Champions

• World Series
  1928 World Series
  In the 1928 World Series, the New York Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals in four games. Along with , this was the first time a team had swept consecutive Series....
  
  : 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...
  
   over St Louis Cardinals (4-0)

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...
  
  
  • Mickey Cochrane
    Mickey Cochrane
    Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane was a professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers...
    
    , 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....
    
    , C
  • 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...
    
    , 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...
    
    , 1B

Statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro National League final standings

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

Eastern Colored League final standings

• The League broke up midway through the season due the breakdown of the founder (and manager of Hilldale) although the individual teams continued to play.

Events

• January 10 - 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....
  
   trade 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...
  
   to 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....
  
   for Shanty Hogan
  Shanty Hogan
  James Francis "Shanty" Hogan was a Major League Baseball catcher from 1925 to 1937. Hogan was listed at 6'1", 240 pounds — an exceptionally large player, especially for his era. Due to this, there are many anecdotes relating to Hogan and food...
  
   and Jimmy Welsh
  Jimmy Welsh
  James Daniel Welsh , was a Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from -. He would play for the Boston Braves, and New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  .

• April 1 - Kansas City (American Association) purchases 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...
  
  's contract from 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...
  
  .

• April 10 - In the season opener, 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 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...
  
  , 7-5.

• April 13 - The contest between the Cleveland Indians
  Cleveland Indians
  The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
  
   and 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...
  
   is called a 1-1 tie after six innings.

• May 19 - With a 3-2 victory over the Boston Braves, 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...
  
   complete a thirteen game winning streak.

• June 16 - At Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
  
  , Boston Red Sox second baseman Bill Regan
  Bill Regan
  William Wright Regan was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
   hits two home run
  Home run
  In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...
  
  s in the fourth inning during a 10–5 victory over 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...
  
  . Regan matches his last year's total in the inning. His first homer is off loser Ted Blankenship
  Ted Blankenship
  Theodore Blankenship was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox from 1922 to 1930. His key pitch was the fastball.-External links:...
  
  , and the second is an inside-the-park-off Sarge Connally
  Sarge Connally
  George Walter "Sarge" Connally was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians.-External links:...
  
  . Ellis Burks
  Ellis Burks
  Ellis Rena Burks is a former outfielder and designated hitter who played in Major League Baseball for 18 seasons...
  
   will be the second player in Red Sox history to hit a pair of homers in an inning, on August 27, . Rookie Ed Morris is the winning pitcher.

• July 26
  • Hall of Famer
    National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
    The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of...
    
     Carl Hubbell
    Carl Hubbell
    Carl Owen Hubbell was an American baseball player. He was a member of the New York Giants in the National League from 1928 to 1943, and remained on the Giants' payroll for the rest of his life, long after their move to San Francisco.Twice voted the National League's Most Valuable Player, Hubbell...
    
     gives up five runs (three earned) and seven hits, and takes the loss in his first major league start.
  • Bob Meusel
    Bob Meusel
    Robert William "Bob" Meusel was an American baseball left and right fielder who played in Major League Baseball for eleven seasons from 1920 through 1930, all but the last for the New York Yankees...
    
     of the New York Yankees
    New York Yankees
    The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
    
     hit for the cycle
    Hitting for the cycle
    In baseball, hitting for the cycle is the accomplishment of one batter hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a "natural cycle". Cycles are uncommon in Major League Baseball , occurring 293 times since the first by Curry...
    
     for the third time in his career. The Yankees scored 11 runs in the top of the 12th inning to beat 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...
    
    , 12–1.

• July 30 - 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...
  
   defeat 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...
  
   8-7 in sixteen innings. Hall of famer Chuck Klein
  Chuck Klein
  Charles Herbert "Chuck" Klein was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies , Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates ....
  
   makes his major league debut.

• August 6 - For the second time in four days, the New York Yankees lose a fifteen inning game.

• August 15 - Hall of Fame catcher
  Catcher
  Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...
  
   Bill Dickey
  Bill Dickey
  William Malcolm Dickey was a Major League Baseball catcher and manager.He played his entire 19-year baseball career with the New York Yankees . During Dickey's playing career, the Yankees went to the World Series nine times, winning eight championships...
  
   makes his major league debut in the Yankees' 8-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox.

• September 9 - With 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...
  
   on the line, the New York Yankees sweep a double header from 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....
  
  .

• September 25 - The Philadelphia Phillies snap a twelve game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. It is Philadelphia's second twelve game losing streak of the season (July 7 to July 20).

• October 4 - A seventh inning solo home run by 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...
  
   is one of only three hits for the St. Louis Cardinals as the New York Yankees take game one of the 1928 World Series
  1928 World Series
  In the 1928 World Series, the New York Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals in four games. Along with , this was the first time a team had swept consecutive Series....
  
  , 4-1.

• October 5 - Lou Gehrig
  Lou Gehrig
  Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig , nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New York Yankees . Gehrig set several major league records. He holds the record for most career grand slams...
  
   has five RBIs, including a first inning three run home run to lead the New York Yankees to a 9-3 victory in game two 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...
  
  .

• October 7 - Lou Gehrig hits two home runs, including an inside the park home run in the fourth in the Yankees' 7-3 victory in game three of the World Series.

• October 9 - The New York Yankees defeat 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...
  
  , 7–3, in Game four of the World Series to win their third World Championship title. 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 in Game four. This is the second time in three years Ruth hits three home runs in a Series game.

• November 7 - The Boston Braves send Rogers Hornsby to the Chicago Cubs for Bruce Cunningham
  Bruce Cunningham
  Bruce Lee Cunningham , was a Major League Baseball pitcher from - for the Boston Braves.-External links:...
  
  , Percy Jones, Lou Legett
  Lou Legett
  Louis Alfred Legett was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Braves and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 10", 166 lb., Legett batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , Freddie Maguire
  Freddie Maguire
  Frederick Edward Maguire was an American professional baseball player and scout.He played six years as a second baseman in Major League Baseball: 1922-23 with the New York Giants, 1928 with the Chicago Cubs, and 1929-31 with the Boston Braves,- New York Giants :A Roxbury, Massachusetts native,...
  
  , Socks Seibold
  Socks Seibold
  Harry "Socks" Seibold , was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He debuted in with the Philadelphia Athletics as a shortstop, but was converted to pitcher in...
  
   and $200,000.

• December 1 - National League President John Heydler
  John Heydler
  John Arnold Heydler was an American executive in Major League Baseball.-Biography:Born in La Fargeville, New York, he began working as a printer, eventually being employed at the U.S. Government Printing Office....
  
   becomes the first person to propose a baseball rule change calling for a 10th man, or a designated hitter
  Designated hitter
  In baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6.10, an official position adopted by the American League in 1973 that allows teams to designate a player, known as the designated hitter , to bat in place of the pitcher each time he would otherwise come to...
  
  , to bat in place of the pitcher
  Pitcher
  In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
  
  . The NL will vote in favor of the proposal, but the American League will turn it down.

• December 2 - 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...
  
  , who hit 325 with 31 home runs and 126 RBI, is elected National League Most Valuable Player with 76 points for 70 of 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...
  
  , whose .358 batting average was third behind 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...
  
   (.387) and Paul Waner
  Paul Waner
  Paul Glee Waner , nicknamed "Big Poison", was a German-American Major League Baseball right fielder.-Pittsburgh Pirates:...
  
   (.370).

• December 19 - The Washington Senators trade Hall of fame second baseman
  Second baseman
  Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base...
  
   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:...
  
   to the Detroit Tigers for Jack Warner.

January-March

• January 5 - Dorothy Naum
  Dorothy Naum
  Dorothy Mary Naum [Parker] was a catcher, infielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 112 lb., she 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 28 - Pete Runnels
  Pete Runnels
  James Edward "Pete" Runnels was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Washington Senators , Boston Red Sox and Houston Colt .45s . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed....
  
  
• February 5 - Don Hoak
  Don Hoak
  Donald Albert Hoak was a Major League Baseball player. Nicknamed "Tiger," Hoak was a third baseman who played ten seasons in the Majors with the Brooklyn Dodgers , Chicago Cubs , Cincinnati Reds , Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• February 7 - Al Smith
• February 9 - Erv Palica
  Erv Palica
  Erv Palica was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1947-1956 with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles. He appeared in the 1949 World Series for the Dodgers.From 1952-53, Palica served in the militaty during the Korean War.-External links:* at Find a Grave...
  
  
• February 20 - Roy Face
  Roy Face
  Elroy Leon Face is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. During a 17-year baseball career, he pitched from 1953–1969, pitching primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• February 24 - Bubba Phillips
  Bubba Phillips
  John Melvin "Bubba" Phillips was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who attended the University of Southern Mississippi...
  
  
• March 15 - Nellie King
  Nellie King
  Nelson Joseph "Nellie" King was an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and later a member of the Pirates' radio announcing team with Bob Prince.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• March 20 - Jake Crawford
  Jake Crawford
  Rufus "Jake" Crawford was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played in 7 games for the St. Louis Browns in ....
  
  
• March 23 - Charlene Barnett
  Charlene Barnett
  Charlene Barnett [″Barney″] was an infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• March 23 - Jim Lemon
  Jim Lemon
  James Robert Lemon was an American right and left fielder, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. A powerful, right-handed hitting and throwing outfielder, Lemon teamed with first baseman Roy Sievers to form the most formidable home run-hitting tandem in the 60-year history of the...
  
  

April-June

• May 9 - Jean Smith
  Jean Smith (baseball)
  Jean Marie Smith was an outfielder and relief pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 128...
  
  
• May 11 - Vern Rapp
  Vern Rapp
  Vernon Fred Rapp is a retired Major League Baseball manager and coach. A career minor league catcher and a successful skipper in the minors, Rapp had two brief tours of duty as a big league manager.-Minor League playing career:...
  
  
• May 16 - Billy Martin
  Billy Martin
  Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin, Jr. was an American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. He is best known as the manager of the New York Yankees, a position he held five different times...
  
  
• May 19 - Gil McDougald
  Gil McDougald
  Gilbert James McDougald was an American infielder who spent all ten seasons of his Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1960. He was a member of eight American League pennant winners and five World Series Champions. He was also the AL Rookie of the Year in 1951 and...
  
  
• 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 29 - Willard Schmidt
  Willard Schmidt
  Willard Raymond Schmidt was an American professional baseball player, a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between 1952 and 1959. Listed at , , Schmidt batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Hays, Kansas....
  
  
• June 4 - Billy Hunter
  Billy Hunter (baseball)
  Gordon William Hunter is a retired American shortstop, coach and manager in Major League Baseball.A slick-fielding, light-hitting shortstop from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the right-handed-batting Hunter was originally signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers. With his path to the majors blocked by Pee Wee...
  
  
• June 10 - Ken Lehman
  Ken Lehman
  Kenneth Karl Lehman was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who pitched for three different teams between the 1952 and 1961 seasons...
  
  
• June 17 - Willard Nixon
• June 23 - Jean Cione
  Jean Cione
  Jean S. Cione [″Cy″] was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 8", 143 lb., She batted and threw left-handed.-AAGPBL rules of play:...
  
  

July-September

• July 5 - Lorraine Fisher
  Lorraine Fisher
  Lorraine Fisher [Stevens] was a right-handed pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.-Summary:...
  
  
• July 7 - Sammy White
  Sammy White (baseball)
  Sammy Charles White was a Major League Baseball catcher and right-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox , Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies .White was born in Wenatchee, Washington...
  
  
• July 13 - Daryl Spencer
  Daryl Spencer
  Daryl Dean Spencer , is a former professional baseball player. He was a utility infielder, playing shortstop, second base, and third base in the major leagues from 1952-1963. He played for the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, St...
  
  
• July 18 - Billy Harrell
  Billy Harrell
  William Harrell is a former reserve infielder in Major League Baseball who played between 1955 and 1961 for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox . Listed at , , Harrell batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• July 30 - Joe Nuxhall
  Joe Nuxhall
  Joseph Henry Nuxhall was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, mostly for the Cincinnati Reds. Immediately after retiring as a player, he became a radio broadcaster for the Reds from 1967 through 2004, and continued part-time up until his death in 2007...
  
  
• August 8 - Jane Stoll
  Jane Stoll
  Jane Stoll was an outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 135 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• August 12 - Bob Buhl
  Bob Buhl
  Robert Ray Buhl was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Milwaukee Braves , Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• August 18 - Marge Schott
  Marge Schott
  Margaret Unnewehr Schott was the managing general partner, president and CEO of the National League's Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999...
  
  
• August 25 - Darrell Johnson
  Darrell Johnson
  Darrell Dean Johnson was an American Major League Baseball catcher, coach, manager and scout.-Playing career:...
  
  
• September 4 - José Santiago
  José Guillermo Santiago
  José Guillermo Guzmán Santiago [Pantalones] is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1954 through 1956 for the Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Athletics . In the Negro leagues, he played for the New York Cubans from 1947 to 1948...
  
  
• September 17 - Ed Vargo
  Ed Vargo
  Edward Paul Vargo was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1960 to 1983. He officiated in the World Series, National League Championship Series and All-Star Game four times each, and also worked a number of other historic games. His 3,554 total games...
  
  
• September 27 - Perry Currin
  Perry Currin
  Perry Gilmore Currin was a professional baseball player. He appeared in three games in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns of the American League during the 1947 season. Listed at 6' 0", 175 lb., Currin batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 27 - Thornton Kipper
  Thornton Kipper
  Thornton John Kipper was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1953 through 1955 for the Philadelphia Phillies. Listed at 6' 3", 190 lb., Kipper batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Bagley, Wisconsin....
  
  
• September 28 - Dick Gernert
  Dick Gernert
  Richard Edward Gernert was a first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Chicago Cubs , Detroit Tigers , Cincinnati Reds and Houston Colt .45's . He threw and batted right-handed...
  
  

October-December

• October 1 - Hal Naragon
  Hal Naragon
  Harold Richard Naragon is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians and Washington Senators & Minnesota Twins...
  
  
• October 4 - Rip Repulski
  Rip Repulski
  Eldon John Repulski was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. From 1953 through 1961, he played with the St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Phillies , Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• October 17 - Jim Gilliam
  Jim Gilliam
  James William Gilliam was an American second and third baseman and coach in Negro League and Major League Baseball who spent his entire major league career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. He was named the National League Rookie of the Year, and was a key member of ten NL championship...
  
  
• October 21 - Whitey Ford
  Whitey Ford
  Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who spent his entire 18-year career with the New York Yankees. He was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• October 21 - Valmy Thomas
  Valmy Thomas
  Valmy Thomas was a Major League Baseball catcher. In his five-year career, he played for five different home cities: the New York Giants , the San Francisco Giants , the Philadelphia Phillies , the Baltimore Orioles , and the Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• November 4 - Jay Van Noy
  Jay Van Noy
  Jay Lowell Van Noy was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals for six games during their 1951 season.-External links:...
  
  
• November 15 - Gus Bell
  Gus Bell
  David Russell "Gus" Bell, Jr. was an American center and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates , Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs , New York Mets and Milwaukee Braves...
  
  
• November 25 - Ray Narleski
  Ray Narleski
  Raymond Edmond Narleski is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• November 25 - Normie Roy
  Normie Roy
  Norman Brooks Roy III [″Jumbo″] was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Listed at 6' 0", 200 lb., he batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• November 28 - Billy Queen
  Billy Queen (baseball)
  William Eddleman Queen was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. Listed at , , he batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• December 9 - Joe DeMaestri
  Joe DeMaestri
  Joseph Paul DeMaestri , nicknamed "Froggy," is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox , St. Louis Browns , Philadelphia & Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees...
  
  
• December 9 - Billy Klaus
  Billy Klaus
  William Joseph Klaus was a shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played with the Boston & Milwaukee Braves , Boston Red Sox , Baltimore Orioles , Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies . He played the end of the 1963 season in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons...
  
  
• December 25 - Mike Blyzka
  Mike Blyzka
  Michael John Blyzka was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles . Listed at 5' 11", 190 lb., Blyzka batted and threw right-handed. A native of Hamtramck, Michigan, he served in the U.S...
  
  

Deaths

• January 14 - Al Reach
  Al Reach
  Alfred James Reach was an Anglo-American sportsman who, after becoming one of the early stars of baseball in the National Association, went on to become an influential executive, publisher, sporting goods manufacturer and spokesman for the sport.Born in London, Al Reach was a regular for the...
  
  , 87, pioneer who as second baseman was the sport's first professional player in 1865; batted .353 for 1871 champion Athletics in first season of National Association; co-founder of the Phillies, serving as team president from 1883-1902, later part owner of Athletics; publisher of annual baseball guides beginning in 1883
• January 28 - Jake Thielman
  Jake Thielman
  John Peter Thielman was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1905 through 1908 for the St. Louis Cardinals , Cleveland Naps and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 11", 175 lb., Thielman batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota...
  
  , 48, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Naps and Boston Red Sox between 1905 and 1908
• January 30 - Jim Foran
  Jim Foran
  James H. Foran was an American Major League Baseball player from New York. He was a participant in what is regarded by the Baseball Hall of Fame as the first game ever played in a professional baseball league, which was a contest between his Fort Wayne Kekiongas and the Cleveland Forest Citys on...
  
  , 80?, first baseman for the 1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas
  Fort Wayne Kekiongas
  The Fort Wayne Kekiongas were a professional baseball team, notable for winning the first professional league game on May 4, 1871. Kekionga - pronounced KEY-key-awn-guh - is the name of Chief Little Turtle's Miami Indian settlement where the St. Joseph River and the St. Mary's River join to form...
  
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• February 1 - Hughie Jennings
  Hughie Jennings
  Hugh Ambrose Jennings was a Major League Baseball player and manager from 1891 to 1925. Jennings was a leader, both as a batter and as a shortstop, with the Baltimore Orioles teams that won National League championships in 1894, 1895, and 1896. During the three championship seasons, Jennings had...
  
  , 58, shortstop, most notably for the Baltimore Orioles, who batted .311 lifetime but had career shortened by numerous beanings; team captain was runnerup in 1896 batting race with .401 mark; managed Tigers to consecutive pennants from 1907 to 1909, later coach with Giants
• March 14 - Nat Hudson
  Nat Hudson
  Nathaniel P. "Nat" Hudson was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Browns from to ....
  
  , 69, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns
  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...
  
   for four seasons, 1886-1889.
• March 19 - Tom Lovett
  Tom Lovett
  Thomas Joseph Lovett was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball between 1885 and 1894....
  
  , 64, pitcher for six seasons, mainly with the Brooklyn Bridegrooms
  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...
  
  , pitched 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"...
  
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• April 23 - Joe Miller
  Joe Miller (shortstop)
  Joseph A. Miller was an American Major League Baseball player born in Baltimore, Maryland, who played shortstop for two seasons, one for the Toledo Blue Stockings and the other for the Louisville Colonels...
  
  , 67, shortstop for two seasons in the American Association, 1884-1885.
• May 6 - Sam Wright
  Sam Wright
  Samuel Wright Jr. was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball for a total of four seasons. He played for the New Haven Elm Citys , Boston Red Caps , and Cincinnati Reds . In 45 games played, he batted .168, had 29 hits, four doubles, five RBIs, scored 10 runs, and one base on balls in 173...
  
  , 79, brother of Harry Wright
  Harry Wright
  William Henry "Harry" Wright was an English-born American professional baseball player, manager, and developer. He assembled, managed, and played center field for baseball's first fully professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings...
  
   and George Wright, was a shortstop for four seasons from 1875-1876, 1880-1881.
• June 23 - Malachi Kittridge, 58, a catcher for the Louisville Colonels, Boston Beaneaters, Washington Senators and Cleveland Naps between 1890 and 1906
• July 3 - Pete Hotaling
  Pete Hotaling
  Peter James Hotaling, nicknamed Monkey, was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball for nine seasons from to . He was born in Mohawk, New York, and died in Cleveland, Ohio at the age of 71. He is interred at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland.Hotaling got the nickname monkey after...
  
  , 71, center fielder for six teams from 1879 to 1888.
• July 14 - Con Daily
  Con Daily
  Cornelius F. "Con" Daily , was an American Major League Baseball catcher, for 12 seasons from 1884 to 1896. He played for seven different teams in three major leagues. His brother, Ed Daily also played professional baseball....
  
  , 63, catcher for 12 seasons from 1885 to 1896, most prominately with the Brooklyn Bridegrooms
  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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• July 18 - Ed Killian
  Ed Killian
  Edwin Henry Killian , nicknamed "Twilight Ed," was a Major League Baseball pitcher primarily of the Detroit Tigers....
  
  , 51, pitcher who clinched 1907 pennant for Tigers with two wins in doubleheader; allowed 9 home runs in 1600 career innings, none from 1903-07
• August 21 - Joe Mulvey
  Joe Mulvey
  Joseph H. Mulvey was an American Major League Baseball third baseman from Providence, Rhode Island who played for 12 seasons from 1883 to 1895. He played for the Providence Grays, Philadelphia Quakers/Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators, and Brooklyn Grooms...
  
  , 69, third baseman for 12 seasons. Played most of his career in Philadelphia.
• September 9 - Urban Shocker
  Urban Shocker
  Urban James Shocker , born Urbain Jacques Shockor in Cleveland, Ohio, was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns from to ....
  
  , 38, pitcher who had 20-win seasons for the Browns from 1920-1923, was 18-6 for 1927 Yankees before retiring; led AL in strikeouts in 1922
• October 15 - Pony Sager
  Pony Sager
  Samuel B. "Pony" Sager was a Major League Baseball left fielder and shortstop for one month in 1871. He played for the Rockford Forest Citys of the National Association....
  
  , 80, utility player for the 1871 Rockford Forest Citys.
• October 22 - Jack Dunn
  Jack Dunn
  John Joseph Dunn was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century who later went on to become a minor league baseball club owner....
  
  , 56, owner and manager of minor league Baltimore Orioles since 1907 who developed stars including 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...
  
   and Lefty Grove
  Lefty Grove
  Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was a professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Baseball with the American League's Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox, winning 300 games in his 17-year MLB career...
  
  ; won seven consecutive pennants from 1919-25, was second winningest manager in history of minors with 2107 victories; won 23 games as pitcher for 1899 NL champion Brooklyn
• October 27 - Billy West
  Billy West (baseball)
  William O. West , was a professional baseball player who played second base for the 1874 Brooklyn Atlantics and 1876 New York Mutuals.-External links:...
  
  , 75, appeared nine games for the 1874 Brooklyn Atlantics, and one game for the 1876 New York Mutuals.
• October 31 - José Méndez
  José Méndez
  José de la Caridad Méndez was a Cuban right-handed pitcher and manager in baseball's Negro Leagues. Born in Cárdenas, Matanzas, he died at age 41 in Havana. Known in Cuba as El Diamante Negro , he became a legend in his homeland. He was one of the first group of players elected to the Cuban...
  
  , 41, star Cuban pitcher of the Negro Leagues, primarily with the All Nations team and the Kansas City Monarchs; managed Monarchs from 1920-26, winning 1924 title in first Negro League World Series
• November 11 - Oyster Burns
  Oyster Burns
  Thomas P. "Oyster" Burns was a professional baseball player whose career spanned 15 seasons, 11 of which were spent with the Major League Baseball Wilmington Quicksteps , Baltimore Orioles , Brooklyn Bridegrooms , and New York Giants...
  
  , 64, right fielder, mainly for Brooklyn, who batted .300 lifetime and led NL in home runs and RBI in 1890
• December 22 - Hugh Reid
  Hugh Reid
  Hugh A. Reid , was an American outfielder in the National Association. He played in one game for the 1874 Baltimore Canaries.-External links:...
  
  , 76, right fielder for one game for the 1874 Baltimore Canaries.