Major League Baseball

• World Series
  1986 World Series
  The 1986 World Series pitted the New York Mets against the Boston Red Sox. It was cited in the legend of the "Curse of the Bambino" to explain the error by Bill Buckner in Game 6 that allowed the Mets to extend the series to a seventh game...
  
  : 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...
  
   over 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"...
  
   (4-3); Ray Knight
  Ray Knight
  Charles Ray Knight is a former right-handed Major League Baseball third baseman best remembered for his time with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets...
  
  , MVP

• American League Championship Series
  1986 American League Championship Series
  The 1986 American League Championship Series was a back-and-forth battle between the Boston Red Sox and the California Angels for the right to advance to the 1986 World Series to face the winner of the 1986 National League Championship Series...
  
   MVP: Marty Barrett
• National League Championship Series
  1986 National League Championship Series
  -Game 1:Wednesday, October 8, 1986 at Astrodome in Houston, TexasGame 1 featured a pitching duel between eventual NLCS Most Valuable Player Mike Scott and Dwight Gooden. Scott allowed just five hits and walked one while striking out 14 in a complete-game effort as the host Astros prevailed 1–0...
  
   MVP: Mike Scott
  Mike Scott (baseball)
  Michael Warren "Mike" Scott is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in...
  
  
• 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 15 at the Astrodome
  Reliant Astrodome
  Reliant Astrodome, also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, is the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, located in Houston, Texas, USA. The stadium is part of the Reliant Park complex...
  
  : American League, 3-2; Roger Clemens
  Roger Clemens
  William Roger Clemens , nicknamed "Rocket", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the league with the Boston Red Sox, whose pitching staff he would help anchor for 12 years. Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, more than any other pitcher. He played for four different teams over...
  
  , MVP

Other champions

• Amateur World Series
  1986 Amateur World Series
  The 1986 Amateur World Series took place in the Netherlands from July 19 to August 2. Cuba defeated Korea in the final to win the tournament.- Final standings :-External links:*...
  
  : Cuba
• 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...
  
  : Águilas de Mexicali
  Águilas de Mexicali
  The Águilas de Mexicali is a Mexican Pro baseball team playing for the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico based in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico...
  
   (Mexico)
• 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,...
  
  : Arizona
  University of Arizona
  The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
  
  
• Cuban National Series
  1985-86 Cuban National Series
  The 25th Cuban National Series was the first to feature four-team-playoffs with the first- and second-place teams from each of the new Western and Eastern zones.Four teams qualified for the playoffs: Industriales, Vegueros, Santiago de Cuba and Villa Clara...
  
  : Industriales
  Industriales
  Industriales is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. One of the two teams based in the city of Havana, Industriales is historically the most successful team in the National Series, the main domestic competition in post-revolutionary Cuban baseball...
  
  
• 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 Hiroshima Toyo Carp (4-3-1)
• 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...
  
  : Tainan Park, Taiwan
  Taiwan
  Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
  
  

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...
  
  
  • Roger Clemens
    Roger Clemens
    William Roger Clemens , nicknamed "Rocket", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the league with the Boston Red Sox, whose pitching staff he would help anchor for 12 years. Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, more than any other pitcher. He played for four different teams over...
    
    , 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"...
    
     (AL)
  • Mike Schmidt
    Mike Schmidt
    Michael Jack Schmidt is a Hall of Fame third baseman popularly considered among the greatest third basemen in the history of Major League Baseball. He played his entire career for the Philadelphia Phillies....
    
    , 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)
• 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...
  
  
  • Roger Clemens
    Roger Clemens
    William Roger Clemens , nicknamed "Rocket", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the league with the Boston Red Sox, whose pitching staff he would help anchor for 12 years. Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, more than any other pitcher. He played for four different teams over...
    
    , 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"...
    
     (AL)
  • Mike Scott
    Mike Scott (baseball)
    Michael Warren "Mike" Scott is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in...
    
    , Houston Astros
    Houston Astros
    The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
    
     (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...
  
  
  • José Canseco
    José Canseco
    José Canseco Capas, Jr. is a Cuban-American professional baseball manager, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Yuma Scorpions of the North American League and former Major League Baseball player. He is the identical twin brother of former major league player and current teammate Ozzie Canseco...
    
    , 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....
    
     (AL)
  • Todd Worrell
    Todd Worrell
    Todd Roland Worrell is a retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers from to ....
    
    , 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...
    
     (NL)
• Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award
  • Dave Righetti
    Dave Righetti
    David Allan Righetti is a former left-handed pitcher for various Major League Baseball teams, primarily the New York Yankees. He is currently the pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants and was the first player in history to both pitch a no-hitter and also lead the league in saves in his career...
    
    , 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...
    
     (AL)
  • Todd Worrell
    Todd Worrell
    Todd Roland Worrell is a retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers from to ....
    
    , 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...
    
     (NL)
• Manager of the Year Award
  Manager of the Year Award
  In Major League Baseball, the Manager of the Year Award is an honor given annually since 1983 to the best managers in the American League and the National League . The winner is voted on by 28 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America . Each places a vote for first, second, and third...
  
  
  • John McNamara
    John McNamara (baseball)
    John Francis McNamara is a former manager and coach in Major League Baseball. He managed six major league teams, directing the 1986 Boston Red Sox to the American League pennant, only to experience an excruciating defeat in that season's World Series at the hands of the New York Mets.-Playing,...
    
    , 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"...
    
     (AL)
  • Hal Lanier
    Hal Lanier
    Harold Clifton Lanier is a former infielder, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. From through , Lanier played for the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees...
    
    , Houston Astros
    Houston Astros
    The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
    
     (NL)

MLB statistical leaders

Major league baseball final standings

January-April

• January 8 - Willie McCovey
  Willie McCovey
  Willie Lee McCovey , nicknamed "Mac", "Big Mac", and "Stretch", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played nineteen seasons for the San Francisco Giants, and three more for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics, between and...
  
   is the only player 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...
  
  , and becomes the 16th player elected in his first year of eligibility. Billy Williams falls four votes shy of the 319 needed for election.

• February 28 - Baseball Commissioner
  Baseball Commissioner
  The Commissioner of Baseball is the chief executive of Major League Baseball and its associated minor leagues. Under the direction of the Commissioner, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball hires and maintains the sport's umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, and television contracts...
  
   Peter Ueberroth
  Peter Ueberroth
  Peter Victor Ueberroth is an American executive. He served as the sixth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1989. He was recently the chairman of the United States Olympic Committee; he was replaced by Larry Probst in October 2008....
  
   suspended 11 players who had testified to 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...
  
   involvement in the Pittsburgh drug trials
  Pittsburgh drug trials
  The Pittsburgh drug trials of 1985 were the catalyst for a baseball-related cocaine scandal which resulted in the harshest Major League Baseball penalties since the Black Sox scandal of 1919...
  
   of 1985.

• March 10 - Ernie Lombardi
  Ernie Lombardi
  Ernesto Natali "Ernie" Lombardi , was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Robins, the Cincinnati Reds, the Boston Braves and the New York Giants during a Hall of Fame career that spanned 17 years, from 1931 to 1947. He had several nicknames, including "Schnozz", "Lumbago", "Bocci",...
  
  , the National League MVP in 1938, and Bobby Doerr
  Bobby Doerr
  Robert Pershing Doerr is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and coach. He played his entire 14-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox . He led American League second basemen in double plays five times, tying a league record, in putouts and fielding percentage four times each, and...
  
  , a nine-time American League All-Star, are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.

• April 8 - Former New York Yankee
  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...
  
   player Lou Piniella
  Lou Piniella
  Louis Victor Piniella is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He has been nicknamed "Sweet Lou," both for his swing as a major league hitter and, facetiously, to describe his demeanor as a player and manager...
  
   makes his managerial debut and guides the Yankees to a 4-2 victory over 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...
  
   (for whom Piniella played from -) at Yankee Stadium.

• April 29 - 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"...
  
   pitcher Roger Clemens
  Roger Clemens
  William Roger Clemens , nicknamed "Rocket", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the league with the Boston Red Sox, whose pitching staff he would help anchor for 12 years. Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, more than any other pitcher. He played for four different teams over...
  
   strikes out 20 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...
  
   and becomes the first pitcher in major league history to strike out 20 players in a nine-inning game in a 3-1 Red Sox victory.

May-August

• June 4 - Pitching at Fulton County Stadium, 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....
  
  ' pitcher Craig McMurtry
  Craig McMurtry
  Joe Craig McMurtry was a Pitcher for the Atlanta Braves , Texas Rangers and Houston Astros . He is currently Baseball coach at Temple College....
  
   gives up Barry Bonds
  Barry Bonds
  Barry Lamar Bonds is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. Bonds played from 1986 to 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds...
  
  ' first career home run.

• June 18 - Don Sutton of 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...
  
   records his 300th career win.

• June 21 - In a move that shocks many, reigning Heisman Trophy
  Heisman Trophy
  The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
  
   winner Vincent "Bo" Jackson
  Bo Jackson
  Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson is a former American baseball and football player. He was the first athlete to be named an All-Star in two major American sports, and also won the Heisman Trophy in 1985....
  
   announces that he will forego dealing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...
  
   who had made him the first overall selection of the National Football League Draft, and signs a contract to play baseball for 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...
  
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• July 6 - First baseman Bob Horner of 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....
  
   becomes the eleventh player in history to hit four home runs
  MLB hitters with four home runs in one game
  Writers of Sporting News described hitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball game as "baseball's greatest single-game accomplishment". Fifteen players have accomplished the feat to date. No player has done this more than once in his career and no player has ever hit more than four...
  
   in one game. Horner is, however, the second player
  Ed Delahanty
  Edward James Delahanty , nicknamed "Big Ed", was a Major League Baseball player from 1888 to 1903 for the Philadelphia Quakers, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Infants and Washington Senators, and was known as one of the early great power hitters in the game.He was elected to the Baseball Hall of...
  
   to do so in a losing effort as his Braves fall to the Montréal 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...
  
  , 11-8, at Fulton County Stadium.

• July 15 - At the Houston Astrodome
  Reliant Astrodome
  Reliant Astrodome, also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, is the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, located in Houston, Texas, USA. The stadium is part of the Reliant Park complex...
  
  , the American League
  American League
  The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
  
   wins the 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...
  
   3–2, for its second triumph in the last 15 years. AL starter Roger Clemens
  Roger Clemens
  William Roger Clemens , nicknamed "Rocket", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the league with the Boston Red Sox, whose pitching staff he would help anchor for 12 years. Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, more than any other pitcher. He played for four different teams over...
  
   pitches three perfect innings to win the Game's MVP Award.

• July 22 - 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...
  
   third baseman
  Third baseman
  A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run...
  
   Ray Knight
  Ray Knight
  Charles Ray Knight is a former right-handed Major League Baseball third baseman best remembered for his time with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets...
  
   incited a bench clearing brawl at Riverfront Stadium against his former teammates, 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....
  
  . Eric Davis pinch-running for Reds player/manager 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....
  
   in the tenth inning stole second and third base. Knight took the throw from Mets catcher
  Catcher
  Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...
  
   Gary Carter
  Gary Carter
  Gary Edmund Carter , nicknamed "Kid" and "Kid Carter", is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. During a 19-year baseball career, mostly with the Montreal Expos and the New York Mets, Carter established himself as one of the premier catchers in the National League, winning three Gold...
  
   late, brought his glove to Davis' face and knocked his helmet off. A stare off ensued, followed by a right cross from Knight. The benches emptied and as a result of all the ejections from this fight, Mets manager brought back-up catcher Ed Hearn into the game, and moved Carter from behind the plate to third. Roger McDowell
  Roger McDowell
  Roger Alan McDowell is the pitching coach of the Atlanta Braves and was a right-handed relief pitcher for twelve seasons in Major League Baseball from 1985 to 1996. He played for the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League and the Texas Rangers and...
  
   replaced Jesse Orosco
  Jesse Orosco
  Jesse Russell Orosco is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who holds the major league record for career pitching appearances. He pitched most notably for the New York Mets in the 1980s. He won a World Series in 1986 with the Mets and in 1988 with the Dodgers. He threw left-handed,...
  
   on the mound, and Orosco went into right field. They traded positions with two outs in the eleventh, and McDowell traded positions with left fielder
  Left fielder
  In baseball, a left fielder is an outfielder who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound...
  
   Mookie Wilson
  Mookie Wilson
  William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson is an American former Major League Baseball center fielder and current coach for the New York Mets. He played 12 years in baseball for the New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays . He was a switch hitter primarily known for his impressive speed and positive attitude...
  
   with one out in the 12th. This rotation continued for the remainder of the game, which the Mets won in fourteen innings.

• July 29 - Sparky Anderson
  Sparky Anderson
  George Lee "Sparky" Anderson was an American Major League Baseball manager. He managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds to the 1975 and 1976 championships, then added a third title in 1984 with the Detroit Tigers of the American League. He was the first manager to win the World Series in both...
  
   of the Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
   becomes the first in baseball to achieve 600 career wins as a manager in both the American and National League.

• August 1 - Bert Blyleven
  Bert Blyleven
  Bert Blyleven is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to , and was best known for his curveball. Blyleven was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011...
  
   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...
  
   records his 3000th career strikeout.

• August 10 - Billy Martin
  Billy Martin
  Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin, Jr. was an American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. He is best known as the manager of the New York Yankees, a position he held five different times...
  
   has his number 1 retired by 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...
  
  .

• August 11 - Cincinnati player-manager 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....
  
  , 45, singled four times and doubled to set an NL record with the 10th five-hit game of his career. Rose drove in three runs in a 13-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants, to move one ahead of Max Carey
  Max Carey
  Max George Carey was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who starred for the Pittsburgh Pirates and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1961...
  
   for the record.

• August 12 - Don Baylor
  Don Baylor
  Donald Edward Baylor is a Major League Baseball coach currently the hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks, and a former player and manager. During his 19-year playing career, he was a power hitter who played as a first baseman, outfielder, and designated hitter...
  
   of the Boston Red Sox set an AL record when he was hit by a pitch for the 25th time that season, breaking the record he shared with Bill Freehan
  Bill Freehan
  William Ashley Freehan is a former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers...
  
   (1968) and Norm Elberfield (1911). Kansas City
  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...
  
  's Bud Black
  Bud Black
  Harry Ralston "Bud" Black is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher and current manager of the San Diego Padres.-College:Black played two years at Lower Columbia College in Longview...
  
   was the pitcher as the Royals completed a doubleheader sweep with a 6-5 victory.

• August 14 - 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....
  
   enjoys a 3-for-4 day, the last hit being the 4,256th and final hit of his career.

• August 17 - 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....
  
   inserts himself in as a pinch hitter, and takes a called third strike from 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...
  
   pitcher Goose Gossage
  Goose Gossage
  Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. During a 22-year baseball career, he pitched from 1972-1994 for nine different teams, spending his best years with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. The nickname "Goose" is a play on his surname...
  
   to end a 9-5 loss for 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....
  
  . It is Rose's final plate appearance (15,890), at-bat (14,503), and game (3,562), all of which are Major League career records.

• August 20 - Two no-hit
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
   bids are broken up in the ninth. Against 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....
  
   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...
  
  , 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...
  
   pitcher Don Carman
  Don Carman
  Donald Wayne Carman was a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher.-Career:Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1978, Carman would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Philadelphia Phillies on October 1, 1983, and appear in his final game on July 18,...
  
   has a perfect game
  Perfect game
  A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher pitches a victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposing player reaches base. Thus, the pitcher cannot allow any hits, walks, hit batsmen, or any opposing player to reach base safely for any...
  
   broken up by a Bob Brenly
  Bob Brenly
  Robert Earl Brenly is an American former professional baseball player, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. He played the majority of his career as a catcher with the San Francisco Giants and played half a season for the Toronto Blue Jays...
  
   double leading off the ninth. The Phillies win 1-0 in 10 innings on a Juan Samuel
  Juan Samuel
  Juan Milton Samuel is a retired second baseman who spent sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies , New York Mets , Los Angeles Dodgers , Kansas City Royals , Cincinnati Reds , Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays...
  
   home run; 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...
  
   relieves Carman in the bottom of the tenth and retires the Giants in order. Against 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...
  
   at Tiger Stadium hours later, 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...
  
   of the Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
   has his no-hit bid foiled with two out in the ninth by a Wally Joyner
  Wally Joyner
  Wallace Keith "Wally" Joyner is a former first baseman and hitting coach in Major League Baseball. He played for four major league teams during a 16-year career, most notably for the California Angels, for whom he was an All-Star...
  
   double, the only hit he will allow in a 3-0 victory. This is the second time this season Joyner has broken up a no-hit bid in the ninth inning; against 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...
  
   on June 16, he had foiled Charlie Hough
  Charlie Hough
  Charles Oliver Hough is a former Major League Baseball knuckleball pitcher. He is currently a senior adviser of player development for the Los Angeles Dodgers.-Playing career:...
  
  's bid for a no-hitter with one out in the ninth.

• August 27 - Darryl Strawberry
  Darryl Strawberry
  Darryl Eugene Strawberry is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder who is well-known both for his play on the field and for his controversial behavior off it...
  
   hits his 100th career home run helping 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...
  
   beat 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...
  
   6-5.

• August 29 - A game between 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...
  
   and 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...
  
   is postponed after two 200-pound oxygen cylinders explode inside the unfinished 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...
  
   tower.

September-December

• September 3 - Billy Hatcher
  Billy Hatcher (baseball player)
  William Augustus Hatcher is a former left and center fielder in Major League Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers, and former first base coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays...
  
   hit a home run in the top of the 18th inning to give the Houston Astros
  Houston Astros
  The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
  
   an 8-7 victory over 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...
  
  . The two teams began with 14 innings one day earlier, and use a major league record 53 players in the game.

• September 17 - 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...
  
   secure the National League East
  National League East
  The National League East Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. The Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies are tied for the most National League East Division titles . All of Atlanta's NL East titles came during a record stretch of 14 consecutive division titles...
  
   title with a 4-2 win over the visiting 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...
  
  , their 95th victory of the year. The team would finish the season at 108-54, the best record of any team during the 1980s
  1980s
  File:1980s decade montage.png|thumb|400px|From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifted off in 1981; American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev eased tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The Fall of the Berlin Wall in...
  
  .

• September 22 - Fernando Valenzuela
  Fernando Valenzuela
  Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea is a Mexican former left-handed pitcher, most notably with the Los Angeles Dodgers.In 1981, the 20-year-old Valenzuela took Los Angeles by storm, winning his first 8 decisions and leading the Dodgers to the World Championship...
  
   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...
  
   becomes the first Mexican pitcher to have a 20-win season in the majors, beating the Houston Astros
  Houston Astros
  The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
  
   9-2 while allowing just two hits.

• September 25 - Houston Astros pitching ace Mike Scott
  Mike Scott (baseball)
  Michael Warren "Mike" Scott is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in...
  
   hurls a 2-0 no-hitter
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
   against the 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....
  
   at the Houston Astrodome. The victory clinches 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...
  
   title for the Astros.

• September 26 - An 8-3 win for 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...
  
   in Texas
  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...
  
   gives the franchise its third American League West
  American League West
  The American League West is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division currently has four teams, but it has had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. Although its teams currently only reside along the west coast and in Texas, historically the...
  
   crown.

• September 28 - 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"...
  
   claim the American League East
  American League East
  The American League Eastern Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions . This division was created before the start of the 1969 season along with the Western Division...
  
   championship with a 12-3 drubbing of 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 ....
  
   at Fenway Park
  Fenway Park
  Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...
  
  .

• October 4 - At the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, commonly called the Metrodome, is a domed sports stadium in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Opened in 1982, it replaced Metropolitan Stadium, which was on the current site of the Mall of America in Bloomington and Memorial Stadium on the University...
  
  , Greg Gagne 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...
  
   hits two inside-the-park home run
  Inside-the-park home run
  In baseball parlance, an inside-the-park home run, "leg home run", or "quadruple", is a play where a batter hits a home run without hitting the ball out of play.-Discussion:...
  
  s in a 7-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox
  Chicago White Sox
  The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
  
  . Bert Blyleven
  Bert Blyleven
  Bert Blyleven is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to , and was best known for his curveball. Blyleven was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011...
  
   goes the distance for the victory; coincidentally, he had given up Dick Allen
  Dick Allen
  Richard Anthony Allen is a former Major League Baseball player and R&B singer. He played first and third base and outfield in Major League Baseball and ranked among his sport's top offensive producers of the 1960s and early 1970s...
  
  's two inside-the-park home runs in a July 31, game against the White Sox—the last game prior to this one in which one player hit two inside-the-park home runs.

• October 12 - In Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, 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"...
  
  , trailing 3 games to 1 to the California Angels and one out away from elimination, are rescued when Don Baylor
  Don Baylor
  Donald Edward Baylor is a Major League Baseball coach currently the hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks, and a former player and manager. During his 19-year playing career, he was a power hitter who played as a first baseman, outfielder, and designated hitter...
  
   delivers a two-run home run to trim the Angel lead from 5-2 to 5-4. Then, with Rich Gedman
  Rich Gedman
  Richard Leo Gedman is a former Major League Baseball catcher and left-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox , Houston Astros and St...
  
   running on first, and one strike away from elimination, Dave Henderson
  Dave Henderson
  David Lee Henderson , nicknamed Hendu, is an American former Major League Baseball player who played for the Seattle Mariners , Boston Red Sox , San Francisco Giants , Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
   crushes a pitch from California's Donnie Moore
  Donnie Moore
  Donnie Ray Moore was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs , St...
  
   into the center field stands for a 6-5 lead. The Red Sox win 7-6 in extra innings and extend the series to another game.

• October 15 - In the longest game in post-season history (until the 2005 National League Division Series
  2005 National League Division Series
  -Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros:-Game 1, October 4:Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MissouriIt was a matchup between Jake Peavy and eventual 2005 Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter. In the bottom of the first, Jim Edmonds's one-out solo homer put the Cardinals up 1–0...
  
  ), the Mets beat the Astros 7–6 in 16 innings to earn their first trip to the World Series since 1973. New York scores three runs in the top of the 9th to force extra innings. The Mets score three more runs in the top of the 16th, and Houston answers with two of its own before Jesse Orosco
  Jesse Orosco
  Jesse Russell Orosco is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who holds the major league record for career pitching appearances. He pitched most notably for the New York Mets in the 1980s. He won a World Series in 1986 with the Mets and in 1988 with the Dodgers. He threw left-handed,...
  
   fans Kevin Bass
  Kevin Bass
  Kevin Charles Bass is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, and Baltimore Orioles....
  
   to end the game.

• October 25 - With the Red Sox leading 5-3 in Game 6 of the World Series, and just one out away from winning their first championship since 1918
  1918 World Series
  The 1918 World Series featured the Boston Red Sox, who defeated the Chicago Cubs four games to two. The Series victory for the Red Sox was their fifth in five tries, going back to . The Red Sox scored only nine runs in the entire Series; the fewest runs by the winning team in World Series history...
  
  , the Red Sox give up hits to Gary Carter
  Gary Carter
  Gary Edmund Carter , nicknamed "Kid" and "Kid Carter", is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. During a 19-year baseball career, mostly with the Montreal Expos and the New York Mets, Carter established himself as one of the premier catchers in the National League, winning three Gold...
  
  , Kevin Mitchell
  Kevin Mitchell (baseball player)
  Kevin Darnell Mitchell is a former American Major League Baseball left fielder. He became widely known not only for his occasional brilliance on the field, but also for his unpredictable and sometimes volatile behavior off the field.-New York Mets:In Amazin, Peter Golenbock's oral history of the...
  
   and Ray Knight
  Ray Knight
  Charles Ray Knight is a former right-handed Major League Baseball third baseman best remembered for his time with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets...
  
  , and pitcher Bob Stanley
  Bob Stanley
  Robert William "Bob" Stanley is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played with the Boston Red Sox.Over his 13-year career, Stanley played only for the Red Sox from 1977-89...
  
   throws a wild pitch that allows Mitchell to score. Then Mookie Wilson
  Mookie Wilson
  William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson is an American former Major League Baseball center fielder and current coach for the New York Mets. He played 12 years in baseball for the New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays . He was a switch hitter primarily known for his impressive speed and positive attitude...
  
   hits a slow grounder that keeps bouncing, right between the legs of first baseman Bill Buckner
  Bill Buckner
  William Joseph Buckner is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. Despite winning a batting crown in , representing the Chicago Cubs at the All-Star Game the following season and accumulating over 2,700 hits in his twenty-year career, he is best remembered for a fielding error during Game 6...
  
  , allowing Knight to score to give the New York Mets an improbable 6-5 win. Boston's Calvin Schiraldi
  Calvin Schiraldi
  Calvin Drew Schiraldi is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is best remembered as the losing pitcher of Game 6 and Game 7 of the 1986 World Series.-Amateur career:...
  
   absorbs the loss.

• October 27 - At Shea Stadium
  Shea Stadium
  William A. Shea Municipal Stadium, usually shortened to Shea Stadium or just Shea , was a stadium in the New York City borough of Queens, in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. It was the home baseball park of Major League Baseball's New York Mets from 1964 to 2008...
  
  , 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...
  
   win Game Seven of the World Series
  1986 World Series
  The 1986 World Series pitted the New York Mets against the Boston Red Sox. It was cited in the legend of the "Curse of the Bambino" to explain the error by Bill Buckner in Game 6 that allowed the Mets to extend the series to a seventh game...
  
   over the Boston Red Sox
  Boston Red Sox
  The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
  
  , 8–5. Third baseman Ray Knight
  Ray Knight
  Charles Ray Knight is a former right-handed Major League Baseball third baseman best remembered for his time with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets...
  
   is named the Series MVP.

• November 12 - Roger Clemens
  Roger Clemens
  William Roger Clemens , nicknamed "Rocket", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the league with the Boston Red Sox, whose pitching staff he would help anchor for 12 years. Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, more than any other pitcher. He played for four different teams over...
  
   of 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"...
  
   wins the American League Cy Young Award unanimously, joining Denny McLain
  Denny McLain
  Dennis Dale "Denny" McLain is a former American professional baseball player, and the last major league pitcher to win 30 or more games during a season —a feat accomplished by only thirteen players in the 20th century....
  
    as the only pitchers to do so. Clemens finished with a 24-4 record with 238 strikeouts and a 2.48 ERA.

• November 19 - 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...
  
   third baseman Mike Schmidt
  Mike Schmidt
  Michael Jack Schmidt is a Hall of Fame third baseman popularly considered among the greatest third basemen in the history of Major League Baseball. He played his entire career for the Philadelphia Phillies....
  
   wins the National League MVP Award, joining Stan Musial
  Stan Musial
  Stanley Frank "Stan" Musial is a retired professional baseball player who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals . Nicknamed "Stan the Man", Musial was a record 24-time All-Star selection , and is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in baseball...
  
   and Roy Campanella
  Roy Campanella
  Roy Campanella , nicknamed "Campy", was an American baseball player, primarily at the position of catcher, in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball...
  
   as the only three-time NL award winners. Schmidt led the NL with 37 home runs and 119 RBI while hitting a .290 average.

• November 24:
  • 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...
    
     announce interim manager Tom Kelly
    Tom Kelly (baseball)
    Jay Thomas Kelly , is the former manager of the Minnesota Twins baseball team from to . Currently, he serves as a Special Assistant to the General Manager for the Twins....
    
     will be their new skipper for the 1987 season. Kelly, who replaced Ray Miller late in the season, will compile a losing record (1140-1244) but wins two World Championships during his 16-year tenure as the Twins manager.
  • 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...
    
     reliever Todd Worrell
    Todd Worrell
    Todd Roland Worrell is a retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers from to ....
    
    , who led the National League with 36 saves, receives the Rookie of the Year honors. Worrell had helped St. Louis to the 1985 World Series
    1985 World Series
    -Game 1:Saturday, October 19, 1985 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri-Game 2:Sunday, October 20, 1985 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri...
    
     as a late-season call-up but was still a rookie the next season as defined by the BBWAA.

• November 25 - José Canseco
  José Canseco
  José Canseco Capas, Jr. is a Cuban-American professional baseball manager, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Yuma Scorpions of the North American League and former Major League Baseball player. He is the identical twin brother of former major league player and current teammate Ozzie Canseco...
  
   of 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....
  
  , who hit .240 with 33 home runs and 117 RBI, wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award with 16 of 28 first place votes, with the others going to Wally Joyner
  Wally Joyner
  Wallace Keith "Wally" Joyner is a former first baseman and hitting coach in Major League Baseball. He played for four major league teams during a 16-year career, most notably for the California Angels, for whom he was an All-Star...
  
   of the California Angels (.290, 22, 100). Canseco also becomes the first Athletics player to win the award since pitcher Harry Byrd
  Harry Byrd (baseball)
  Harry Gladwin Byrd was an American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics , New York Yankees , Baltimore Orioles , Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers...
  
   in .

• December 16 - 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...
  
   pitcher
  Pitcher
  In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
  
   LaMarr Hoyt
  LaMarr Hoyt
  Dewey LaMarr Hoyt is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who won the American League Cy Young Award.-Chicago White Sox:...
  
   is sentenced to 45 days in jail following his third arrest on drug possession charges, this time on the U.S.-Mexico
  Mexico
  The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
  
   border. Baseball Commissioner
  Baseball Commissioner
  The Commissioner of Baseball is the chief executive of Major League Baseball and its associated minor leagues. Under the direction of the Commissioner, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball hires and maintains the sport's umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, and television contracts...
  
   Peter Ueberroth
  Peter Ueberroth
  Peter Victor Ueberroth is an American executive. He served as the sixth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1989. He was recently the chairman of the United States Olympic Committee; he was replaced by Larry Probst in October 2008....
  
   bars Hoyt from baseball
  Baseball
  Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
  
   on February 25, . An arbitrator cut Hoyt's suspension to sixty days in mid-June and ordered the Padres to reinstate him. The Padres, however, gave him his unconditional release the following day.

January

• January   1 - Nick Hagadone
  Nick Hagadone
  Nicholas Michael Hagadone is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• January   5 - J. P. Arencibia
  J. P. Arencibia
  Jonathan Paul Arencibia is an American professional baseball catcher with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.-College career:...
  
  
• January   8 - James Russell
  James Russell (baseball)
  James Clayton Russell is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. A selection of the Cubs in the 14th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, he pitched at both Navarro College and the University of Texas at Austin in college...
  
  
• January 16 - Reid Brignac
  Reid Brignac
  Reid Michael Brignac is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays.-Professional career:Brignac was drafted by Tampa Bay Rays in the second round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft out of St. Amant High School as a shortstop...
  
  
• January 16 - Mark Trumbo
  Mark Trumbo
  Mark Daniel Trumbo is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Career:He played high school baseball at Villa Park High School, and graduated in 2004....
  
  
• January 24 - Tyler Flowers
  Tyler Flowers
  Cole Tyler Flowers is a catcher/infielder for the Chicago White Sox.-Atlanta Braves:Flowers was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 33rd round of the 2005 MLB Draft....
  
  
• January 24 - Franklin Morales
  Franklin Morales
  Franklin Miguel Morales is an Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. A power-throwing left-hander, Morales was seen as one of the leading prospects in the Rockies farm system. He has a very good fastball, but his control is still developing...
  
  
• January 28 - Brandon Guyer
  Brandon Guyer
  Brandon Eric Guyer is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.-Baseball career:Guyer played college baseball at the University of Virginia....
  
  
• January 30 - Nick Evans
  Nick Evans (baseball)
  Nicholas Reginald Evans is an American professional baseball infielder and outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• January 30 - Jordan Pacheco
  Jordan Pacheco
  Jordan Patrick Pacheco is a right-handed Major League Baseball 3rd baseman for the Colorado Rockies....
  
  
• January 30 - Mark Rogers
  Mark Rogers (baseball)
  Mark Elliot Rogers is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He made his Major League Baseball debut in .-Career:...
  
  

February

• February   1 - Justin Sellers
  Justin Sellers
  Justin Ryan Sellers is a professional baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is the son of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Jeff Sellers.-Professional career:...
  
  
• February   3 - Lucas Duda
  Lucas Duda
  Lucas Christopher Duda is an American professional baseball player. He currently is a right fielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. Duda bats left handed and throws right handed.-Early life:...
  
  
• February   4 - Jordan Smith
  Jordan Smith (baseball)
  Jordan Smith is a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. Smith is 6'4, 220 pounds and bats and throws right handed.-Early life:...
  
  
• February   5 - Ryan Webb
• February   6 - Kanekoa Texeira
  Kanekoa Texeira
  Kanekoa Jacob Texeira is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees organization of Major League Baseball.-Amateur career:...
  
  
• February   7 - Josh Collmenter
  Josh Collmenter
  Joshua Michael Collmenter is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks.-High School:...
  
  
• February   9 - Josh Judy
  Josh Judy
  Josh Steven Judy is a relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians.-Amateur career:Judy played his high school baseball for University High School Morgantown, WV, leading them to the West Virginia State Baseball tournament for the first time in over 40 years...
  
  
• February 12 - Brandon Allen
  Brandon Allen
  Brandon Durell Allen is a Major League Baseball first baseman and left fielder for the Oakland Athletics.-Arizona Diamondbacks:...
  
  
• February 12 - Todd Frazier
  Todd Frazier
  Todd B. Frazier is an infielder/outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds. Frazier is 6'4, 220 lb, right-handed, was a shortstop in college, and was converted to outfield in 2009. His older brother Jeff Frazier is currently on the Washington Nationals 40-man roster...
  
  
• February 15 - Johnny Cueto
  Johnny Cueto
  Johnny Brent Cueto [KWAY-toe] is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds.-Minor league career:...
  
  
• February 15 - Fautino de los Santos
  Fautino De Los Santos
  Fautino De Los Santos is a 6'0", 205 lb, Dominican Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.-Chicago White Sox :...
  
  
• February 19 - Michael Schwimer
  Michael Schwimer
  Michael Fredarick Schwimer is a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies.The 6' 8" closer was drafted by the Phillies in 2008, out of the University of Virginia...
  
  
• February 20 - Julio Borbon
  Julio Borbon
  Julio Alberto Borbon is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Texas Rangers.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• February 27 - Yovani Gallardo
  Yovani Gallardo
  Yovani Gallardo is a Mexican-American right-handed starting pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. He was selected in the second round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft out of Trimble Technical High School in Fort Worth, Texas....
  
  
• February 27 - James Parr
  James Parr
  James R. Parr is a Minor League Baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. He was drafted in the fourth round, 131st overall pick, out of La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico by the Atlanta Braves in the 2004 MLB Draft.On September 4, , Parr made his major league debut for the Braves...
  
  

March

• March   3 - Eric Farris
  Eric Farris
  Eric Michael-Jay Farris is a Major League Baseball second baseman with the Milwaukee Brewers.-Personal life:Farris is the only son of Elizabeth and Darryl Farris. He has two sisters, Jeannette and Jessica....
  
  
• March   6 - Jake Arrieta
  Jake Arrieta
  Jacob Joseph Arrieta is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles.-Early life:...
  
  
• March   6 - Francisco Cervelli
  Francisco Cervelli
  Francisco Cervelli is a Major League Baseball catcher for the New York Yankees. He was an international signee by the Yankees in and played in the 2009 World Baseball Classic for the Italian team. He is Hispanic of Italian descent...
  
  
• March   6 - Ross Detwiler
  Ross Detwiler
  Ross Emery Detwiler is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals. He is a left-handed pitcher with a mid 90s fastball that has topped out at 96 miles per hour. He throws a fastball, curveball, and changeup....
  
  
• March 17 - Chris Davis
  Chris Davis (baseball)
  Christopher Lyn Davis is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles.-Professional career:...
  
  
• March 21 - Carlos Monasterios
  Carlos Monasterios
  Carlos Monasterios Hernandez is a right-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.He was originally signed as a non-drafted free agent by the New York Yankees in 2006 but was shortly traded to the Philadelphia Phillies Carlos Monasterios Hernandez (born March 21, 1986 in Miranda, Venezuela) is a...
  
  
• March 22 - Dexter Fowler
  Dexter Fowler
  William Dexter Fowler is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Colorado Rockies.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• March 28 - Brad Emaus
  Brad Emaus
  Bradley Mark Emaus is a Major League Baseball second baseman in the Colorado Rockies organization.-College career:Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 18th round of 2004 Major League Baseball draft out of East Coweta High School in Sharpsburg, Georgia, Emaus instead elected to enroll at Tulane...
  
  
• March 30 - Barry Enright
  Barry Enright
  Barry Ryan Enright is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher currently on the Arizona Diamondbacks active roster....
  
  

April

• April   4 - Louis Coleman
  Louis Coleman
  Harold Louis Coleman is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals.He was called up to the majors for the first time on April 21, 2011...
  
  
• April   5 - Steve Clevenger
  Steve Clevenger
  Steven Scott Clevenger is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Chicago Cubs. Clevenger was drafted by the Cubs in 7th round of the 2006 MLB Draft. -External links:...
  
  
• April   8 - Félix Hernández
  Félix Hernández
  Félix Abraham Hernández , nicknamed "King Félix", is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners....
  
  
• April   8 - Eddie Kunz
  Eddie Kunz
  Edward Cory Kunz is an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres.-Early life and amateur career:Kunz was born in Portland, Oregon. He attended Parkrose High School, where he played football, basketball, and baseball...
  
  
• April   8 - Carlos Santana
  Carlos Santana (baseball)
  Carlos Santana is a Dominican Republic professional baseball player, who is currently a catcher and first baseman with the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball's American League.-Professional career:...
  
  
• April   9 - Bryan Petersen
  Bryan Petersen
  Bryan E. Petersen is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Miami Marlins.-Professional career:...
  
  
• April 10 - Corey Kluber
  Corey Kluber
  Corey Scott Kluber is a right-handed American pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball.-Baseball career:Kluber attended Stetson University...
  
  
• April 11 - Russ Canzler
  Russ Canzler
  Russell Michael Canzler is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays.-Professional career:Canzler was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 30th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft out of Hazleton Area High School. He played in the Cubs organization from 2004 to 2010...
  
  
• April 11 - Charlie Furbush
  Charlie Furbush
  Charles "Charlie" R. Furbush is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. He is 6'5" tall and weighs 215 pounds.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• April 12 - Brad Brach
  Brad Brach
  Brad Brach is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres.-Professional career:Brach was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 42nd round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. He was called up to the majors for the first time on August 31, 2011.-External links:*...
  
  
• April 13 - Lorenzo Cain
  Lorenzo Cain
  Lorenzo Lamar Cain is an outfielder for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball.-Minor leagues:...
  
  
• April 14 - Cory Gearrin
  Cory Gearrin
  Cory Nathanial Gearrin is a major league baseball relief pitcher currently on the Atlanta Braves active roster....
  
  
• April 18 - Billy Butler
  Billy Butler (baseball)
  Billy Ray Butler is a Major League Baseball Designated Hitter for the Kansas City Royals. He has also played first base, left field and right field...
  
  
• April 20 - Jess Todd
  Jess Todd
  Jesse Ray Todd is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. From the University of Arkansas, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in second round of the 2007 amateur entry draft...
  
  
• April 23 - Luis Durango
  Luis Durango
  Luis A. Durango is a Panamanian professional baseball outfielder in the Atlanta Braves organization. He has also been a member of the Panama national baseball team....
  
  
• April 24 - Aaron Cunningham
  Aaron Cunningham
  Aaron Roe Ward Cunningham is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres.-Baseball career:Cunningham was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the sixth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft...
  
  
• April 28 - Dillon Gee
  Dillon Gee
  Dillon Kyle Gee is an American professional baseball player. He is a starting pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.-Early career:...
  
  
• April 28 - Daniel Moskos
  Daniel Moskos
  Daniel Ross Moskos is an American baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. A left-handed pitcher, Moskos was drafted with the 4th overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates....
  
  

May

• May   3 - Homer Bailey
  Homer Bailey
  David Dewitt "Homer" Bailey, Jr. is an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds....
  
  
• May   9 - Daniel Schlereth
  Daniel Schlereth
  Daniel Robert Schlereth is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.-Early years:Schlereth was born in Anchorage, Alaska, before moving to Highlands Ranch, Colorado. He is a graduate of Highlands Ranch High School. During his senior year, he struck out a school record 19 batters in a...
  
  
• May 10 - Al Alburquerque
  Al Alburquerque
  Alberto José Alburquerque is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. He is 6'0" tall and weighs 195 pounds. Alburquerque began his professional career in 2006 and made his Major League debut in 2011.-Minor leagues:...
  
  
• May 10 - Matt Tuiasosopo
  Matt Tuiasosopo
  Matthew P. Tuiasosopo is a Major League Baseball utility player who is a free agent. He is the brother of Marques and Zach, and the son of Manu Tuiasosopo...
  
  
• May 13 - John Ely
  John Ely (baseball)
  John Daniel Ely is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He made his Major League Baseball debut with Dodgers in April 2010.-Early years:...
  
  
• May 14 - Efren Navarro
  Efren Navarro
  Efren Navarro is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Navarro joined the Angels during September call-ups on September 1, 2011....
  
  
• May 19 - Joe Paterson
  Joe Paterson (baseball)
  Joseph Michael Paterson is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks.Paterson attended Linfield College and Oregon State University. He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 10th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft...
  
  
• May 21 - Matt Wieters
  Matt Wieters
  Matthew Richard Wieters is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Baltimore Orioles. Wieters was drafted 5th overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. Wieters played college baseball for Georgia Tech, and his agent is Scott Boras. Wieters is a tall athletic hitter, standing 6 feet...
  
  
• May 22 - Collin Cowgill
  Collin Cowgill
  Collin Brannen Cowgill is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was drafted in the fifth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft from the University of Kentucky....
  
  
• May 23 - Jordan Zimmermann
  Jordan Zimmermann
  Jordan Zimmermann is a pitcher for the Washington Nationals. He was the Nationals' best prospect going into the 2009 MLB season, according to Baseball America.-Professional career:...
  
  
• May 30 - Tony Campana
  Tony Campana
  Anthony "Tony" "Campy" Campana is a baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs. Campama grew up in Springboro, OH.Campana was drafted by the Cubs in the 13th round of the 2008 MLB Draft out of the University of Cincinnati....
  
  

June

• June   6 - Collin Balester
  Collin Balester
  Collin Thomas Balester is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball ....
  
  
• June   6 - Junichi Tazawa
  Junichi Tazawa
  is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.-Amateur career:After he finished his high school career in Yokohama, Tazawa was not drafted by any of Nippon Professional Baseball's 12 teams, and joined the company team of Nippon Oil in the corporate...
  
  
• June   8 - Ángel Salomé
  Angel Salome
  Ángel Isaac Salomé is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently in the Seattle Mariners organization.-Professional career:...
  
  
• June 13 - Jonathan Lucroy
  Jonathan Lucroy
  Jonathan Charles Lucroy is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.-High school and college:...
  
  
• June 15 - Trevor Plouffe
  Trevor Plouffe
  Trevor Patrick Plouffe is an American professional baseball outfielder. He currently plays for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball.- Minor leagues :...
  
  
• June 15 - Sean West
  Sean West
  Sean Edward West is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins organization.-High school:Sean graduated from Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport, Louisiana in 2005...
  
  
• June 18 - Steven Cishek
• June 24 - Phil Hughes
• June 26 - Michael Kohn
  Michael Kohn
  Michael Thomas Kohn is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Kohn made his major league debut on July 26, 2010 against the Boston Red Sox at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.-External links:...
  
  
• June 26 - Lou Marson
  Lou Marson
  Louis Glenn Marson is an American professional baseball catcher with the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. Marson stands and weighs . He bats and throws right-handed...
  
  
• June 30 - Mike Carp
  Mike Carp
  Christopher Michael Carp is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Seattle Mariners.-Professional career:...
  
  

July

• July   1 - Charles Blackmon
• July   2 - Brett Cecil
  Brett Cecil
  Brett Aarion Cecil is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Cecil was drafted as the 38th overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft by the Blue Jays...
  
  
• July   2 - Rene Tosoni
  Rene Tosoni
  Rene Michael Tosoni is an outfielder for the Minnesota Twins. He is six feet tall and weighs 194 lbs. He bats left-handed, yet plays his position right-handed.-Amateur career:...
  
  
• July   3 - Tommy Hunter
  Tommy Hunter (baseball)
  Raymond Thomas "Tommy" Hunter is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles....
  
  
• July   8 - Jaime García
  Jaime Garcia (baseball)
  Jaime Omar García is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals.-Early life:Jaime García was born on July 8, 1986 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico as the second of three children to civil engineer Jaime García, Sr. and Gloria Rodríguez Flores. García was raised between the border of...
  
  
• July 11 - Bryan Augenstein
  Bryan Augenstein
  Bryan Christopher Augenstein is an American professional baseball player who is currently a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball.-Professional career:...
  
  
• July 26 - Elih Villanueva
  Elih Villanueva
  Elih Christopher Villanueva is a Minor League Baseball pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization. He was selected by the Florida Marlins in the 27th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft out of Florida State University.-High school:Villanueva was a 2004 graduate of Westminster Academy in Ft...
  
  
• July 30 - Scott Diamond
  Scott Diamond
  Scott Michael Diamond is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball.-Amateur career:...
  
  

August

• August   6 - Jake McGee
• August 11 - Colby Rasmus
  Colby Rasmus
  Colby Ryan Rasmus is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.-Early years:...
  
  
• August 11 - Pablo Sandoval
  Pablo Sandoval
  Pablo E. Sandoval , nicknamed Kung Fu Panda, is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. Sandoval is a 5'11", 237 pound switch hitter. He was born left handed, but did not want to have to play outfield all of his career. He therefore...
  
  
• August 16 - Martín Maldonado
  Martín Maldonado
  Martín Benjamín Maldonado Valdés is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.-Professional career:...
  
  
• August 18 - Tony Cruz
  Tony Cruz (baseball)
  Arnoldi Anthony "Tony" Cruz is a Minor League Baseball catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals.-Career:From Okaloosa-Walton College and Middle Georgia College, Cruz was selected by the St...
  
  
• August 21 - Erik Hamren
  Erik Hamren (baseball)
  Erik Hamren is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres.-Amateur career:Hamren went to Tesoro High School as an outfielder and batted .452 his senior year. He lettered in both baseball and football...
  
  
• August 24 - Nick Adenhart
  Nick Adenhart
  Nicholas James Adenhart was an American right-handed baseball starting pitcher who played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
  
  
• August 26 - Xavier Cedeño
  Xavier Cedeño
  Xavier Cedeño is an Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• August 26 - Luis Marté
  Luis Marté
  Luis Alfredo Marté is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.Marte was called up from the minor leagues on September 1, 2011.-External links:...
  
  
• August 26 - Brett Wallace
  Brett Wallace
  Brett Alexander Wallace is an American professional baseball first baseman with the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball.-High school:...
  
  
• August 28 - Tommy Hanson
  Tommy Hanson
  Thomas J "Tommy" Hanson is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. Hanson was considered by Baseball America to be the top prospect in the Braves farm system going into the 2009 season...
  
  
• August 31 - Juan Nicasio
  Juan Nicasio
  Juan Nicasio is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies....
  
  

September

• September   1 - Brian Broderick
  Brian Broderick
  Brian Michael Broderick is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals organization.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• September   3 - Brandon Beachy
  Brandon Beachy
  Brandon Alan Beachy was born September 3, 1986, to parents Lester and Lori Beachy. He is currently a professional baseball pitcher who plays for the Atlanta Braves organization....
  
  
• September   4 - Jordan Schafer
  Jordan Schafer
  Jordan James Schafer is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Houston Astros.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• September   4 - Michael Stutes
  Michael Stutes
  Michael Christopher Stutes is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies.Stutes is a graduate of Lake Oswego High School in 2004, where he was a classmate of basketball player Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves...
  
  
• September   9 - Michael Bowden
  Michael Bowden (baseball)
  Michael Matthew Bowden is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox. In , he played for the Lancaster JetHawks and Portland Sea Dogs. He attended high school at Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, IL...
  
  
• September 11 - Kyle Blanks
  Kyle Blanks
  Kyle Nathaniel Blanks is a Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres.-Early life:Blanks grew up in Moriarty, New Mexico where he was a stand-out for the Moriarty High Pintos...
  
  
• September 11 - Andrew Cashner
  Andrew Cashner
  Andrew Burton Cashner is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.-Professional career:...
  
  
• September 12 - Steve Garrison
  Steve Garrison
  Stevenson Nathaniel Garrison is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball.Garrison attended the Hun School of Princeton in Princeton Township, New Jersey....
  
  
• September 16 - Gordon Beckham
  Gordon Beckham
  James Gordon Beckham III is a baseball infielder, who plays for the Chicago White Sox.-Personal life:...
  
  
• September 18 - Michael Kirkman
  Michael Kirkman
  Michael Scott Kirkman is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers.-Early life:Prior to playing professionally, he attended Columbia High School in Lake City, Florida...
  
  
• September 19 - Anthony Vasquez
  Anthony Vasquez
  Anthony R. Vasquez is a professional baseball player for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball.Vasquez was drafted by the Mariners in the 18th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft...
  
  
• September 22 - Chris Schwinden
  Chris Schwinden
  Christopher Schwinden is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Mets.-Professional career:Schwinden was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 43rd round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft out of Golden West High School in Visalia, California, however he did not sign and attended...
  
  
• September 23 - Chris Volstad
  Chris Volstad
  Christopher Kenneth Volstad is a right-handed pitcher for the Miami Marlins. He is 6 foot 8 inches and 225 pounds, and is a 2005 graduate of Palm Beach Gardens High School....
  
  
• September 27 - Vin Mazzaro
  Vin Mazzaro
  Vincent Michael "Vin" Mazzaro is a baseball pitcher in the Kansas City Royals organization.-Early years:...
  
  
• September 28 - Zach Stewart

October

• October   1 - Aaron Poreda
  Aaron Poreda
  Aaron Andermon Poreda is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• October   6 - Edgmer Escalona
  Edgmer Escalona
  Edgmer Eduardo Escalona is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies.He began his professional career in 2006, playing for the DSL Rockies, going 0-2 with a 7.11 ERA in 14 games...
  
  
• October   8 - Adron Chambers
  Adron Chambers
  Adron Lamar Chambers is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is 5', 10" tall and he weighs 185 pounds.-Early life:...
  
  
• October   9 - Derek Holland
  Derek Holland (baseball)
  Derek Lane Holland is a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers. He is noted for his kid-like appearance....
  
  
• October 10 - Andrew McCutchen
  Andrew McCutchen
  Andrew Stefan McCutchen is an American professional baseball outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball.-Early years:...
  
  
• October 12 - Trevor Bell
  Trevor Bell (baseball)
  Trevor Daniel Bell is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization.-Professional career:...
  
  
• October 19 - Daniel Descalso
  Daniel Descalso
  Daniel William Descalso is an American professional baseball infielder with the St. Louis Cardinals.-Early and personal life:...
  
  
• October 27 - Pedro Beato
  Pedro Beato
  Pedro Beato is a relief pitcher for the New York Mets.Beato attended Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, New York. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 17th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign. He opted to attend St. Petersburg College...
  
  
• October 27 - Jon Niese
  Jon Niese
  Jonathon Joseph "Jon" Niese is an American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, he currently plays for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.-Biography:...
  
  
• October 28 - Josh Thole
  Josh Thole
  Joshua Michael "Josh" Thole is an American professional baseball player. He currently plays catcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.-Early years:Thole grew up in Breese, Illinois, and attended Mater Dei High school....
  
  
• October 30 - Desmond Jennings
  Desmond Jennings
  Desmond Delane Jennings is an outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays.-Baseball career:Jennings was taken by the Cleveland Indians in the 18th round of the 2005 amateur draft out of high school but did not sign...
  
  

November

• November   2 - Taylor Green
  Taylor Green
  Taylor Green is a Major League Baseball third baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers.-College:...
  
  
• November 10 - Eric Thames
  Eric Thames
  Eric Allyn Thames is an American professional baseball outfielder with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball....
  
  
• November 11 - Aaron Crow
  Aaron Crow
  Aaron J. Crow is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball.-Early life:...
  
  
• November 13 - Josh Bell
• November 13 - Wade Miley
  Wade Miley
  Allen Wade Miley is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks.-Professional career:Miley was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft out of Southeastern Louisiana University.Miley was called up to the majors for the first...
  
  
• November 17 - Everth Cabrera
  Everth Cabrera
  Everth Cabrera is a Major League Baseball infielder for the San Diego Padres.-Minor leagues:...
  
  
• November 19 - Michael Saunders
  Michael Saunders
  Michael Edward Saunders is a Canadian Major League Baseball left fielder for the Seattle Mariners. He is a left-handed hitting, right-handed throwing outfielder...
  
  
• November 23 - Brandon Snyder
  Brandon Snyder
  Brandon R. Snyder is a first baseman who is currently on the Baltimore Orioles 40-man roster....
  
  
• November 25 - Jimmy Paredes
  Jimmy Paredes
  Jimmy Santiago Paredes Terrero is an infielder with the Houston Astros.-Minor league career:...
  
  

December

• December   5 - Justin Smoak
  Justin Smoak
  Justin Kyle Smoak is an American Major League Baseball first baseman for the Seattle Mariners.-High school career:...
  
  
• December   6 - Ryan Tucker
  Ryan Tucker (baseball)
  Ryan C. Tucker is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization....
  
  
• December   8 - Jordan Norberto
  Jordan Norberto
  Jordan Norberto is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.-Professional career:Norberto made the Diamondbacks Opening Day roster in 2010....
  
  
• December 10 - Pedro Florimón
  Pedro Florimon, Jr.
  Pedro Alexander Florimón, Jr. is a professional baseball player who is currently in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He plays the shortstop position, and throws right-handed and bats switch...
  
  
• December 16 - Bryan Anderson
  Bryan Anderson (baseball)
  Bryan Douglas Anderson is an American Major League Baseball catcher for the National League St. Louis Cardinals organization.-Biography:...
  
  
• December 16 - Alcides Escobar
  Alcides Escobar
  Alcides Escobar is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Kansas City Royals. He was considered the best-fielding infielder in the Brewers' organization and was previously one of the top prospects in the organization...
  
  
• December 18 - Chris Carter
  Chris Carter (right-handed hitter)
  Vernon Christopher "Chris" Carter is a professional baseball player for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.-High school career:...
  
  
• December 25 - Waldis Joaquin
  Waldis Joaquin
  Waldis Joaquín de la Cruz is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.-Baseball career:...
  
  

January-April

• January 2 - Bill Veeck
  Bill Veeck
  William Louis Veeck, Jr. , also known as "Sport Shirt Bill", was a native of Chicago, Illinois, and a franchise owner and promoter in Major League Baseball. He was best known for his publicity stunts to raise attendance. Veeck was at various times the owner of the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis...
  
  , 71, executive who owned the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox (twice) at various times, always launching fan-friendly promotions which greatly increased attendance and the sport's popularity; notable stunts included using midget Eddie Gaedel
  Eddie Gaedel
  Edward Carl Gaedel was an American with dwarfism who became famous for participating in a Major League Baseball game....
  
   in a 1951 game, and installing fireworks in the Comiskey Park scoreboard
• January 13 - Mike Garcia, 62, All-Star pitcher who won 142 games for the Cleveland Indians, winning 20 games and leading the AL in ERA twice each; member of the Indians' "Big Four", along with Bob Feller
  Bob Feller
  On December 8, 1941, Feller enlisted in the Navy, volunteering immediately for combat service, becoming the first Major League Baseball player to do so following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7. Feller served as Gun Captain aboard the USS Alabama, and missed four seasons during his service...
  
  , Bob Lemon
  Bob Lemon
  Robert Granville Lemon was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976....
  
   and Early Wynn
  Early Wynn
  Early Wynn Jr. , nicknamed "Gus", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 25-year baseball career, he pitched for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• January 15 - Fred Thomas
  Fred Thomas (third baseman)
  Frederick Harvey "Tommy" Thomas was a reserve infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a third baseman for three different teams between the and seasons...
  
  , 93, third baseman for three American League teams, a member of the champion Red Sox in the 1918 World Series and a World War I veteran
• February 17 - Red Ruffing
  Red Ruffing
  Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing was a Major League Baseball pitcher most remembered for his time with the highly successful New York Yankees teams of the 1930s and 1940s...
  
  , 80, Hall of Fame pitcher whose 273 victories included four straight 20-win seasons for the Yankees from 1936-1939, with seven World Series victories helping the team win six championships; batted .300 eight times, and was later a minor league manager
• March 7 - Jimmy Moore
  Jimmy Moore (baseball)
  James William Moore was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics . Listed at 6' 0.5", 187 lb., Moore batted and threw right handed...
  
  , outfielder who played from 1930 to 1931 for the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics
• April 27 - Marty Karow
  Marty Karow
  Martin Gregory Karow [born Karowsky] was an All-American college football player and a professional baseball player....
  
  , 81, coach at Texas A&M and Ohio State who won the 1966 College World Series with the Buckeyes; briefly an infielder with the 1927 Red Sox
• April 28 - Pat Seerey
  Pat Seerey
  James Patrick Seerey was an American outfielder and right-handed batter in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox....
  
  , 63, outfielder who hit four home runs in a 1948 game while with the White Sox

May-August

• May 4 - Paul Richards
  Paul Richards (baseball)
  Paul Rapier Richards was an American professional baseball player, manager, scout and executive in Major League Baseball. During his playing career, he was a catcher and right-handed batter with the Brooklyn Dodgers , New York Giants , Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers...
  
  , 77, manager and executive, formerly a catcher, who built the Baltimore Orioles team that later dominated the AL in the late 1960s and early 1970s; also manager of the White Sox, and executive with Houston and Atlanta
• June 5 - Joe Mulligan
  Joe Mulligan
  Joseph Ignatius Mulligan [Big Joe] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 4", 210 lb., Mulligan batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 72, pitcher for the 1934 Boston Red Sox
• June 6 - John Carmichael
  John Carmichael (sportswriter)
  John P. Carmichael was a sportswriter who began his career with the Milwaukee Leader in 1924. He moved to Chicago in 1927, where he wrote for the Chicago Herald-Examiner for a spell and the Chicago Daily News - where his column "The Barbershop" ran for 38 years...
  
  , 83, Chicago sportswriter from 1927 to 1972
• June 9 - Milton Richman
  Milton Richman
  Milton Richman was an American sports columnist and sports editor for United Press International who was inducted into the Writer's Wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.-Biography:...
  
  , 64, sportswriter for United Press International since 1944
• July 2 - Peanuts Lowrey
  Peanuts Lowrey
  Harry Lee "Peanuts" Lowrey was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs , Cincinnati Reds , St...
  
  , 68, All-Star outfielder, mainly with the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals, who batted .310 in 1945 World Series
• July 3 - Bill McCahan
  Bill McCahan
  William Glenn McCahan was an American professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1946 to 1949....
  
  , 65, pitcher for the 1946-49 Philadelphia Athletics, who threw a no-hitter game in 1947
• July 8 - Johnny Cooney
  Johnny Cooney
  John Walter Cooney was a pitcher, outfielder and first baseman, then a longtime coach, in American Major League Baseball. Listed at 5' 10" and 165 pounds , Cooney batted right-handed but threw left-handed...
  
  , 85, pitcher/outfielder/first baseman for the Boston Bees & Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees between 1921 and 1944, later a longtime coach
• July 9 - Red Lucas
  Red Lucas
  Charles Fred Lucas born in Columbia, Tennessee was a pitcher for the New York Giants , Boston Braves , Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates ....
  
  , 84, pitcher who won over 150 games for the Reds and Pirates; had 27 consecutive complete games in 1931-32 and set record with 114 career pinch hits
• July 25 - Ted Lyons, 85, Hall of Fame pitcher who played his entire 21-year career with the Chicago White Sox, collecting 260 victories; led AL in wins, innings, complete games and shutouts twice each, and won 22 games for 62-92 team in 1930
• August 11 - Tom Gorman, 67, NL umpire form 1951 to 1976, briefly a pitcher with the New York Giants, who worked in five World Series and nine no-hitters
• August 17 - Sammy Vick
  Sammy Vick
  Samuel Bruce Vick was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1917 through 1921 for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 10", 163 lb., Vick batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 91, right fielder who played for the New Yankees and Boston Red Sox between 1917 and 1921

September-December

• September 4 - Hank Greenberg
  Hank Greenberg
  Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg , nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank" or "The Hebrew Hammer," was an American professional baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s. A first baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg was one of the premier power hitters of his generation...
  
  , 75, Hall of Fame first baseman and left fielder for the Detroit Tigers who won MVP awards at both positions; career .313 hitter led the American League in home runs and RBI four times each despite losing four and a half seasons to military service; 58 homers in 1938 shared record for right-handed batters; first Jewish player elected to Hall of Fame
• October 3 - Vince DiMaggio
  Vince DiMaggio
  Vincent Paul "Vince" DiMaggio was a Major League Baseball center fielder. During a 10-year baseball career, he played for the Boston Bees , Cincinnati Reds , Pittsburgh Pirates , Philadelphia Phillies , and New York Giants...
  
  , 74, All-Star center fielder for five NL teams, and the oldest of the baseball-playing DiMaggio brothers, Joe
  Joe DiMaggio
  Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio , nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak , a record that still stands...
  
   and Dom
  Dom DiMaggio
  Dominic Paul DiMaggio , nicknamed "The Little Professor", was a Major League Baseball center fielder. He played his entire 11-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• October 12 - Norm Cash
  Norm Cash
  Norman Dalton Cash was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who spent almost his entire career with the Detroit Tigers...
  
  , 51, All-Star first baseman for the Tigers who won the 1961 AL batting title with a .361 mark, but never again hit over .283
• October 19 - George Pipgras
  George Pipgras
  George William Pipgras was an American right-handed starting pitcher and umpire in Major League Baseball. Known as "The Danish Viking," he spent most of his playing career with the New York Yankees, breaking in as a rookie in 1923...
  
  , 86, pitcher who led AL with 24 wins for 1928 Yankees; later an AL umpire for nine seasons
• December 8 - Pip Koehler
  Pip Koehler
  Horace Levering "Pip" Koehler is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played only one season-1925-with the New York Giants. He was a small athlete at 5'10", 165 pounds who threw and batted right-handed...
  
  , 84, utility for the 1925 New York Giants
• December 10 - Si Burick
  Si Burick
  Simon "Si" Burick was a sports editor and featured columnist for the Dayton Daily News for 58 years. Burick received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award on July 23, 1983, and was inducted into the writers section of the Baseball Hall of Fame...
  
  , 77, sportswriter for the Dayton Daily News since 1928 who covered the Cincinnati Reds and became the first writer from a non-major league city to be honored by the Hall of Fame
• December 12 - Johnny Wyrostek
  Johnny Wyrostek
  John Barney Wyrostek was a center fielder and right fielder mostly, who played in the MLB from 1942 through 1954. He was born in Fairmont City, Illinois and was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals out of high school...
  
  , 67, All-Star outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds
• December 19 - Al Stokes
  Al Stokes
  Albert John Stokes [born Albert John Stocek] was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 9", 175 lb., Stokes batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 86, catcher who played from 1925 to 1926 for the Boston Red Sox