Major League Baseball

• World Series Champion: 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...
  
  

• World Series
  1982 World Series
  -Game 1:Tuesday, October 12, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MissouriThe Brewers' left-hander Mike Caldwell pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits. The Brewers' offense was led by Paul Molitor, who had a World Series-record five hits and two RBIs...
  
   MVP: Darrell Porter
  Darrell Porter
  Darrell Ray Porter was a former American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers. He was known for his excellent defensive skills and power hitting...
  
  
  • American League Championship Series
    1982 American League Championship Series
    -Game 1:Tuesday, October 5, 1982 at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, CaliforniaThe Angels jumped to a 1–0 lead in the first when Brian Downing scored an unearned run on a sacrifice fly by Don Baylor. Milwaukee came back to take a 3–1 lead with a two-run homer by Gorman Thomas in the second and a run...
    
     MVP: Fred Lynn
    Fred Lynn
    Fredric Michael "Fred" Lynn is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , California Angels , Baltimore Orioles , Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres .Fred Lynn was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in and to the College Baseball Hall of Fame...
    
    
  • National League Championship Series
    1982 National League Championship Series
    The National League Championship Series was played between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves from October 6 to October 10.-Background:...
    
     MVP: Darrell Porter
    Darrell Porter
    Darrell Ray Porter was a former American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers. He was known for his excellent defensive skills and power hitting...
    
    
• All-Star Game
  Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers...
  
  , July 13 at Olympic Stadium
  Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
  The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics...
  
  : National League, 4-1; Dave Concepción
  Dave Concepción
  David Ismael Concepción Benitez , better known as Dave Concepción, is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball. He was born in Ocumare de la Costa, Aragua State, Venezuela...
  
  , MVP

Other champions

• Caribbean World Series
  Caribbean World Series
  The Caribbean Series , also called the Caribbean World Series is the highest baseball tournament at club level in Latin America. The league winners from the Winter Leagues of Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela participate in the tournament...
  
  : Leones del Caracas
  Leones del Caracas
  The Leones del Caracas is a Venezuelan baseball team that plays in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. Since its inception, the team has played in the Estadio Universitario in Caracas...
  
   (Venezuela)
• College World Series
  College World Series
  The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...
  
  : Miami (Fla.)
  University of Miami
  The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
  
  
• Cuban National Series
  1981-82 Cuban National Series
  Vegueros, from Pinar del Río Province, won its second straight Cuban National Series title, nipping Citricultores, from Matanzas Province, for the second straight year....
  
  : Vegueros
• Japan Series
  Japan Series
  , or is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan. It is a seven-game series between the winning clubs of the league's two circuits, the Central League and the Pacific League....
  
  : Seibu Lions
  Seibu Lions
  The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based west of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Prince Hotels, which in turn is owned by the Seibu Group...
  
   over Chunichi Dragons
  Chunichi Dragons
  The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chubu region of Japan. The team is in the Central League. They won the 2007 Japan Series and 2007 Asia Series.-History:...
  
   (4–3)
• Little League World Series
  Little League World Series
  The Little League Baseball World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old. It was originally called the National Little League Tournament and was later renamed for the World Series in Major League Baseball. It was first held in 1947 and is held every August in South...
  
  : Kirkland National, Kirkland, Washington
  Kirkland, Washington
  Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It is a suburb of Seattle on the Eastside . The population was 48,787 at the 2010 census makes it the 9th largest city in King County and the 20th largest city in the state...
  
  

Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  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...
  
  
  • Robin Yount
    Robin Yount
    Robin R. Yount is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder. He spent his entire 20-year baseball career with the Milwaukee Brewers . In 1999, Yount was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.-Early years:Yount was born in Danville, Illinois...
    
    , Milwaukee Brewers
    Milwaukee Brewers
    The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
    
    , SS (AL)
  • Dale Murphy
    Dale Murphy
    Dale Bryan Murphy is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman. During an 18-year baseball career, 1976–1993, he played for three different teams, but is noted for his time with the Atlanta Braves...
    
    , Atlanta 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....
    
    , OF (NL)
• Cy Young Award
  Cy Young Award
  The Cy Young Award is an honor given annually in baseball to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball , one each for the American League and National League . The award was first introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, who died in 1955...
  
  
  • Pete Vuckovich
    Pete Vuckovich
    Peter Dennis Vuckovich is a retired American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who came across as an intimidating presence on the mound with his 6'4" 220 lb frame and Fu Manchu moustache. Vuckovich was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 1974...
    
    , Milwaukee Brewers
    Milwaukee Brewers
    The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
    
     (AL)
  • Steve Carlton
    Steve Carlton
    Steven Norman Carlton , nicknamed "Lefty", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965-1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards...
    
    , 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...
    
     (NL)
• Rookie of the Year
  MLB Rookie of the Year Award
  In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is annually given to one player from each league as voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America . The award was established in 1940 by the Chicago chapter of the BBWAA, which selected an annual winner from 1940 through 1946...
  
  
  • Cal Ripken, Jr.
    Cal Ripken, Jr.
    Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr. , nicknamed "Iron Man", is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles ....
    
    , Baltimore Orioles
    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...
    
    , SS (AL)
  • Steve Sax
    Steve Sax
    Stephen Louis Sax is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball. He was a right-handed batter for the Los Angeles Dodgers , New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox , and the Oakland Athletics ....
    
    , Los Angeles Dodgers
    Los Angeles Dodgers
    The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
    
    , 2B (NL)

MLB statistical leaders

Major league baseball final standings

January–April

• January 13 – Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson
  Frank Robinson
  Frank Robinson , is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He played from 1956–1976, most notably for the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. He is the only player to win league MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues...
  
   become the 12th and 13th players elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America
  Baseball Writers Association of America
  The Baseball Writers' Association of America is a professional association for baseball journalists writing for daily newspapers, magazines and qualifying Web sites. The BBWAA was founded on October 14, 1908, to improve working conditions for sportswriters in the early part of the 20th century...
  
   in their first year of eligibility. Aaron fell nine votes shy of becoming the first-ever unanimous selection, and his 97.8 election percentage is second only to Ty Cobb
  Ty Cobb
  Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb , nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in Narrows, Georgia...
  
  's 98.2 percent in the inaugural 1936 election
  Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1936
  The first elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were held in 1936. Members of the Baseball Writers Association of America were given authority to select individuals from the 20th century; while a special Veterans Committee, made up of individuals with greater familiarity with...
  
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• January 22 – 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...
  
   signs with the California Angels
  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
  The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
  
  , thus ending his five-year stay 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...
  
  

• January 27 – 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 trade with 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...
  
   that sees Ivan DeJesus
  Ivan DeJesus
  Iván Alvarez DeJesús is a former Major League Baseball player from 1974 to 1988 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, and Detroit Tigers. DeJesús was regarded as a good fielding but light hitting shortstop...
  
   go to the Phillies for Larry Bowa
  Larry Bowa
  Lawrence Robert Bowa is a former middle infielder, playing mainly as a shortstop, and manager in Major League Baseball.-Early life:...
  
  , and Minor League prospect Ryne Sandberg
  Ryne Sandberg
  Ryne Dee Sandberg , nicknamed "Ryno" is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. During a 16-year baseball career, he played from 1981–1994 and 1996–97, spending nearly his entire career with the Chicago Cubs. He was named after relief pitcher Ryne Duren, and is recognized as one of the best...
  
   also goes to the Cubs.

• February 8 – The Los Angeles Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
   trade away Davey Lopes
  Davey Lopes
  David Earle Lopes is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. He batted and threw right-handed. He is currently the first base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.He is of Cape Verdean descent.-Playing:...
  
   to the Oakland 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....
  
  . This trade breaks up the starting infield of Lopes (second base), Ron Cey
  Ron Cey
  Ronald Charles Cey |Washington]]) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers , Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics . Cey batted and threw right-handed...
  
   (third base), Bill Russell
  Bill Russell (baseball)
  William Ellis Russell is a former shortstop, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. Russell played his entire 18-year, 2,181-game career with the Los Angeles Dodgers as the starting shortstop for four National League pennant winners and one World Series champion...
  
   (shortstop), and Steve Garvey
  Steve Garvey
  Steven Patrick Garvey , nicknamed "Mr. Clean" because of the squeaky clean image he held throughout his career in baseball, is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and current Southern California businessman...
  
   (first base), which had been together since 1974; the longest intact infield in Major League Baseball history.

• February 11 – In a trade of shortstops, 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...
  
   acquire Ozzie Smith
  Ozzie Smith
  Osborne Earl "Ozzie" Smith is an American former baseball shortstop who played in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals from 1978 to 1996...
  
   from the San Diego Padres
  San Diego Padres
  The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...
  
   for Garry Templeton
  Garry Templeton
  Garry Lewis Templeton, nicknamed "Jumpsteady", is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, and New York Mets from 1976 to 1991...
  
  .

• March 10 – Former N.Y. 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....
  
   shortstop Travis Jackson
  Travis Jackson
  Travis Calvin Jackson was a Major League Baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s. His exceptional range at shortstop led to the nickname "Stonewall."...
  
   and former baseball commissioner Happy Chandler
  Happy Chandler
  Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr. was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the U.S. Senate and served as its 44th and 49th governor. Aside from his political positions, he also served as the second Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1945 to 1951 and...
  
   are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. Jackson hit .291 in 15 seasons between the 1920s and '30s, while Chandler was the second commissioner and oversaw – and encouraged – the dismantling of the color barrier
  Baseball color line
  The color line in American baseball excluded players of black African descent from Organized Baseball, or the major leagues and affiliated minor leagues, until Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization for the 1946 season...
  
   in 1947
  1947 in sports
  -American football:* Chicago Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 to win the NFL championship.-Association football:England* First Division – Liverpool win the 1946-47 title.* FA Cup – Charlton Athletic beat Burnley 1-0 after extra time...
  
  .

• April 1 – The New York Mets
  New York Mets
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
  
   trade Lee Mazzilli
  Lee Mazzilli
  Lee Louis Mazzilli, , is a former Major League Baseball player, coach, and manager. On December 11, 2006, he was hired as the lead studio analyst for SportsNet New York, the New York Mets' cable television network...
  
   to the Texas Rangers
  Texas Rangers (baseball)
  The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
  
   for Ron Darling
  Ron Darling
  Ronald Maurice Darling, Jr. is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and Montreal Expos...
  
   and Walt Terrell
  Walt Terrell
  Charles Walter Terrell is a former starting pitcher with an eleven year career from 1982 to 1992. He played for the New York Mets , Detroit Tigers , San Diego Padres , New York Yankees , Pittsburgh Pirates , and once again the Detroit Tigers...
  
  .

• April 20 – Before a crowd of 37,268 the largest crowd to see a game at Fulton County Stadium this season, the Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 to go 12–0, the best start ever by any Major League team ever. Steve Bedrosian
  Steve Bedrosian
  Stephen Wayne Bedrosian, is an American former baseball player. Nicknamed "Bedrock", he played from 1981 to 1995 with the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants and Minnesota Twins...
  
   was the winning pitcher. The fans went on the field.

May–August

• May 6 – Gaylord Perry
  Gaylord Perry
  Gaylord Jackson Perry is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1962-1983 for eight different teams in his career. During a 22-year baseball career, Perry compiled 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, and a 3.11 earned run average...
  
   of the Seattle Mariners
  Seattle Mariners
  The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Safeco Field has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July...
  
   becomes the 15th pitcher with 300 career wins.

• May 9
  • The New York Mets
    New York Mets
    The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
    
    ' Rusty Staub
    Rusty Staub
    Daniel Joseph "Rusty" Staub is an American former Major League Baseball right fielder, designated hitter, and first baseman. He enjoyed a 23-year baseball career with 5 different teams...
    
     hits a game winning 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...
    
     off Greg Minton
    Greg Minton
    Gregory Brian Minton is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played for the California Angels and San Francisco Giants....
    
     of the San Francisco 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....
    
    . The home run ends Minton's streak of streak of 254 1/3 innings without allowing a long ball. This still stands as the longest streak in the live-ball era, if not ever.
  • Angry at the release of 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...
    
     Rodney Scott
    Rodney Scott (baseball)
    Rodney Darrell Scott was a infielder in Major League Baseball. Primarily used as a second baseman and shortstop, Scott also played third base, designated hitter and outfield during his eight-year career....
    
    , left-hander Bill "Spaceman" Lee
    Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher)
    William Francis Lee III , nicknamed "Spaceman", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Boston Red Sox from - and the Montreal Expos from -...
    
     spends the first six innings of the Montreal Expos
    Montreal Expos
    The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
    
    ' 5–4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers
    Los Angeles Dodgers
    The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
    
     shooting pool and drinking beer at a local tavern. He returns to Olympic Stadium
    Olympic Stadium
    The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece stadium of the Summer Olympic Games. Traditionally, the opening and closing ceremonies and the track and field competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words Olympic...
    
     in the seventh and, after the game, leaves his uniform in manager Jim Fanning
    Jim Fanning
    William James Fanning is a former catcher, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball...
    
    's office. Shortly thereafter, Lee is released.

• May 25 – Against the San Diego Padres
  San Diego Padres
  The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...
  
  , Ferguson Jenkins
  Ferguson Jenkins
  Ferguson Arthur "Fergie" Jenkins, CM, is a Canadian former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He was a three-time All-Star and the 1971 NL Cy Young Award winner. In 1991, Jenkins was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. During a 19-year career, he pitched for four different teams,...
  
   playing for 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...
  
   becomes the seventh pitcher to record 3,000 strikeouts in the third inning against Garry Templeton
  Garry Templeton
  Garry Lewis Templeton, nicknamed "Jumpsteady", is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, and New York Mets from 1976 to 1991...
  
   of the Padres.

• May 30 – Cal Ripken, Jr.
  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr. , nicknamed "Iron Man", is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles ....
  
   starts at third base for the Baltimore Orioles
  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...
  
   against the Toronto Blue Jays
  Toronto Blue Jays
  The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....
  
  . It is the first game of his record breaking 2,632 consecutive games played streak. Coincidentally, tomorrow, May 31, will be the fifty-seventh anniversary of the start of 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...
  
  's streak, which Ripken will break.

• June 2 – The Milwaukee Brewers
  Milwaukee Brewers
  The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
  , 23–24 on the season and 7 games out of first place, fire Buck Rodgers
  Buck Rodgers
  Robert LeRoy "Buck" Rodgers is a former catcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he helmed three major league teams: the Milwaukee Brewers , Montreal Expos and California Angels , compiling a career won-lost mark of 784–773 .-Playing career:Rodgers attended Ohio Wesleyan...
  
   as their manager. Harvey Kuenn
  Harvey Kuenn
  Harvey Edward Kuenn was an American player, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. As a shortstop and outfielder, he played with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , San Francisco Giants , Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
   replaces him and will guide the Brewers to victory in 20 of their next 27 games, the Brewers taking over first place on July 11. The team soon to be known as “Harvey’s Wallbangers” will go on to win the American League East title and their only American League pennant.

• June 6 – While crossing a street in Arlington, Texas
  Arlington, Texas
  Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...
  
  , umpire Lou DiMuro
  Lou DiMuro
  Louis John DiMuro was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1963 until his death.-Career:...
  
   is struck by a car; he dies early the next day. Major League Baseball later retires his uniform number 16.
• June 20 – Pete Rose
  Pete Rose
  Peter Edward Rose , nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. Rose played from 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989....
  
   becomes only the fifth player in history to play in 3,000 Major League baseball games.

• July 13 – At Montreal's Olympic Stadium
  Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
  The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics...
  
  , in the first All-Star Game
  Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers...
  
   held outside the United States, 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....
  
   shortstop Dave Concepción
  Dave Concepción
  David Ismael Concepción Benitez , better known as Dave Concepción, is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball. He was born in Ocumare de la Costa, Aragua State, Venezuela...
  
   hits a two-run home run in the second inning to spark the National League to a 4–1 win over the American League. It's the NL's 11th straight victory and 19th in the last 20 contests. Concepción wins the MVP honors.

• July 19 – Tony Gwynn
  Tony Gwynn
  Anthony Keith "Tony" Gwynn, Sr. , nicknamed Mr. Padre and Captain Video, is a former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is statistically one of the best and most consistent hitters in baseball history. He played his entire 20-year baseball career for the San Diego Padres...
  
   of the San Diego Padres
  San Diego Padres
  The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...
  
   makes his Major League debut. His double and single will be the first two hits of the over 3,000 he will accumulate in his Hall of Fame career.

• August 4 – Joel Youngblood
  Joel Youngblood
  Joel Randolph Youngblood III is a former Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Montreal Expos and San Francisco Giants from to . Youngblood was a versatile player who could play many different positions, as well as pinch hit...
  
   of the New York Mets
  New York Mets
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
  
   goes 1-for-2 off Ferguson Jenkins
  Ferguson Jenkins
  Ferguson Arthur "Fergie" Jenkins, CM, is a Canadian former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He was a three-time All-Star and the 1971 NL Cy Young Award winner. In 1991, Jenkins was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. During a 19-year career, he pitched for four different teams,...
  
   of the Chicago Cubs
  Chicago Cubs
  The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
  
   in a day game at Wrigley Field
  Wrigley Field
  Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales...
  
   in Chicago. He is informed that he has been traded to the Montréal Expos
  Washington Nationals
  The Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals are a member of the Eastern Division of the National League of Major League Baseball . The team moved into the newly built Nationals Park in 2008, after playing their first three seasons in RFK Stadium...
  
  , and leaves immediately for Philadelphia
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
  
   to meet the team there. He arrives in time to play, and enters the game in the sixth inning, getting a hit off Steve Carlton
  Steve Carlton
  Steven Norman Carlton , nicknamed "Lefty", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965-1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards...
  
  . He is the first player in Major League history to hit safely for two different teams on the same day.

• August 8 – Rollie Fingers
  Rollie Fingers
  Roland Glen Fingers is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. During his 18-year baseball career, he pitched for the Oakland Athletics , San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers . He became only the second reliever to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992...
  
   earns the 300th save of his career, becoming the first pitcher in history to achieve that mark. He saves a 3–2 win for the Milwaukee Brewers
  Milwaukee Brewers
  The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
   vs the Seattle Mariners
  Seattle Mariners
  The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Safeco Field has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July...
  
   in Seattle.

• August 10 – For the first time this season, the Atlanta 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....
  
   are out of first place in the National League West
  National League West
  The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball's National League. It was created in 1969 when the previously undivided National League expanded its membership to twelve teams, positioning half of them in an Eastern division and the other...
  
  . They lose to the San Francisco 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....
  
   3-2 at Candlestick Park
  Monster Park
  Candlestick Park is an outdoor sports and entertainment stadium located in San Francisco, California, in the Bayview Heights area. The stadium was originally built as the home of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants, who played there from 1960 until moving into Pacific Bell Park in 2000...
  
   as the Giants' Milt May
  Milt May
  Milton Scott May is a former professional baseball player and coach who played in the Major Leagues from to for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, and San Francisco Giants. May was a catcher who hit for a fairly high batting average during the era in which...
  
   hits the game-winning home run off Al Hrabosky
  Al Hrabosky
  Alan Thomas "Al" Hrabosky is a former Major League Baseball player from - for the St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves and is currently the color commentator on Cardinals regular season broadcasts on FSN Midwest...
  
   in the seventh inning; the loss is Atlanta's eighth in a row and 12th in their last 13 games. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
  , who had trailed the Braves by 10 games less than two weeks earlier, defeat 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 Dodger Stadium
  Dodger Stadium
  Dodger Stadium, also sometimes called Chavez Ravine, is a stadium in Los Angeles. Located adjacent to Downtown Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium has been the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers team since 1962...
  
   11-3 as Rick Monday
  Rick Monday
  Robert James "Rick" Monday, Jr. is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball and is currently a broadcast announcer. From 1966 through 1984, Monday, a center fielder for most of his career, played for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics , Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
   and Steve Garvey
  Steve Garvey
  Steven Patrick Garvey , nicknamed "Mr. Clean" because of the squeaky clean image he held throughout his career in baseball, is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and current Southern California businessman...
  
   both homer. The victory is the eighth in a row and 12th in the last 13 games for the Dodgers, who had swept two four-game series from the Braves during this comeback—one at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
  Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
  Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, often shortened to "Fulton County Stadium," was a multi-purpose stadium that formerly stood in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.-History:...
  
   at the beginning and another at Dodger Stadium (the first three coming in extra innings) just prior to the Cincinnati series. The Braves had been in first place since winning their first 12 games of the season.

• August 23 – Even though he has made no secret that he occasionally employs the spitball
  Spitball
  A spitball is an illegal baseball pitch in which the ball has been altered by the application of saliva, petroleum jelly, or some other foreign substance....
  
  , Gaylord Perry
  Gaylord Perry
  Gaylord Jackson Perry is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1962-1983 for eight different teams in his career. During a 22-year baseball career, Perry compiled 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, and a 3.11 earned run average...
  
   is ejected from a game versus the Boston Red Sox
  Boston Red Sox
  The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
  
   for throwing the illegal pitch for the only time in his career.

• August 27 – Rickey Henderson
  Rickey Henderson
  Rickey Henley Henderson is a former Major League Baseball left fielder who played for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four stints with his original team, the Oakland Athletics. Nicknamed The Man of Steal, he is widely regarded as the sport's greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner...
  
   steals four bases, breaking the record he had shared with Lou Brock
  Lou Brock
  Louis Clark "Lou" Brock is an American former professional baseball player. He began his Major League Baseball career with the Chicago Cubs but, spent the majority of his career as the left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. Brock was best known for breaking Ty Cobb's all-time major league...
  
   at 118 stolen bases for the season. He will steal eight more to end the season with a record of 130.

September–December

• September 5 – Roy Smalley
  Roy Smalley (AL baseball player)
  Roy Frederick Smalley III is a former professional baseball shortstop. From 1975 through 1987, Smalley played in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers , Minnesota Twins , New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox . He was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. His father, Roy Jr...
  
   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...
  
   hits a pair of three-run home runs, one from each side of the plate, as New York beats the Kansas City Royals
  Kansas City Royals
  The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
  
   18-7.

• September 6 – Veteran first baseman Willie Stargell
  Willie Stargell
  Wilver Dornell "Willie" Stargell , nicknamed "Pops" in the later years of his career, was a Major League Baseball left fielder and first baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  , whose jersey #8 is retired, is saluted by 38,000 fans on his day at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium
  Three Rivers Stadium
  Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...
  
  . The 41-year-old slugger delivers a pinch single in the 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...
  
  ' 6–1 win over the Mets
  New York Mets
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
  
  .

• October 1 – Through seven innings, the New York Mets
  New York Mets
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
  
  ' Terry Leach and 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...
  
  ' John Denny
  John Denny
  John Allen Denny is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher from 1974 to 1986 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds. He won the Cy Young Award in 1983.-Career:Denny was born in Prescott, Arizona and attended Prescott High School...
  
   have each only given up one hit. Denny is lifted in the ninth for a pinch hitter
  Pinch hitter
  In baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead ; the manager may use any player that has not yet entered the game as a substitute...
  
  , however, Leach remains in the game through the tenth inning without giving up a second hit. A sacrifice fly
  Sacrifice fly
  In baseball, a sacrifice fly is a batted ball that satisfies four criteria:* There are fewer than two outs when the ball is hit.* The ball is hit to the outfield....
  
   by Hubie Brooks
  Hubie Brooks
  Hubert Brooks, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball player. During his career, he played as a third baseman, shortstop and right fielder for the New York Mets , Montreal Expos , Los Angeles Dodgers , California Angels and Kansas City Royals .Brooks played varsity baseball...
  
   in the tenth inning off Larry Anderson is the deciding factor in the Mets' 1–0 victory at Veterans Stadium
  Veterans Stadium
  Philadelphia Veterans Stadium was a professional-sports, multi-purpose stadium, located at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex...
  
  .

• October 10 – After being down 2–0 to the California Angels
  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
  The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
  
  , the Milwaukee Brewers
  Milwaukee Brewers
  The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
   complete a three game comeback, defeating the Angels 4-3 to capture their first and only 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...
  
   Championship. Fred Lynn
  Fred Lynn
  Fredric Michael "Fred" Lynn is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , California Angels , Baltimore Orioles , Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres .Fred Lynn was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in and to the College Baseball Hall of Fame...
  
   of the losing Angels is named the Most Valuable Player of the Series after going 11-for-18 with 5 RBI and 4 runs scored. On the same date, 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...
  
   defeated the Atlanta 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....
  
   6-2, to capture their first National League
  National League
  The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
  
   championship in 14 years
  1968 St. Louis Cardinals season
  The St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 87th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 77th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97-65 during the season, winning their second consecutive NL pennant, this time by nine games over the San Francisco Giants. They lost in 7 games to the...
  
  . Darrell Porter
  Darrell Porter
  Darrell Ray Porter was a former American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers. He was known for his excellent defensive skills and power hitting...
  
   was the MVP of the NLCS with his five-for-nine effort, including three doubles.

• October 12
  • The first game of the 1982 World Series
    1982 World Series
    -Game 1:Tuesday, October 12, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MissouriThe Brewers' left-hander Mike Caldwell pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits. The Brewers' offense was led by Paul Molitor, who had a World Series-record five hits and two RBIs...
    
     features Paul Molitor
    Paul Molitor
    Paul Leo Molitor , nicknamed "Molly" and "The Ignitor", is an American former Major League Baseball designated hitter and infielder. During his 21-year baseball career, he played for the Milwaukee Brewers , Toronto Blue Jays , and Minnesota Twins...
    
     setting a new World Series record with five hits (in five at bats), as he leads the Milwaukee Brewers
    Milwaukee Brewers
    The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
    
     to a 10–0 victory over 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...
    
     in St. Louis
    St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
    
    .
  • The Montreal Expos
    Montreal Expos
    The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
    
    ' Tim Raines
    Tim Raines
    Timothy Raines , nicknamed "Rock", is a former American professional baseball player. He played as a left fielder in Major League Baseball for six teams from 1979 to 2002 and was best known for his 13 seasons with the Montreal Expos...
    
     enters treatment for drug abuse. Raines claims to have spent a fifth of his salary on cocaine when he stole a National League-leading 78 bases during the regular season, and says he started sliding head first to avoid breaking the vial of cocaine
    Cocaine
    Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
    
     he kept in his back pocket.

• October 20 – 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...
  
   win the 1982 World Series
  1982 World Series
  -Game 1:Tuesday, October 12, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MissouriThe Brewers' left-hander Mike Caldwell pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits. The Brewers' offense was led by Paul Molitor, who had a World Series-record five hits and two RBIs...
  
   over the Milwaukee Brewers
  Milwaukee Brewers
  The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
   in seven games. Catcher Darrell Porter
  Darrell Porter
  Darrell Ray Porter was a former American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers. He was known for his excellent defensive skills and power hitting...
  
   is selected the Series MVP, making him the first player to be chosen as the MVP in both the LCS
  League Championship Series
  The League Championship Series is the official name for a round of postseason play in Major League Baseball which has been conducted since 1969...
  
   and 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...
  
   in the same season. This was the Cardinals' first World Series championship since 1967
  1967 Major League Baseball season
  The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox four games to three in the 64th World Series, which was the first World Series appearance for the Red Sox in 21 years. Following the season, the Kansas City Athletics relocated to Oakland.-Awards and honors:...
  
  .

• November 17 – Center fielder Dale Murphy
  Dale Murphy
  Dale Bryan Murphy is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman. During an 18-year baseball career, 1976–1993, he played for three different teams, but is noted for his time with the Atlanta Braves...
  
   wins the National League MVP Award, becoming the first 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....
  
   player to be so honored since Hank Aaron in 1957. Murphy hit .281 with 36 home runs, 109 RBI, 113 runs, and 23 stolen bases.

• November 22 – Second baseman Steve Sax
  Steve Sax
  Stephen Louis Sax is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball. He was a right-handed batter for the Los Angeles Dodgers , New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox , and the Oakland Athletics ....
  
   of the Los Angeles Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
   is named National League Rookie of the Year, becoming the fourth consecutive player from the Dodgers to win the award. Sax hit .282 and stole 49 bases as the replacement for Davey Lopes
  Davey Lopes
  David Earle Lopes is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. He batted and threw right-handed. He is currently the first base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.He is of Cape Verdean descent.-Playing:...
  
   in the Dodgers infield.

• November 24 – Cal Ripken, Jr.
  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr. , nicknamed "Iron Man", is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles ....
  
  , who hit .264 with 28 home runs and 93 RBI as a shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles
  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...
  
  , is named American League Rookie of the Year. Ripken Jr. gets 24 of 28 first place votes, with the others going to Kent Hrbek
  Kent Hrbek
  Frequently injured , Hrbek retired after the players strike in 1994, citing his nagging injury problems and desire to spend more time with his wife and daughter at their home in Bloomington, MN...
  
   of the Minnesota Twins
  Minnesota Twins
  The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
  
  .

• December 16 – The New York Mets
  New York Mets
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
  
   send Lloyd McClendon
  Lloyd McClendon
  Lloyd Glenn McClendon is a former professional baseball player and manager, currently serving as the hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers under Jim Leyland...
  
  , Charlie Puleo
  Charlie Puleo
  Charles Michael Puleo is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1981 to 1989 with the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves....
  
   and minor leaguer
  Minor league baseball
  Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
  
   Jason Felice 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....
  
   to reacquire Tom Seaver
  Tom Seaver
  George Thomas "Tom" Seaver , nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched from 1967-1986 for four different teams in his career, but is noted primarily for his time with the New York Mets...
  
  .

January

• January   4 - Jason Bourgeois
  Jason Bourgeois
  Jason Jerrod Bourgeois is a Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros. Bourgeois plays all outfield positions and second base.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• January   6 - Brian Bass
  Brian Bass
  Brian Michael Bass is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher, who is with the Philadelphia Phillies organization.-Kansas City Royals :Bass, a graduate of Robert E...
  
  
• January   6 - Scott Thorman
  Scott Thorman
  Scott Robert Thorman is a professional baseball first baseman. Thorman was drafted in the first round, 30th overall in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Atlanta Braves...
  
  
• January   7 - Brayan Peña
  Brayan Peña
  Brayan Eduardo Peña is a catcher for the Kansas City Royals.-Early years:Peña was a member of the Cuban National 18 and under team as a youth. He graduated from Espa Julio Trigo Junior College in Costa Rica...
  
  
• January   7 - Francisco Rodríguez
• January   9 - Tony Peña
  Tony Peña (pitcher)
  Ramon Antonio "Tony" Peña , is a Major League Baseball pitcher.He throws a 4-seam and 2-seam fastball, slider, and a changeup...
  
  
• January 12 - Chris Ray
  Chris Ray
  Christopher Thomas Ray is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• January 12 - Dontrelle Willis
  Dontrelle Willis
  Dontrelle Wayne Willis , nicknamed "The D-Train", is an American professional baseball pitcher. Willis is notable for his success during his first few years in the league and for his unconventional pitching style, which includes a high leg kick and exaggerated twisting away from the batter...
  
  
• January 15 - Melvin Dorta
  Melvin Dorta
  Melvin A. Dorta is an infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies organization. Dorta bats and throws right-handed...
  
  
• January 15 - Armando Galarraga
  Armando Galarraga
  Armando Antonio Galarraga is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Galarraga made his Major League Baseball debut with the Texas Rangers on September 15, 2007...
  
  
• January 19 - Terry Evans
• January 23 - Wily Mo Peña
  Wily Mo Peña
  Wily Modesto Peña is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball...
  
  
• January 30 - Jorge Cantú
  Jorge Cantú
  Jorge Luís Cantú Guzmán is an American professional baseball first baseman.Cantú bats and throws right-handed. He was born in McAllen, Texas, went to Sharyland High School, but was raised and makes his home in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.-Tampa Bay Devil Rays:Cantú was spotted by a scout while...
  
  
• January 31 - Yuniesky Betancourt
  Yuniesky Betancourt
  Yuniesky Betancourt is a Major League Baseball shortstop. He resides in Boca Raton, Florida.-Cuban leagues:...
  
  
• January 31 - Brad Thompson
  Brad Thompson
  Bradley Joseph Thompson , is an American baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.-Career:Thompson was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 16th round of the 2002 amateur draft out of Dixie State College of Utah. He holds the AA single-season scoreless innings streak. He made his major...
  
  

February

• February   2 - Gustavo Molina
  Gustavo Molina
  Gustavo Molina is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. Molina bats and throws right-handed. He is not related to the Molina brothers .Molina was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chicago White Sox on January 3,...
  
  
• February 10 - Jamie Vermilyea
• February 16 - Manny Delcarmen
  Manny Delcarmen
  Manuel "Manny" Delcarmen is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has been called "The Pride of Hyde Park".-Early life:...
  
  
• February 17 - Brian Bruney
  Brian Bruney
  Brian Anthony Bruney is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, and Chicago White Sox....
  
  
• February 19 - Chris Stewart
  Chris Stewart (baseball)
  Christopher David "Chris" Stewart is a professional baseball player who currently plays in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants. Stewart, a catcher, has played in the majors for the Chicago White Sox, the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees and the San Diego Padres...
  
  
• February 20 - Jason Hirsh
  Jason Hirsh
  Jason Michael Hirsh is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who is a free agent.Hirsh was a dominant minor league pitcher in 2005–06, winning the Double-A Texas League Pitcher of the Year Award and the Triple-A Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year Award in successive seasons, as he went...
  
  
• February 21 - Edwin Bellorín
  Edwin Bellorín
  Edwin Daniel Bellorín Morales is an American Association of Independent Professional Baseball catcher for the Wichita Wingnuts organization-Career:...
  
  
• February 22 - Kelly Johnson
  Kelly Johnson (baseball)
  Kelly Andrew Johnson is a Major League Baseball second baseman.-Atlanta Braves:Johnson was drafted in the first round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Atlanta Braves...
  
  
• February 24 - Nick Blackburn
  Nick Blackburn
  Robert Nicholas Blackburn is a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins system. He graduated from Del City High School in Del City, Oklahoma. He attended Seminole State College. The 6-4, 227 pound right-hander was originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 34th round of the...
  
  
• February 24 - J. D. Durbin
  J. D. Durbin
  Joseph Adam "J. D." Durbin is a pitcher, who is currently with the Lancaster Barnstormers in the Atlantic League.-"The Real Deal":...
  
  
• February 24 - Gustavo Molina
  Gustavo Molina
  Gustavo Molina is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. Molina bats and throws right-handed. He is not related to the Molina brothers .Molina was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chicago White Sox on January 3,...
  
  

March

• March   6 - Christian Martínez
  Christian Martínez
  Christian Martinez is a Mexican football goalkeeper who actually plays for Estudiantes Tecos. He made a name for himself at the 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Nigeria, when he was the starting goalkeeper for Mexico. He made his first division debut for America CF in a Superclasico against...
  
  
• March   8 - Craig Stansberry
  Craig Stansberry
  Craig Leo Stansberry is a Major League Baseball third baseman who is currently in the San Diego Padres organization. As of the end of the 2009 season, he is the only player in Major League Baseball history to have been born in Saudi Arabia.Although he was born in Saudi Arabia, Stansberry only...
  
  
• March 11 - Brian Anderson
  Brian Anderson (outfielder)
  Brian Nikola Anderson is an American professional baseball player who is currently a free agent. He has played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball with the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox as an outfielder, a position he played professionally until before the 2010 season...
  
  
• March 12 - Zach Miner
  Zach Miner
  Zachary Charles Miner is a Major League Baseball pitcher currently in the Kansas City Royals organization. He bats and throws right-handed.-Atlanta Braves:...
  
  
• March 14 - Dustin McGowan
  Dustin McGowan
  Dustin Michael McGowan is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays out of Long County High School in Ludowici, Georgia in the 1st round with 33rd pick of the draft on June 4, 2000...
  
  
• March 15 - Steven Jackson
  Steven Jackson (baseball)
  Steven Nash Jackson is an American Major League Baseball pitcher, who is in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He is 6' 5", and throws right-handed.-Amateur Years:...
  
  
• March 15 - Rafael Pérez
  Rafael Pérez (baseball player)
  Rafael Jerome Pérez is a left-handed relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball. He was signed by the Indians as an undrafted free agent in January .-Minor league career:...
  
  
• March 16 - Brian Wilson
• March 17 - A. J. Murray
• March 18 - Chad Cordero
  Chad Cordero
  Chad Patrick Cordero is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He broke into the big league ranks with the Montreal Expos...
  
  
• March 18 - Carlos Guevara
  Carlos Guevara
  Jose Carlos Guevara is a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.-Cincinnati Reds:...
  
  
• March 19 - Landon Powell
  Landon Powell
  Landon Reed Powell is a catcher and first baseman for the Oakland Athletics.Powell attended the University of South Carolina. In 2002, his first season playing for them, he had a .292 batting average with 12 home runs and was part of the team that went to the College World Series...
  
  
• March 21 - Aaron Hill
  Aaron Hill (baseball player)
  Aaron Walter Hill is an American professional baseball second baseman in Major League Baseball. Hill was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round of the 2003 MLB First Year Draft....
  
  
• March 22 - Mike Morse
  Mike Morse
  Michael John Morse is a Major League Baseball left fielder and first baseman for the Washington Nationals.-Professional career:...
  
  
• March 24 - Corey Hart
• March 24 - Dustin McGowan
  Dustin McGowan
  Dustin Michael McGowan is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays out of Long County High School in Ludowici, Georgia in the 1st round with 33rd pick of the draft on June 4, 2000...
  
  
• March 24 - Heath Phillips
  Heath Phillips
  Heath Michael Phillips is a pitcher currently playing for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League. He bats and throws left-handed.-Education:...
  
  
• March 24 - Robinson Tejeda
  Robinson Tejeda
  Robinson Garcia Tejeda is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.-Philadelphia Phillies:...
  
  
• March 26 - Brendan Ryan
  Brendan Ryan (baseball)
  Brendan Wood Ryan is an American Major League Baseball shortstop for the Seattle Mariners. While he has typically fielded at shortstop in his professional career, Ryan has been known to play at second and third base and has dabbled with pitching.-Early and personal life:Ryan was born in Los...
  
  

April

• April   8 - Kason Gabbard
  Kason Gabbard
  Kason Ronald Gabbard is a starting pitcher who is a free agent. He bats and throws left-handed.-High school:Gabbard played high school baseball at Royal Palm Beach High School in Royal Palm Beach, Florida...
  
  
• April   9 - Chad Reineke
  Chad Reineke
  Chad Karl Reineke is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball.-Personal life:...
  
  
• April 10 - Chris Dickerson
  Chris Dickerson (baseball)
  Christopher Charles Dickerson is a Major League Baseball left fielder for the New York Yankees.-Early career:...
  
  
• April 10 - Andre Ethier
  Andre Ethier
  Andre Everett Ethier , is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers.In 2009, Ethier hit six walk off hits , which was the most by any player in the Major Leagues since 1974. His four walk-off home runs tied the Major League record for most in a season...
  
  
• April 10 - Colt Morton
  Colt Morton
  Kristopher Colt Morton is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Seattle Mariners. He attended North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.- San Diego Padres :...
  
  
• April 12 - Justin Ruggiano
  Justin Ruggiano
  Justin Marshall Ruggiano is a Major League Baseball outfielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.-Baseball career:Ruggiano played college baseball at Texas A&M....
  
  
• April 14 - Josh Whitesell
  Josh Whitesell
  Joshua S. Whitesell is a 6' 1", 225-pound left-handed professional baseball first baseman for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball....
  
  
• April 15 - Michael Aubrey
  Michael Aubrey
  Robert Michael Aubrey is an American baseball player currently in the Washington Nationals organization.-Amateur:He attended Southwood High School were he won Louisiana Baseball player of the year....
  
  
• April 22 - David Purcey
  David Purcey
  David Kent Purcey is a left-handed pitcher in professional baseball.-Amateur career:Purcey attended high school at Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, Texas, and then attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played for the Sooners baseball team.-Professional career:Purcey originally was...
  
  
• April 25 - Brian Barton
  Brian Barton
  Brian Deon Barton is a Major League Baseball outfielder, who is currently with the Cincinnati Reds.-Early life:...
  
  
• April 26 - Alejandro Machado
  Alejandro Machado
  Alejandro José Machado is an infielder in the Atlanta Braves organization. He is a switch-hitter and throws right-handed....
  
  
• April 28 - Jim Miller
  Jim Miller (pitcher)
  James Matthew "Jim" Miller is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.-Career:...
  
  

May

• May   3 - Bob McCrory
  Bob McCrory
  Robert Glenn McCrory is a Nippon Professional Baseball relief pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines.McCrory was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 11th round in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft. However, he did not sign with the Astros, choosing instead to play college ball at the University...
  
  
• May   3 - Nick Stavinoha
  Nick Stavinoha
  Nicholas Lee "Nick" Stavinoha is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball.-Early life:...
  
  
• May   4 - Matt Tolbert
  Matt Tolbert
  Christopher Matthew Tolbert is an American professional baseball second baseman who is a free agent. After graduating from Centreville Academy in 2000, Tolbert attended University of Mississippi for four years; he was later drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in 2003 and the Minnesota Twins in 2004...
  
  
• May   7 - Conor Jackson
  Conor Jackson
  Conor Sims Jackson is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He bats and throws right-handed. He is 6'2" and roughly 225 pounds. His father is actor John M...
  
  
• May   8 - Adrián González
  Adrián González
  Adrian Gonzalez is an American professional baseball first baseman with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.Gonzalez was the first overall pick in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Florida Marlins. He was traded to the Texas Rangers, and later to the San Diego Padres, where he...
  
  
• May 12 - Jamie D'Antona
  Jamie D'Antona
  James Joseph D'Antona is a professional baseball infielder.D'Antona played college baseball for Wake Forest University where he had a .354 career batting average and 58 home runs. In , he was the ACC leader in slugging percentage, home runs, and RBI...
  
  
• May 14 - Kevin Melillo
  Kevin Melillo
  Kevin Michael Melillo is an American professional baseball player.-Early and personal life:Melillo was born on May 14, 1982, to Joanne and John Melillo in Orlando, Florida. He has an older sister, Shana. He attended Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs...
  
  
• May 16 - Eugenio Vélez
  Eugenio Vélez
  Eugenio Vélez Vancomper is a Dominican professional baseball infielder and outfielder who is a free agent.-Toronto Blue Jays :...
  
  
• May 17 - Nick Masset
  Nick Masset
  Nicholas Allen Masset is a right-handed pitcher for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds. He was selected in the eighth round of the entry draft by the Texas Rangers. After graduating from Pinellas Park High School, Masset attended St...
  
  
• May 24 - Kevin Frandsen
  Kevin Frandsen
  Kevin Vincent Frandsen is a Major League Baseball third baseman who is currently in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.-Career:...
  
  
• May 25 - Jason Kubel
  Jason Kubel
  Jason James Kubel is an American professional baseball player. A Belle Fourche, South Dakota native, Kubel was drafted by the Twins in the 12th round of the 2000 Draft after playing high school ball at Highland High School.-Early life:...
  
  
• May 26 - Joe Koshansky
  Joe Koshansky
  Joseph S. Koshansky is a Major League Baseball first baseman who is presently a member of the Richmond Flying Squirrels, the Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.-Early life:...
  
  
• May 26 - Carlos Martínez
  Carlos Martínez (baseball pitcher)
  Carlos M. Martínez is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who is currently a free agent. Marlins' fans have nicknamed him K-Mart. Martínez bats and throws right-handed. He made his major league debut on April 3, .-Playing career:The Marlins signed Martínez out of the Dominican Republic in ,...
  
  
• May 28 - Jhonny Peralta
  Jhonny Peralta
  Jhonny Antonio Peralta is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. He previously played with the Cleveland Indians.-Playing career:...
  
  
• May 29 - Matt Macri
  Matt Macri
  Matthew Michael Macri is a Major League Baseball player who plays third base.Macri graduated from Dowling Catholic High School in 2001 and went to the University of Notre Dame. He played ball there briefly his Freshman year before undergoing Tommy John surgery...
  
  

June

• June   2 - Tim Stauffer
  Tim Stauffer
  Timothy James Stauffer is an American professional baseball pitcher with the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. He was born in Portland, Maine....
  
  
• June   7 - Virgil Vasquez
  Virgil Vasquez
  Virgil Matthew Vasquez is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization.-Amateur career:...
  
  
• June   9 - Buck Coats
  Buck Coats
  Buck Coats is a Major League Baseball outfielder in the Washington Nationals organization. Coats was drafted in the 2000 MLB Draft in the 18th round by the Chicago Cubs.-2006:...
  
  
• June 11 - Bobby Keppel
• June 11 - Josh Newman
  Josh Newman
  Joshua Paul Newman is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He played parts of and for the Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals....
  
  
• June 14 - Mike Hollimon
• June 19 - Dusty Brown
  Dusty Brown
  Dustin William "Dusty" Brown is an American professional baseball catcher who is a free agent.-Boston Red Sox:...
  
  
• June 21 - Arnie Muñoz
  Arnie Muñoz
  Arnaldo Rafel "Arnie" Muñoz is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently with the Petroleros de Minatitlan of the Mexican League. Muñoz bats and throws left-handed.-Career:...
  
  
• June 22 - Ian Kinsler
  Ian Kinsler
  Ian Michael Kinsler is a Major League Baseball All-Star second baseman for the Texas Rangers.Despite having been drafted in only the 17th round out of college, Kinsler has risen to become a two-time All Star, and a member of the Sporting News 2009 list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball...
  
  
• June 22 - Jason Motte
  Jason Motte
  Jason Louis Motte is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals.-Career:Motte graduated from Valley Central High School, Montgomery, N.Y., in 2000 where he was a catcher...
  
  
• June 23 - Matt Daley
  Matt Daley
  Matthew Thomas "Matt" Daley is an American Major League Baseball player. He is currently a free agent.-Early life:Daley was born in Queens, New York and raised in Garden City, New York where he graduated from Garden City High School in 2000 after helping GCHS win the New York State Class B...
  
  
• June 25 - Paul Maholm
  Paul Maholm
  Paul Gurner Maholm is a left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates.-Amateur career:Maholm is a graduate of Germantown High School in Germantown, Tennessee...
  
  
• June 30 - Mitch Maier
  Mitch Maier
  Mitchell William Maier is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Kansas City Royals.Maier attended the University of Toledo. In the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft, he was a first round selection. He was selected 30th overall by the Kansas City Royals.Maier began his professional career in ...
  
  
• June 30 - Delwyn Young
  Delwyn Young
  Delwyn Rudy Young is an outfielder and second baseman in Major League Baseball who is currently in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, playing for the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs.-High school years:...
  
  

July

• July   1 - Justin Huber
  Justin Huber
  - New York Mets :He was originally drafted as a catcher by the New York Mets in .- Kansas City Royals :Huber was one of the top prospects within the Mets organization when he was traded to the Kansas City Royals before the trade deadline for José Bautista...
  
  
• July   3 - Logan Kensing
  Logan Kensing
  Logan French Kensing is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.-Florida Marlins:...
  
  
• July   8 - Renyel Pinto
  Renyel Pinto
  Renyel Eligio Pinto is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He made his major league debut on May 18, .-Career:...
  
  
• July 12 - Tom Gorzelanny
  Tom Gorzelanny
  Thomas Stephen Gorzelanny is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals.-Personal life:Tom grew up in Chicago, IL, graduating from Marist High School in 2000...
  
  
• July 13 - Shin-Soo Choo
  Shin-Soo Choo
  Shin-Soo Choo is a South Korean professional baseball outfielder with the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball in the United States.Choo was selected as the Most Valuable Player and Best Pitcher of the 2000 World Junior Baseball Championship as South Korea won the event...
  
  
• July 13 - Yadier Molina
  Yadier Molina
  Yadier Benjamin Molina known affectionately by fans as "Yadi", is a Major League Baseball catcher who plays for the St. Louis Cardinals.Molina was the third catcher to play in two World Series before age 25, along with Johnny Bench and Yogi Berra. He is considered one of the best defensive...
  
  
• July 14 - Enrique González
  Enrique González
  Enrique César González is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher.-Playing career:González made his first start against the Cincinnati Reds on May 28, 2006, pitching six innings for the Arizona Diamondbacks and giving up only one run...
  
  
• July 15 - Fernando Nieve
  Fernando Nieve
  Fernando Alexis Nieve [knee-EH-veh] is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Doosan Bears of the Korean Baseball Organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros and New York Mets...
  
  
• July 15 - Ryan Wagner
  Ryan Wagner
  Ryan Scott Wagner is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds and the Washington Nationals.-Early life:...
  
  
• July 16 - Jason Windsor
  Jason Windsor
  Jason David Windsor is a right-handed former major-league pitcher. He was called up July 16, 2006 to make his major-league debut against the Baltimore Orioles.-High school career:...
  
  
• July 17 - Brian Rogers
  Brian Rogers
  Brian Alan Rogers is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who is currently a free agent. He made his major league debut as a September call up on September 1, 2006, with the Pittsburgh Pirates.-Detroit Tigers:...
  
  
• July 18 - Josh Banks
  Josh Banks
  Joshua Charles Banks is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He is 6'3" in height and weighs 195 pounds. Banks attended college at Florida International University...
  
  
• July 19 - Phil Coke
  Phil Coke
  Phillip "Phil" Douglas Coke is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. Coke was born in Sonora, California-College:Coke attended San Joaquin Delta College...
  
  
• July 20 - Jake Fox
  Jake Fox
  Jacob Quirin Fox is an American professional baseball catcher and outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball.-Early years:...
  
  
• July 20 - Jason Miller
  Jason Miller (baseball)
  Jason Douglas Miller is a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He played nine seasons in the Minnesota Twins' organization until becoming a free agent at the end of the season...
  
  
• July 23 - Joe Mather
  Joe Mather
  Joseph Paul Mather is an American professional baseball outfielder and third baseman who is a free agent.-Early life:Mather was born on July 23, 1982, in Sandpoint, Idaho. At Mountain Pointe High School in Ahwatukee, Arizona he played basketball and was also an All-State performer in baseball...
  
  

August

• August   2 - Grady Sizemore
  Grady Sizemore
  Gradius "Grady" Sizemore III is an American professional baseball outfielder with the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball.-Early life:...
  
  
• August   4 - Josh Roenicke
  Josh Roenicke
  Joshua James Roenicke is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball.-Career:...
  
  
• August   6 - Justin Germano
  Justin Germano
  Justin William Germano is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Samsung Lions of the Korean Baseball Organization.-Early life:...
  
  
• August   8 - Matthew Brown
• August   8 - Donny Lucy
  Donny Lucy
  Donald Hassett Lucy is a Major League Baseball catcher, currently with the Chicago White Sox organization. He has appeared on two brief stints with the White Sox.-High School and College:...
  
  
• August   8 - Ross Ohlendorf
  Ross Ohlendorf
  Curtis Ross Ohlendorf is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is known for his hard-biting sinker. He can hit 97 mph with a two-seam sinking fastball, and he's working to improve his developing changeup, slider, and breaking ball.-High School and College...
  
  
• August 10 - Josh Anderson
  Josh Anderson (baseball)
  Joshua Aaron Anderson is an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed...
  
  
• August 16 - Freddy Sandoval
  Freddy Sandoval
  Freddy Carol Sandoval Herrera is a Major League Baseball third baseman. Sandoval played his collegiate baseball at the University of San Diego, and was part of two conference championship teams during his career there....
  
  
• August 17 - Travis Metcalf
  Travis Metcalf
  Travis A. Metcalf is a professional baseball player, currently playing for the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League...
  
  
• August 18 - Josh Rupe
  Josh Rupe
  Joshua Matthew Rupe is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently a free agent.-Career:...
  
  
• August 19 - J. J. Hardy
• August 26 - Jayson Nix
  Jayson Nix
  Jayson Truitt Edward Nix is an American professional baseball utility player for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.-Early life:...
  
  
• August 28 - Carlos Quentin
  Carlos Quentin
  Carlos Josè Quentin is an American outfielder who plays for the Chicago White Sox. In 2008 and in 2011, Quentin was selected as an All-Star.-Early career:...
  
  
• August 28 - Randy Wells
  Randy Wells
  Randy David Wells is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.Wells was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 38th Round of the 2002 amateur entry draft as a catcher. He spent his career in the Chicago Cubs farm system from to before being claimed in the Rule 5 Draft by the Toronto...
  
  
• August 30 - Sean Marshall
  Sean Marshall
  Sean Christopher Marshall is a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. After three minor league seasons, Marshall was added to the Cubs' 40-man roster in November . He was married to Alexis DelChiaro at the time a morning anchor at KSAZ in Phoenix, AZ...
  
  
• August 31 - Josh Kroeger
  Josh Kroeger
  Joshua J. Kroeger is a Major League Baseball outfielder. He is 6'3", and weighs 220 pounds.-High school career:Kroeger graduated from Scripps Ranch High School in 2000, where he was Third Team All-American....
  
  

September

• September   2 - Jason Hammel
• September   2 - Rommie Lewis
  Rommie Lewis
  Rommie Lee Lewis, Jr. is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.His father, also named Rommie, was named after World War II German field marshal General Erwin "The Desert Fox" Rommel...
  
  
• September   2 - Wes Littleton
  Wes Littleton
  Wes Avi Littleton is a right-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is presently a free agent...
  
  
• September   3 - Bobby Livingston
  Bobby Livingston
  Robert James "Bobby" Livingston is a baseball player who currently plays for Vaqueros Laguna of the Mexican League.-Amateur career :...
  
  
• September   8 - Geno Espineli
  Geno Espineli
  Eugene Macalalag "Geno" Espineli is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants organization. Espineli is of Filipino ancestry and played baseball at the University of Texas and Texas Christian University...
  
  
• September 12 - Carmen Pignatiello
  Carmen Pignatiello
  Carmen Peter Pignatiello was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently a pitching coach for the Joliet Slammers of the Frontier League...
  
  
• September 13 - Rickie Weeks
  Rickie Weeks
  Rickie Darnell Weeks is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers....
  
  
• September 16 - Chris Carter
  Chris Carter (left-handed hitter)
  William Christopher "Chris" Carter , nicknamed "Animal", is an American professional baseball infielder and outfielder.-High school:...
  
  
• September 16 - Michael Martinez
  Michael Martinez
  Michael Gabriel Martínez is a Major League Baseball infielder and center fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies....
  
  
• September 16 - Ramón Ramírez
• September 17 - Sean Burnett
  Sean Burnett
  Sean Richard Burnett is a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first round in 2000 after leading Wellington High School to a 6A State Title in his senior year.Known for his change-up, remarkable control, presence,...
  
  
• September 17 - Danny Putnam
  Danny Putnam
  Daniel Chris Putnam is an outfielder for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. As a student at Rancho Bernardo High School in 2001, he was named the USA Today California High School Player of the Year...
  
  
• September 18 - Joseph Bisenius
• September 21 - Greg Burke
• September 24 - Jeff Karstens
• September 25 - Argenis Reyes
  Argenis Reyes
  Argenis N. Reyes Sanchez is a Major League Baseball second baseman. Formerly a member or the New York Mets organization, he is not related to former teammate José Reyes, although the two were childhood friends in the Dominican Republic.Reyes was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the...
  
  
• September 26 - Daniel McCutchen
  Daniel McCutchen
  Daniel Thomas McCutchen is a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is of no relation to fellow Pirates player Andrew McCutchen.-Early life:...
  
  
• September 28 -Héctor Giménez
  Héctor Giménez
  Héctor Eliner Giménez [Ec-tor he-MEH-nes] is a catcher in Major League Baseball. Giménez is a switch hitter and throws right-handed.-Houston Astros:...
  
  
• September 28 - Micah Owings
  Micah Owings
  Micah Burton Owings is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher currently pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks....
  
  
• September 30 - Seth Smith
  Seth Smith
  Garry Seth Smith is a Major League Baseball corner outfielder for the Colorado Rockies.-Amateur career:...
  
  

October

• October   3 - Brett Carroll
  Brett Carroll
  Brett Michael Carroll is an American professional baseball outfielder. After attending Middle Tennessee State University, he was selected in the 10th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft and signed on June 21, 2004.-Career:On June 8, 2009, Carroll hit his first career home run against...
  
  
• October   3 - Matt Young
  Matt Young (outfielder)
  Matthew E. Young is a Major League Baseball outfielder-Career:Prior to playing professionally, Young attended Plano East Senior High School and the University of New Mexico. In 2002, as a freshman at the University of New Mexico, he hit .385 with 17 stolen bases in 55 games, and was named the...
  
  
• October   4 - Tony Gwynn
  Tony Gwynn, Jr.
  Anthony Keith "Tony" Gwynn, Jr. is a Major League Baseball player, who is currently with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is the son of baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn.-Amateur career:...
  
  
• October   4 - Ryan Sadowski
  Ryan Sadowski
  Ryan Keith Sadowski is an American baseball pitcher for the Lotte Giants in the Korea Baseball Organization. Sadowski attended the University of Florida, where he pitched for the school's baseball team...
  
  
• October   4 - Jered Weaver
  Jered Weaver
  Jered David Weaver , is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
  
  
• October   5 - Mike Hinckley
• October   8 - Antoan Richardson
  Antoan Richardson
  Antoan Edward Richardson is a Major League Baseball outfielder and is currently a free agent.-Professional career:Richardson was drafted in the 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005 Major League Baseball Drafts. The San Francisco Giants signed him after they took him in the 2005 Draft, and he played in the...
  
  
• October   9 - Jason Jaramillo
  Jason Jaramillo
  Jason Cory Jaramillo is a catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He played collegiately at Oklahoma State University. Jaramillo was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the second round of the 2004 MLB Draft. He was also ranked one of the top ten prospects in the Phillies system for...
  
  
• October 11 - Jeff Larish
  Jeff Larish
  Jeffrey David Larish is a first baseman, third baseman, left fielder, and Designated Hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies organization....
  
  
• October 12 - Casey McGehee
  Casey McGehee
  Casey Michael McGehee is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers.-Early life:McGehee graduated from Soquel High School in Soquel, California and attended Fresno State University....
  
  
• October 12 - Paul Janish
  Paul Janish
  Paul Ryan Janish is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds.-High school and college:...
  
  
• October 14 - Jerry Gil
  Jerry Gil
  Jerry Bienvenido Gil Manzanillo is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Gil made his MLB debut in with the Arizona Diamondbacks....
  
  
• October 14 - Carlos Mármol
  Carlos Marmol
  Carlos Agustín Mármol is a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.-Minor league career:Mármol started his career as a catcher/outfielder...
  
  
• October 17 - Abe Alvarez
  Abe Alvarez
  Abraham Alvarez, , is an American former professional baseball pitcher with the Palfinger Reggio Emilia of Italy's Serie A1. He bats and throws left-handed.-College career:...
  
  
• October 18 - Ross Wolf
  Ross Wolf
  Ross Garrett Wolf is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He bats and throws left-handed. He is also not a boss...
  
  
• October 19 - J. A. Happ
  J. A. Happ
  James Anthony "J. A." Happ is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Houston Astros. He is a six-foot-six left-hander. Though his name is James Anthony and his initials are "J...
  
  
• October 24 - Macay McBride
  Macay McBride
  Joseph Macay McBride is a former Major League baseball relief pitcher.- High school :McBride attended Screven County High School in Sylvania, Georgia, and made his mark as a power pitcher with a fastball in the low 90s...
  
  
• October 22 - Robinson Canó
  Robinson Canó
  Robinson José Canó Mercedes is a Dominican baseball player who currently plays as a second baseman for the New York Yankees.-Family and early life:...
  
  
• October 28 - Jeremy Bonderman
  Jeremy Bonderman
  Jeremy Allen Bonderman is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who currently is a free agent. Bonderman is six feet and two inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. He bats and throws right-handed...
  
  
• October 28 - Anthony Lerew
  Anthony Lerew
  Anthony Allen Lerew is a Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks organization.-Career:Lerew, a graduate of Northern York High School in Dillsburg, Pa., was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 11th round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft. After four seasons in the...
  
  
• October 29 - Will Venable
  Will Venable
  William Dion Venable is a Major League baseball right fielder for the San Diego Padres. In the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, he was selected by the Padres in the seventh round. Venable made his Major League debut on August 29, , against the Colorado Rockies...
  
  
• October 30 - Anderson Hernández
  Anderson Hernández
  Anderson Hernández is a middle infielder in Anderson Hernández is a middle [[infielder]] in Anderson Hernández is a middle [[infielder]] in [[Major League Baseball]...
  
  
• October 30 - Jonathan Albaladejo
  Jonathan Albaladejo
  Jonathan Albaladejo Santana is a professional baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball. Prior to signing with Yomiuri, Albaladego pitched for the Washington Nationals and New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.-Career:Albaladejo hired his...
  
  
• October 30 - Manny Parra
  Manny Parra
  Manuel Alex "Manny" Parra is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.-Early life:...
  
  
• October 31 - Alex Hinshaw
  Alex Hinshaw
  Alexander Omar Hinshaw is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball...
  
  

November

• November   2 - Yunel Escobar
  Yunel Escobar
  Yunel Almenares Escobar is a professional baseball shortstop with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.-Early life:Escobar was born in Havana, Cuba...
  
  
• November   4 - Travis Blackley
  Travis Blackley
  Travis Jarrod Blackley is a former starting pitcher for the Kia Tigers of the Korean Baseball Organization. He bats and throws left-handed.-Seattle Mariners:...
  
  
• November   4 - Chris Resop
  Chris Resop
  Christopher Paul Resop is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates.-Florida Marlins:Resop was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 4th round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft....
  
  
• November   5 - Bryan LaHair
  Bryan LaHair
  Bryan Allan LaHair is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Chicago Cubs. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed.-Before the majors:...
  
  
• November   7 - Brian Horwitz
  Brian Horwitz
  Brian Jeffery Horwitz, nicknamed "The Rabbi," is an American baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He has won two minor league batting titles, and made his major league debut in 2008....
  
  
• November 14 - Fu-Te Ni
  Fu-Te Ni
  Fu-Te Ni is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization. Before joining the Tigers, Ni was a professional baseball player from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• November 15 - Jerad Head
  Jerad Head
  Jerad Lee Head is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.-Career:...
  
  
• November 16 - Tim Wood
  Tim Wood (baseball)
  Timothy Dayle Wood is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• November 17 - Ty Taubenheim
  Ty Taubenheim
  Ty Andrew Taubenheim is a pitcher in Major League Baseball in the Texas Rangers organization. He is 6'6", ., and throws and bats right-handed...
  
  
• November 18 - Brent Leach
  Brent Leach
  Brent Leach is an American pitcher for the Yokohama BayStars. He previously pitched in 2009 in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers....
  
  
• November 19 - Jonathan Sánchez
  Jonathan Sanchez
  Jonathan O. Sánchez is a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals....
  
  
• November 29 - Tony Giarratano
  Tony Giarratano
  Anthony James Giarratano is a former Major League Baseball shortstop.Giarratano attended Tulane University. In 2½ seasons at Tulane, Giarratano recorded a .319 batting average and drove in 111 runs...
  
  

December

• December   2 - Wyatt Toregas
  Wyatt Toregas
  Wyatt Reeder Toregas is an American professional baseball catcher who is currently in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He attended South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia where he excelled in wrestling and golf, as well as baseball...
  
  
• December   3 - Manuel Corpas
  Manuel Corpas
  Manuel "Manny" Corpas is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently in the Texas Rangers organization.-Colorado Rockies:...
  
  
• December   8 - Alfredo Aceves
  Alfredo Aceves
  Alfredo Aceves Martínez is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He uses a fastball, which can reach the mid 90s, a curveball, a changeup, and a cut fastball. He is known for his control and his ability to throw any pitch in any count...
  
  
• December 12 - Ervin Santana
  Ervin Santana
  Ervin Ramon Santana is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Name:...
  
  
• December 13 - Ricky Nolasco
  Ricky Nolasco
  Carlos Enrique "Ricky" Nolasco is an American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Miami Marlins. He is listed as 6'2" and 220, and made his major league debut on April 5,...
  
  
• December 14 - Josh Fields
• December 16 - Chris Britton
• December 16 - Iván Ochoa
  Ivan Ochoa
  Iván G. Ochoa is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop. He bats and throws right-handed. Ochoa is from Guacara, Venezuela.-Cleveland Indians:Ochoa was signed as a free agent by the Cleveland Indians on May 3,...
  
  
• December 17 - Josh Barfield
  Josh Barfield
  Joshua LaRoy Barfield is a second baseman who is currently in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He is the son of former major league outfielder Jesse Barfield. Barfield was born in Venezuela during his mother's two-week winterball visit with his father...
  
  
• December 17 - Juan Mateo
  Juan Mateo
  Juan Manuel Mateo is a professional baseball pitcher. A right-handed starting pitcher, he played part of the 2006 season in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Cubs...
  
  
• December 19 - Jeff Baisley
  Jeff Baisley
  Jeffrey Scot Baisley is a professional baseball third baseman who played in the Major Leagues with the Oakland Athletics in 2008.-Professional career:...
  
  
• December 20 - David Wright
  David Wright (baseball player)
  David Wright is an American baseball player, who plays third base for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.He was drafted by the Mets in 2001, and made his Major League debut in 2004. Wright is a five-time All-Star, and won the Gold Glove Award and the Silver Slugger Award in 2007 and 2008...
  
  
• December 21 - Philip Humber
  Philip Humber
  Philip Gregory Humber is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.-Early life:Humber attended Carthage High School in Carthage, Texas...
  
  
• December 23 - Brad Nelson
  Brad Nelson
  Bradley John Nelson is a Minor League Baseball player who is currently in the Texas Rangers organization. He has played primarily first base and outfield. When he is not playing defensively he also serves as a designated hitter.-High school:Nelson played high school baseball at Bishop Garrigan...
  
  
• December 25 - Rubén Gotay
  Rubén Gotay
  -Kansas City Royals:Gotay made his major league debut with the Kansas City Royals on August 4, , when they played the Chicago White Sox. He went 1-for-3 and got his first major league hit off José Contreras. Gotay played in 44 games for the Royals in 2004. He hit .270 with one home run and 16 RBI....
  
  
• December 27 - Michael Bourn
  Michael Bourn
  Michael Ray Bourn is a professional baseball outfielder with the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. He serves as the Atlanta Braves leadoff hitter. He has also been a member of the United States national baseball team....
  
  
• December 27 - Chris Gimenez
  Chris Gimenez
  Christopher Paul Gimenez , is an American Major League Baseball catcher and outfielder for the Seattle Mariners.-Career:Gimenez went to Gilroy High School, in Gilroy, California, and was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 34th round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not...
  
  
• December 29 - Kevin Hart
  Kevin Hart (baseball)
  Kevin Richard Hart is a professional baseball pitcher who is currently playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates.-Career:...
  
  
• December 30 - James Hoey
  Jim Hoey
  James Urban "Jim" Hoey grew up in Mount Laurel, New Jersey and is a relief pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He is known mainly for his fastball, which he throws consistently between 95 and 98 mph; he did strike a batter out on a 100 mph fastball while playing for the Bowie...
  
  
• December 31 - Ronald Belisario
  Ronald Belisario
  Ronald J. Belisario is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• December 31 - Julio DePaula
  Julio DePaula
  Julio Cesar DePaula is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He is currently a free agent.He appeared in 16 games for the Minnesota Twins in the season, pitching 20 innings total...
  
  

Deaths

• January 6 – Wally Post
  Wally Post
  Walter Charles Post was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1949 through 1964, Post played for the Cincinnati Reds & Redlegs , Philadelphia Phillies , Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians...
  
  , 52, right fielder, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds, known for his home run power
• January 18 – Johnny Tobin
  Johnny Tobin
  John Patrick Tobin, known as Johnny or Jackie , was a professional baseball player. He played one season in Major League Baseball for the 1945 Boston Red Sox, primarily as a third baseman....
  
  , 71, third baseman for the 1945 Boston Red Sox
• January 15 – Red Smith
  Red Smith (sportswriter)
  For other uses, see: Red Smith Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith was an American sportswriter who rose to become one of America's most widely read sports columnists.-Career:After graduating from Green Bay East High School, site of Packers home games until 1957, Smith moved on to...
  
  , 76, sportswriter who won a Pulitzer Prize and was described by Ernest Hemingway
  Ernest Hemingway
  Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
  
   as "the most important force in American sportswriting"
• January 18 – Bob Addie
  Bob Addie
  Robert Addie was an American sportswriter who covered baseball for The Washington Post and Washington Times-Herald. Addie was known for his clean style, hilarious anecdotes, unabashed sentiment, red socks and dark glasses. He never missed a day on the Washington Senators' beat for 20 years until...
  
  , 71, sportswriter for Washington, D.C. newspapers for nearly 40 years who covered both Senators franchises
• January 24 – Ben Shields
  Ben Shields
  Benjamin Cowan Shields [Lefty or Big Ben] was a middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 6'5.5", 195 lb., Shields batted right-handed and threw left-handed...
  
  , 78, pitcher who played from 1924 to 1931 for the Yankees, Red Sox and Phillies
• February 12 – Dale Alderson
  Dale Alderson
  Dale Leonard Alderson was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Chicago Cubs. Listed at 5' 10", 190 lb., Alderson batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 63, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs in the mid-1940s
• February 17 – Nestor Chylak
  Nestor Chylak
  Nestor George Chylak, Jr. was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1954 to 1978.He was born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania of Ukrainian descent, and attended the University of Scranton, where he studied engineering...
  
  , 59, American League umpire from 1954 to 1978 who worked in five World Series and six All-Star games
• May 9 – John Smith
  John Marshall Smith
  John Marshall Smith was an utility player in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6'1", 180 lb., Smith was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He was born in Washington, D.C.Smith appeared in four career games with Boston basically...
  
  , first baseman for the 1931 Boston Red Sox
• May 11 – Dave Malarcher
  Dave Malarcher
  David Julius Malarcher was a baseball player in the Negro Leagues. He would play pitcher, infielder, and outfielder and played from 1916 to 1934.-References:*...
  
  , 87, infielder and manager in the Negro Leagues who led the Chicago American Giants to World Series titles in 1926–27 and the Indianapolis ABC's to a 1933 pennant
• May 17 – Dixie Walker
  Dixie Walker
  Fred E. "Dixie" Walker was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  , 71, five-time All-Star outfielder who batted .306 lifetime and gained his greatest popularity with the Dodgers; NL batting champion in 1944
• June 7 – Lou DiMuro
  Lou DiMuro
  Louis John DiMuro was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1963 until his death.-Career:...
  
  , 51, AL umpire since 1963 who worked two World Series, three ALCS and four All-Star Games
• June 8 – Satchel Paige
  Satchel Paige
  Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige was an American baseball player whose pitching in the Negro leagues and in Major League Baseball made him a legend in his own lifetime...
  
  , 75, Hall of Fame pitcher in the Negro Leagues, mainly with the Kansas City Monarchs, who was black baseball's biggest star for much of his career; won 28 major league games after debuting at age 42; in 1971 became the second Negro Leaguer elected to Hall of Fame, behind Jackie Robinson who was elected in 1962
• June 27 – Eddie Morgan
  Eddie Morgan
  Edwin Willis Morgan [Pepper] was a backup right fielder/first baseman who played in Major League Baseball between and . Listed at 5' 10", ., Morgan batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Brady Lake, Ohio....
  
  , 77, outfielder/first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers, who hit a pinch-hit home run in his first major league at-bat
• July 6 – Indian Bob Johnson, 76, 8-time All-Star left fielder with the Philadelphia Athletics who had eight 100-RBI seasons and scored 100 runs six times
• July 14 – Jackie Jensen
  Jackie Jensen
  Jack Eugene Jensen was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three American League teams from 1950 to 1961, most notably the Boston Red Sox...
  
  , 55, All-Star right fielder who starred for the Boston Red Sox, winning the AL's 1958 MVP award and leading the league in RBI three times, but retired at 32 due to an intense fear of flying
• July 20 - Grover Froese
  Grover Froese
  Grover Alexander "Moose" Froese was a professional baseball umpire.Froese umpired in the American League in and . He also umpired in the Eastern League, International League, and the American Association.-References:...
  
  , 66, American League umpire
• July 22 – Lloyd Waner
  Lloyd Waner
  Lloyd James Waner , nicknamed "Little Poison", was a Major League Baseball center fielder. His small stature at 5'9" and 132 lb made him one of the smallest players of his era. Along with his brother, Paul Waner, he anchored the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield throughout the 1920s and 1930s...
  
  , 76, Hall of Fame center fielder who played in the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield next to his brother Paul
  Paul Waner
  Paul Glee Waner , nicknamed "Big Poison", was a German-American Major League Baseball right fielder.-Pittsburgh Pirates:...
  
  ; a career .316 hitter who led the NL in hits, runs and triples once each, his 1967 Hall election made them the first brothers to be inducted
• August 8 – Al Gould
  Al Gould
  Albert Frank "Al" Gould , also known as "Pudgy", was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched two seasons for the Cleveland Indians of the American League...
  
  , 89, pitcher for two seasons with 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...
  
  , 1916–17.
• August 20 – Hank Johnson
  Hank Johnson (baseball)
  Henry Ward Johnson was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between the 1925 and 1939 seasons. Listed at 5 ft 11 in, 175 lb, Johnson batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 76, pitcher for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics and Cincinnati Reds, who had several victorious seasons as a Yankee in the 1930s
• August 22 – Ebba St. Claire
  Ebba St. Claire
  Edward Joseph "Ebba" St. Claire was an American catcher in Major League Baseball player and the father of Randy St. Claire. He stood 6'1" tall and weighed 219 pounds. He was a switch hitter and threw right-handed...
  
  , 61, catcher for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves and NY Giants from 1961 to 1964
• September 5 – Tom Hurd
  Tom Hurd
  Thomas Carr Hurd [Whitey] was a middle-relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1954 through 1956 for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 9", 155 lb., Hurd batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 58, pitched from 1954 through 1956 for the Boston Red Sox
• September 7 – Ken Boyer
  Ken Boyer
  Kenton Lloyd Boyer was an American Major League Baseball third baseman and manager. During a 15-year baseball career, he played for 1955-1969 for four different teams, playing primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals...
  
  , 51, 7-time All-Star third baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals who won the NL's 1964 MVP award and five Gold Gloves; batted .300 five times and had eight 90-RBI seasons
• September 29 – Monty Stratton
  Monty Stratton
  Monty Franklin Pierce Stratton , nicknamed "Gander", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born in Wagner, Texas, USA, but lived in Greenville, Texas for a part of his life....
  
  , 70, All-Star pitcher for the Chicago White Sox who attempted to make a baseball comeback after a hunting accident cost him a leg, inspiring an Oscar-winning movie
• October 26 – Bud Podbielan
  Bud Podbielan
  Clarence Anthony Podbielan was an American professional baseball player, a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers , Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians...
  
  , 58, pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians between 1949 and1959
• November 3 – Ray Fisher
  Ray Fisher
  Ray Lyle Fisher was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on July 2, 1910. His final game took place on October 2, 1920...
  
  , 95, pitcher for the Yankees and Reds who started Game 3 of the 1919 World Series; coached at Michigan for 38 years, winning the 1953 College World Series
• November 6 – Al Baker
  Al Baker (baseball)
  Albert Jones Baker was a pitcher who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb., Baker batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 76, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in the 1930s