 1953 for the New York Yankees and a longtime manager at the minor league level. As a player, he batted and threw right-handed, stood 5'10½" tall and weighed 170 pounds...
  
  
• June   7 - Roy Jarvis
  Roy Jarvis
  Leroy Gilbert Jarvis was a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1944-1947.-External links:...
  
  
• June   9 - Roy Smalley
• June 14 - Don Newcombe
  Don Newcombe
  Donald Newcombe , nicknamed "Newk", is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers , Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians .Until 2011 when Detroit Tigers Pitcher Justin Verlander did it, Newcombe was the only baseball...
  
  
• June 16 - Bob Miller
• June 27 - Al Porto
  Al Porto
  Alfred "Al" Porto was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• June 29 - Bobby Morgan
  Bobby Morgan
  Robert Morris Morgan was an infielder in Major League Baseball. He played from 1950 to 1958 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. He played in the 1952 and 1953 World Series for the Dodgers....
  
  

July

• July   5 - Roy Hawes
  Roy Hawes
  Roy Lee Hawes was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators in 1951.-External links:...
  
  
• July   5 - Mario Picone
  Mario Picone
  Mario Peter Picone is a retired American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher whose 13-year career was marked by stints in Major League Baseball with the , and New York Giants and the 1954 Cincinnati Redlegs...
  
  
• July   7 - Mel Clark
  Mel Clark
  Melvin Earl Clark is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. He attended college at Ohio University and was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1947. Clark played with the Phillies from to and with the Detroit Tigers in . He had 182 hits in 656 at bats with 3 home runs...
  
  
• July   7 - George Spencer
  George Spencer (baseball)
  George Elwell Spencer is a retired American pitcher in Major League Baseball. A right-hander, he was primarily a relief pitcher for the New York Giants and the Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• July   8 - Gene Patton
  Gene Patton
  Gene Tunney Patton was a Major League Baseball player. He played one game with the Boston Braves on June 17, 1944.-External links:...
  
  
• July 10 - Harry Macpherson
  Harry Macpherson
  Harry William Macpherson was a right-handed pitcher who appeared in one game for the Boston Braves in 1944. At the age of 18, he was the eighth-youngest player to appear in a National League game that season....
  
  
• July 15 - Jesse Levan
  Jesse Levan
  Jesse Roy Levan was a professional baseball player. In an 14-season professional career, he appeared in Major League Baseball during three years: in 1947 with the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League; and in 1954 and 1955 with the American League's Washington Senators. He was officially...
  
  
• July 23 - Johnny Groth
  Johnny Groth
  John Thomas Groth is a former professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1946 to 1960. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He play for the Detroit Tigers , St...
  
  
• July 25 - Whitey Lockman
  Whitey Lockman
  Carroll Walter "Whitey" Lockman was a player, coach, manager and front office executive in American Major League Baseball.-Role in miraculous 1951 comeback:...
  
  
• July 26 - Bobby Herrera
  Bobby Herrera
  Procopio Herrera "Bobby" Rodriguez was a Mexican Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in .-External links:...
  
  
• July 27 - Doris Satterfield
  Doris Satterfield
  Doris L. Satterfield [Sadie] was a left and center fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed....
  
  

August

• August   6 - Clem Labine
  Clem Labine
  Clement Walter Labine was an American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers from 1950 to 1960...
  
  
• August   6 - Blackie Schwamb
  Blackie Schwamb
  Ralph Richard "Blackie" Schwamb , was a German-American professional baseball player who was a pitcher in the Major Leagues in 1948. He played for the St. Louis Browns where he pitched in 12 games was 1-1,7 strike outs and a ERA of 8.53...
  
  
• August 15 - Jim Goodwin
  Jim Goodwin (baseball)
  James Patrick Goodwin was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. Listed at 6' 1", 170 lb., he batted and threw left handed.Born in St...
  
  
• August 15 - Barney Schultz
  Barney Schultz
  George Warren "Barney" Schultz , was a professional baseball player. He was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944. He was a pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1955-1965. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago Cubs...
  
  
• August 25 - Bob Milliken
  Bob Milliken
  Robert Fogle Milliken was a reliever and spot starter in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers . Milliken batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Majorsville, West Virginia....
  
  
• August 25 - Jim Suchecki
  Jim Suchecki
  James Joseph Suchecki was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1950 through 1952 for the Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Browns and Pittsburgh Pirates . Listed at 5' 11", 185 lb., Suchecki batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• August 26 - Frank Barnes
• August 26 - Alva Jo Fischer
  Alva Jo Fischer
  Alva Jo Fischer [Stevens] was a pitcher and shortstop who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 9", 135 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• August 28 - Bob Trice
  Bob Trice
  Robert Lee Trice was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Athletics . A native of Newton, Georgia, the right-hander stood 6'3" and weighed 190 lbs.Trice was brought to Philadelphia in 1953 after winning 21 games for the Ottawa A's of the...
  
  
• August 29 - Al Naples
  Al Naples
  Aloysius Fracis "Al" Naples is an American Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the St. Louis Browns in .-External links:...
  
  
• August 31 - Ruth Roberts
  Ruth Roberts
  Ruth Roberts , was an American songwriter.Roberts was born at Port Chester, New York. She was educated at Port Chester High School, Northwestern University, and the Juilliard School. She had a long professional collaboration with lyricist Bill Katz...
  
  

September

• September   8 - Lou Sleater
  Lou Sleater
  Louis Mortimer Sleater is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1950 to 1952 and from 1955 to 1958 for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles. He was 5’10” and he weighed 185 pounds...
  
  
• September   9 - Ed Mickelson
  Ed Mickelson
  Edward Allen Mickelson was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago Cubs. He drove in the final run in St. Louis Browns history. -External links:...
  
  
• September 11 - Eddie Miksis
  Eddie Miksis
  Edward Thomas Miksis was an American Major League Baseball player. Born in Burlington, New Jersey, he stood 6' 0" and weighed 185 lbs...
  
  
• September 12 - George Freese
  George Freese
  George Walter Freese was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Detroit Tigers in 1953, Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955 and Chicago Cubs in 1961....
  
  
• September 16 - Kurt Krieger
  Kurt Krieger
  Kurt Ferdinand Krieger , was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from to . Kurt is the first person born in Austria to play Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...
  
  
• September 16 - Rogers McKee
  Rogers McKee
  Rogers Hornsby McKee is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1943 and 1944. As a 16-year-old rookie in 1943, he was the youngest player to appear in a National League game that season.McKee is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major...
  
  
• September 19 - Duke Snider
  Duke Snider
  Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider , nicknamed "The Silver Fox" and "The Duke of Flatbush", was a Major League Baseball center fielder and left-handed batter who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers , New York Mets , and San Francisco Giants .Snider was elected to the National Baseball Hall of...
  
  
• September 19 - Murray Wall
  Murray Wall (baseball)
  Murray Wesley Wall was an American middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between the and seasons for the Boston Braves , Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators . Listed at , , Wall batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 26 - Mel McGaha
  Mel McGaha
  Fred Melvin McGaha , pronounced "mc-gay-hay", was an American coach and manager in Major League Baseball as well as a professional basketball player. He was born in Bastrop, Louisiana....
  
  
• September 28 - Ozzie Van Brabant
  Ozzie Van Brabant
  Camille Oscar Van Brabant is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics for nine games during the 1954 Philadelphia Athletics season and two games during the 1955 Kansas City Athletics season.-External links:...
  
  
• September 30 - Robin Roberts
  Robin Roberts (baseball player)
  Robin Evan Roberts was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who pitched primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies . He spent the latter part of his career with the Baltimore Orioles , Houston Astros , and Chicago Cubs...
  
  

October

• October   4 - Senaida Wirth
  Senaida Wirth
  Senaida Wirth [Shoo-Shoo] was a shortstop who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 0", 114 lb., Wirth batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Tampa, Florida....
  
  
• October 11 - Joe Ginsberg
  Joe Ginsberg
  Myron Nathan "Joe" Ginsberg was a catcher for the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , Kansas City Athletics , Baltimore Orioles , Chicago White Sox , Boston Red Sox , and New York Mets...
  
  
• October 12 - John Kennedy
  John Kennedy (baseball 1957)
  John Irvin Kennedy was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He signed as a free agent with the New York Giants before the 1953 season, was released before the 1954 season. Kennedy caught on with the Birmingham Black Barons, and later the Kansas City Monarchs, both of the Negro American League...
  
  
• October 13 - Eddie Yost
  Eddie Yost
  Edward Frederick Joseph Yost is a former professional baseball player and coach. He played the majority of his Major League Baseball career as a third baseman for the Washington Senators, before ending his career with the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels. Yost batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• October 15 - Don Carlsen
  Don Carlsen
  Donald Herbert Carlsen was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates....
  
  
• October 20 - Leon Brinkopf
  Leon Brinkopf
  Leon Clarence Brinkopf was a right-handed shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs in 1952....
  
  
• October 24 - Beverly Dustrude
  Beverly Dustrude
  Beverly Dustrude [Roberson] was a second basewoman who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• October 26 - Dick Bokelmann
  Dick Bokelmann
  Richard Werner "Dick" Bokelmann is former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals from to .-External links:*...
  
  
• October 28 - Bowie Kuhn
  Bowie Kuhn
  Bowie Kent Kuhn was an American lawyer and sports administrator who served as the fifth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from February 4, , to September 30,...
  
  
• October 28 - Rudy Rufer
  Rudy Rufer
  Rudolf Joseph Rufer was a professional baseball player. He played in 26 games in Major League Baseball between the 1949 and 1950 seasons for the New York Giants, primarily as a shortstop....
  
  

November

• November   6 - Harley Hisner
  Harley Hisner
  Harley Parnell Hisner is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1951 season...
  
  
• November 10 - Carmen Mauro
  Carmen Mauro
  Carmen Louis Mauro was a professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball between 1948 and 1953....
  
  
• November 11 - Jackie Kelley
  Jackie Kelley
  Jacqueline Kelley [née Savage] was an utility infielder/outfielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 140 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• November 12 - Don Johnson
• November 13 - Steve Lembo
  Steve Lembo
  Stephen Neal Lembo was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played 7 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1950 and 1952 baseball seasons. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he died at age 63 in Flushing, Queens....
  
  
• November 16 - Amy Irene Applegren
• November 18 - Roy Sievers
  Roy Sievers
  Roy Edward Sievers is a former first baseman/left fielder in Major League Baseball. From through , Sievers played for the St. Louis Browns , the original Washington Senators , Chicago White Sox , Philadelphia Phillies , and finally the new Senators...
  
  
• November 19 - Bob Thorpe
  Bob Thorpe (outfielder)
  Robert Benjamin Thorpe was a Major League Baseball right fielder. Thorpe played at the Major League level with the Boston Braves in 1951 and 1952. He remained with the team through its move to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to become the Milwaukee Braves. Later in his career he played in the Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• November 22 - Lew Burdette
  Lew Burdette
  Selva Lewis Burdette, Jr. was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Boston and Milwaukee Braves...
  
  
• November 23 - Charlie Osgood
  Charlie Osgood
  Charles Benjamin Osgood is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944. At 17 years of age, the 5'10", 180 lb...
  
  

December

• December   3 - Al Corwin
  Al Corwin
  Elmer Nathan "Al" Corwin , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from -. He played for the New York Giants. He had a 18-10 career record.-External links:...
  
  
• December   7 - Armando Roche
• December 10 - Leo Cristante
  Leo Cristante
  Dante Leo Cristante was an American professional baseball player. A , right-handed pitcher, he had a 13-year career as a professional, including 30 games played at the Major League level for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Detroit Tigers, his hometown team.Cristante spent the early months of...
  
  
• December 13 - Carl Erskine
  Carl Erskine
  Carl Daniel Erskine is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through 1959...
  
  
• December 17 - Ray Jablonski
  Ray Jablonski
  Raymond Leo Jablonski was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball with an 8-year career from 1953 to 1960. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he played for the St...
  
  
• December 25 - Dick Manville
  Dick Manville
  Richard Wesley Manville is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, for the Boston Braves in 1950 and the Chicago Cubs in 1952. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa and attended Yale University. He was listed at a height of 6 feet, 4 inches...
  
  
• December 29 - Tom Upton
  Tom Upton
  Thomas Herbert "Muscles" Upton is a former right-handed Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the St. Louis Browns from 1950 to 1951, and for the Washington Senators in 1952. He began his professional career in 1944, after being signed by the New York Yankees...
  
  

January-April

• January 12 - Michael Campbell, 76[?], Irish first baseman for the 1873 Elizabeth Resolutes of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players.

• January 27 - Bill McCauley
  Bill McCauley
  William H. McCauley was a Major League Baseball player for the Washington Senators. He appeared in one game, on August 31, 1895 and was hitless in two at-bats.-External links:...
  
  , 56, shortstop for the 1895 Washington Senators of the National League.

• January 31 - Lou Bierbauer
  Lou Bierbauer
  Louis W. Bierbauer was a German-American professional baseball player who was a second baseman in Major League Baseball during the late 1880s and 1890s...
  
  , 60, second baseman for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh teams who batted .300 three times, while leading the National League in fielding percentage in the 1892 season.

• February 12 - Francis Richter
  Francis Richter
  Francis C. Richter was an American journalist who served as founder and editor of Sporting Life from its inception to its demise, and editor of the Reach Guide from its inception in 1901. Richter died the day after completing the 1926 edition of the Reach Guide...
  
  , 72, sportswriter, editor of annual Reach Guides since 1901, revered for his authoritative commentary on the state of the sport; established first newspaper sports department in 1872, founded Sporting Life newspaper in 1883; helped form 1882 American Association, assisted in 1891 merger with the National League, while renouncing NL presidency in 1907.

• February 24 - Eddie Plank
  Eddie Plank
  Edward Stewart Plank , nicknamed "Gettysburg Eddie", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He is the first left-handed pitcher to win 200 games and then 300 games, and now ranks third in all-time wins among left-handers with 326 career victories and first all-time in career shutouts by a...
  
  , 50, Hall of Fame pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1914, who became the first left-hander to win 200 games, continuing until he had compiled 326 victories, including eight 20-win seasons, a two-hit victory in final game of 1913 World Series, 2246 strikeouts and 69 shutouts, being the top left-hander with 410 complete games, and setting American League career marks for left-handers in games, innings and starts.

• February 10 - Charlie Krehmeyer
  Charlie Krehmeyer
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  , 62, catcher and outfielder who played from to 1885 for the NL St. Louis Browns, AA Louisville Colonels and UA St. Louis Maroons.

• February 14 - Gil Whitehouse
  Gil Whitehouse
  Gilbert Arthur Whitehouse was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played for two seasons. He played for the Boston Braves in three games during the 1912 Boston Braves season and for the Newark Pepper in 35 games during the 1915 season.-External links:...
  
  , 32, right fielder for the 1912 Boston Braves (NL) and the 1915 Newark Peppers (FL).

• February 20 - Ed High
  Ed High
  Edward "Ed or Lefty" Thomas High was an American professional baseball player who played in four games for the Detroit Tigers during the season.He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died there at the age of 52....
  
  , 52, pitcher for the 1901 Detroit Tigers of the American League.

• February 23 - Hi Church
  Hi Church
  Hiram Lincoln Church was an American baseball player. He played for the 1890 Brooklyn Gladiators in the American Association. He also played college ball at Syracuse University.-External links:...
  
  , 62, outfielder for the 1890 Brooklyn Gladiators of the American Association.

• February 25 - Otto Hess, 47, Swiss pitcher who played for the AL Cleveland Bronchos/Naps (1902–1908) and the NL Boston Braves (1912–1915).

• February 27 - Otis Clymer
  Otis Clymer
  Otis Edgar Clymer was an American Major League Baseball player who was primarily a right fielder for four teams during his six season career...
  
  , 50, right fielder for the Senators, Pirates, Cubs and Braves in six seasons between 1905 and 1913.

• March 8 - Howard Armstrong
  Howard Armstrong (baseball)
  Howard Elmer Armstrong was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  , 36, pitcher for the AL Philadelphia Athletics during the 1911 season.

• March 19 - Wild Bill Hutchinson, 66, pitcher for the Colts, White Stockings, Browns and Cowboys between 1884 and 1897, who led the National League in wins from 1890 to 1892 (41, 44 and 36), averaging 596 innings in each of these seasons, while retiring with a 182-162 record and a 3.59 ERA in 356 games.

• March 27 - John "Kick" Kelly
  Kick Kelly
  John O. "Kick" Kelly , also nicknamed "Honest John" and "Diamond John," was an American catcher, manager and umpire in Major League Baseball who went on to become a boxing referee and to run gambling houses in his native New York City...
  
  , 69, umpire in the 1880s who officiated in three World Championship Series; played 16 games in 1879 with Syracuse and Troy, also managed Louisville.

• April 1 - Al Martin
  Al Martin (second baseman)
  Albert DeGroot Martin , was a professional baseball player who played second base and outfield for the 1872 Brooklyn Eckfords and the 1874-1875 Brooklyn Atlantics. He was also known as Albert May.-External links:...
  
  , 78, second baseman for the Brooklyn Eckfords (1872) and Brooklyn Atlantics (1874-75) of the National Association.

• April 14 - Eddie Fusselback
  Eddie Fusselback
  Edward L. Fusselback , was a former professional baseball player who played pitcher and catcher in the Major Leagues from 1882-1888. He would play for the St. Louis Browns , Baltimore Monumentals, Philadelphia Athletics, and Louisville Colonels...
  
  , 69, catcher/outfielder for the 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings (AA), 1884 Baltimore Monumentals (UA), 1885 Philadelphia Athletics (AA) and 1888 Louisville Colonels (AA).

• April 23 - Henry Schmidt
  Henry Schmidt (baseball)
  Henry Martin Schmidt was a professional baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Superbas during the 1903 season. A star in the minor leagues, was acquired by Brooklyn and won 22 games during his single season there...
  
  , 52, pitcher for the 1903 Brooklyn Superbas (1903) of the National League.

• April 27 - Charlie Abbey
  Charlie Abbey
  Charles S. "Charlie" Abbey was a professional baseball player whose career spanned 11 seasons, including five seasons in Major League Baseball with the Washington Senators...
  
  , 59, outfielder who played from 1893 through 1887 with the Washington Senators of th e National League.

• April 18 - George Haddock, 59, pitcher for seven seasons from 1888 to 1894, winning 34 games for the 1891 Boston Reds and 29 for the 1892 Brooklyn Bridegrooms.

May-August

• August 20 - Cal McVey
  Cal McVey
  Calvin Alexander McVey was a professional baseball player during the 1860s and 1870s. McVey's importance to the game stems from his play on two of the earliest professional baseball teams, the original Cincinnati Red Stockings and the National Association Boston Red Stockings...
  
  , 75, early star with 1869 Red Stockings who batted .431 in National Association's 1871 debut season, topped .300 mark through 1878; led National League in hits, RBI and total bases twice each, and in runs and doubles once.

September-December

• October 6 - Holly Hollingshead
  Holly Hollingshead
  John Samuel "Holly" Hollingshead was a Major League Baseball center fielder, second baseman, and manager in the 19th century....
  
  , 73, center fielder/second baseman from 1872-1873, 1875 and manager in 1875 and 1884, for teams in the Washington, D.C. area.

• October 10 - Brownie Foreman
  Brownie Foreman
  John Davis "Brownie" Foreman was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates between and , and the Cincinnati Reds in 1896. Listed at 5' 8", 150 lb., Foreman batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland...
  
  , 51, 19th century pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds.

• November 10 - John Cattanach
  John Cattanach
  For the Newtonmore shinty player, see John Cattanach John Leckie Cattanach was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched three games during his only season, 1884. He pitched in one game for the Providence Grays of the National League, and two other games for the St. Louis Maroons of the...
  
  , 63, pitcher who played for the Providence Grays and St. Louis Maroons in 1884.

• December 18 - Dick Conway
  Dick Conway
  Richard Butler Conway was a pitcher/right fielder who played from through in Major League Baseball. Conway batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts....
  
  , 61, 19th century pitcher who played for the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Beaneaters.