2015 Event The National Baseball Hall of Fame elects four players: Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, John Smoltz, and Craig Biggio; the induction ceremony will take place in July 2014 Event The San Francisco Giants are this year's World Champions of Baseball after winning the World Series over the Kansas City Royals with a score of 3-2; this marks the third title by the Giants in the last 5 years 2014 Event Rob Manfred has been elected as the new commissioner of Major League Baseball; Manfred will take the position after current commissioner Bud Selig retires early next year 2014 Event Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels joins an elite group of only 26 major league baseball players to have hit 500 home runs; Pujols achieved this feat during today's game against the Washington Nationals 2014 Event New Baseball Hall of Fame inductees determined by Baseball Writers' Association of America voters include: Frank Thomas, Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux, and managers Tony La Russa, Joe Torre and Bobby Cox 2013 Event In Game 3 of the World Series baseball championships, the St. Louis Cardinals score a 2-1 series lead over the Boston Red Sox 2013 Event American baseball shortstop Jose Iglesias secures a one-year contract to play for the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team 2013 Event New York Yankees player Alex Rodrigues, sets a Major League Baseball record with 24 grand slam home runs 2013 Event For the first time since 1996, no candidates were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame 2012 Event Japan wins their third title in the 2012 Women's Baseball World Cup 2011 Event In Chicago, the Chicago Cubs baseball team fires their manager, Mike Quade 2011 Event In Major League Baseball's World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals win Game 1 against the Texas Rangers 2011 Event Major League Baseball history is made when Derek Jeeter of the New York Yankees makes a home run off of the Tampa Bay Rays, becoming the 28th member of the 3,000 hit club 2011 Event The Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 2010 Event The New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins, progressing to Major League Baseball's 2010 American League Championship Series 2003 Death Warren Spahn, American Baseball pitcher, dies at home 2003 Death Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75 2001 Death "Willie ""Pops"" Stargell", baseball great/humanitarian, dies at 61 1998 Event 69th All Star Baseball Game: at Coors Field, Denver 1998 Death Harry Caray, Cubs baseball announcer, dies at 77 1998 Event Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1997 Death Roy McMillan, baseball player (Reds), dies of heart failure at 68 1997 Death Richie Ashburn, HOF baseball player (Phillies, Mets), dies at 70 1997 Event Baseball's triple A Anerican Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband 1997 Event 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland 1997 Event 1st ever baseball inter-league game San Francisco Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3 1997 Event Baseball's Executive Council suspends New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner 1997 Event Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games 1997 Event 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader 1997 Event Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams 1997 Event Major League Baseball announces 5 year, $50M deal with Pepsi 1996 Event Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4 1996 Event 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia 1996 Event Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11 1996 Death Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18 1996 Event St. Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1 1996 Death Charles O Finley, baseball owner for the Oakland A's, dies at 76 1996 Event Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997 1996 Event For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1995 Death Sal Gliatto, baseball player, dies at 93 1995 Death Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100 1995 Event New York Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever 1995 Death Von McDaniel, baseball player, dies at 56 1995 Death William Kennedy, baseball player, dies at 76 1995 Death Mickey Mantle, baseball great, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 63 1995 Death Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87 1995 Death Harry Craft, baseball manager, dies at 80 1995 Death Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56 1995 Event 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington, Texas 1995 Death Peaches Roy Davis, baseball pitcher, dies at 89 1995 Event Baseball season begins after lengthy strike 1995 Event Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike 1995 Event Baseball season opener delayed until April 26 1995 Event Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26 1995 Event Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike 1995 Event Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1995 Event Tiger manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike 1995 Event Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days 1995 Event Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1994 Event Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players 1994 Event "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS 1994 Event Ken Burn's "Baseball" premieres on PBS 1994 Event All 28 baseball owners vote to cancel rest of 1994 season 1994 Event Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike 1994 Event Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994 1994 Event Texas Ranger Kenny Rogers pitches baseball's 12th perfect game 1994 Event Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in New York City 1994 Event Baseball Night in America premieres, no Saturday day games 1994 Event 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at 3 Rivers Stad, Pitts 1994 Event Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game 1994 Event 1st roster of Silver Bullets, all-female pro baseball team, announced 1994 Event Phil Rizzuto elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1994 Event Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23) 1994 Event Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1994 Death Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball President (National League), dies at 72 1993 Death Bill Dickey, HOF baseball catcher (New York Yankees, 1928-46), dies at 86 1993 Death Irving Torgoff, U.S. baseball player (Detroit Tigers), dies at 75 1993 Death Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65 1993 Event Baseball's proposed switch to a three-division format OKed in AL 1993 Event Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York 1993 Event 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore 1993 Death Johnny Mize, baseball player, dies at 80 1993 Death Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (New York Yankees), dies at 88 1993 Death Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82 1993 Event Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism 1993 Death Charlie Gehringer, baseball player, dies at 89 1992 Death Carl Barger, baseball President (Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins), dies at 62 1992 Death Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71 1992 Event Deion Sanders, plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and Braves (Baseball) 1992 Event Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball 1992 Event Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns 1992 Event 63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD 1992 Event Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball 1992 Event Kelly Saunders is 1st female baseball announcer for the Baltimore Orioles 1992 Event U.S. Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0 1992 Event New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time 1992 Death Carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), dies at 82 1992 Event George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball 1992 Event Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yankees score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2 1992 Event Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract - $4.7 mil 1992 Event Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1991 Death Ken Keltner, U.S. baseball player (Cleveland Indians), dies at 75 1991 Death Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86 1991 Event Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris home run record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings 1991 Event Dennis Martinez pitches the 15th perfect game in baseball history 1991 Event 62nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto 1991 Event Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins) 1991 Event Major league umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement 1991 Event 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yankees-Orioles) 1991 Event Bill Veeck and Tony Lazzeri elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1991 Event Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame 1991 Death Joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64 1990 Event Senior Professional Baseball Association folds 1990 Event Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise 1990 Event U.S. beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games 1990 Event 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago 1990 Event At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a New York Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!" 1990 Event National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards 1990 Event 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends 1990 Death Tony Conigliaro, baseball player (Red Sox), dies of pneumonia at 45 1990 Event Baseball owners lock out players 1990 Event St. Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship 1990 Event Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1990 Death Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (Giants), dies at 86 1989 Death A A Busch, Jr., brewer/baseball owner for the St. Louis Cardinals, dies at 90 1989 Event Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner 1989 Death A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51 1989 Death A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51 1989 Event Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling 1989 Event 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (Kansas City Royals) 1989 Event 1st Baseball game to start outdoors and end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, and beat Brewers 4-2 1989 Event A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball 1989 Event Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation 1989 Event Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash 1989 Event Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1989 Event Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990 1988 Event CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights 1988 Event Dodgers win World Series, LA 1st to have both NBA and baseball champs as LA beats Oakland A's, 4 games to 1 in 85th World Series 1988 Event Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases and hit 40 home runs 1988 Event 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams 1988 Event NL President Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball's 7th commish 1988 Event Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame 1988 Event 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin 1988 Event 1st non-pitcher, Jose Oquendo, in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he and St. Louis Cardinals lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 inn 1988 Event Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1987 Event U.S. beats Cuba in Pan-Am baseball 1987 Event Kevin Seitzer (Kansas City Royals), gets 6 hits in one baseball game 1987 Death Travis Jackson, baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83 1987 Event Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF 1987 Event 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad 1987 Event Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak 1987 Event Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games 1987 Event 46 home runs hit in 13 baseball games 1987 Event Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy 1987 Event LaMarr Hoyt is banned from baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse 1987 Event Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1986 Event A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's National League 1986 Event IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992 1986 Event 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston 1986 Event A. Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL 1986 Event Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs 1985 Death Burleigh Grimes, U.S. baseball pitcher, dies at 92 1985 Event Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players 1985 Event Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993 1985 Event Baseball players end a 2 day strike 1985 Event Major League Baseball Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day) 1985 Event Baseball players go on strike for 2 days 1985 Event 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn 1985 Death Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68 1985 Event Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1985 Event Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1984 Event Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball 1984 Death Walter Alston, Baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 72 1984 Event Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner 1984 Event California Angel Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game 1984 Event Japan beats U.S. for olympic gold medal in baseball 1984 Death Al Schacht, Clown prince of baseball, baseball player, dies at 91 1984 Event 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco 1984 Event White Sox and Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game, 25 innings 1984 Event IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics 1984 Event Pee Wee Reese and Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1984 Event Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1) 1983 Event Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark 1983 Event 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago 1983 Event Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino 1983 Event IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball 1982 Event Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game 1982 Event Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, ends after 22 innings - before Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th) 1982 Event 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal 1982 Death [Leroy] Satchel Paige, U.S. baseball pitcher, dies at 75 1982 Event Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279 1982 Event Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians 1981 Event Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game 1981 Event Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)) 1981 Event 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1981 Event 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends 1981 Event 3rd baseball strike starts 1981 Event Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike 1981 Event Pawtucket and Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game 1981 Event Johnny Mize and Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1981 Event Executive Board of Baseball Players Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved 1981 Event Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1980 Event Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time home run run king with 868, retires 1980 Death Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player, dies at 66 1980 Event 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles 1980 Event Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game 1980 Death [Richard] Rube Marquard, U.S. baseball pitcher, dies at 90 1980 Event Baseball Players Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games 1979 Event Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball 1979 Event 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle 1979 Event Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters 1979 Event Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro and amateur umpires 1979 Event Warren Giles and Hack Wilson selected to baseball Hall of Fame 1979 Event Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1978 Event Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player 1978 Death Lyman Bostock, professional baseball player, outfielder, Minnesota Twins and California Angels Major League Baseball teams, dies in Gary, Indiana, at age 27, murdered by Leonard Smith 1978 Event Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike 1978 Event 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium 1978 Death Ford Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83 1978 Event Addie Joss and Larry MacPhail elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1978 Death Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (New York Yankees), dies at 96 1977 Death Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, U.S. baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 1977 Event Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant) 1977 Event 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York 1977 Event 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium 1977 Death Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner for the Chicago Cubs, dies at 82 1977 Event Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie, and Al Lopez elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1976 Death Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 59 1976 Birthday Michael Nakamura, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Jim Weaver, Northridge California, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1976 Birthday Troy Glaus, born in Tarzana, California, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze 1976 Event 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia 1976 Birthday Eric DuBose, Bradenton, Florida, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1976 Birthday Ryan Drese, born in San Francisco, California, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1976 Event Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame 1976 Birthday Jim Parque, born in Norwalk, California, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Birthday Matt LeCroy, Anderson, South Carolina, baseball catcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Birthday Mark Kotsay, Whittier California, baseball outfielder, 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Event Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball 1975 Birthday Kip Harkrider, born in Carthage, Texas, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Birthday Kaipo Spenser, born in Wailuku, HI, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Birthday Seth Greisinger, born in Kansas City, Kansas, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Event 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee 1975 Birthday Chad Green, born in Dunkirk, New York, baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Birthday Travis Lee, born in San Diego, California, baseball 1st baseman 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Event Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time 1975 Birthday Mark Johnson, Dayton Ohio, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Birthday Jacque Jones, born in San Diego, California, baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Event Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball manager (Cleveland, beats New York 5-3) 1975 Event William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame 1975 Birthday Chad Allen, born in Dallas, Texas, baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Event Ralph Kiner elected to baseball's Hall of Fame 1974 Birthday Augie Ojeda, born in Los Angeles, California, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze 1974 Birthday Billy Koch, Garden City, New York, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1974 Birthday Kris Benson, Konnesaw, Texas, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1974 Birthday R A Dickey, born in Nashville, Tennessee, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1974 Birthday Braden Looper, Weatherford, Oklahoma, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1974 Event Frank Robinson becomes baseball's 1st black manager with the Cleveland Indians 1974 Birthday Jason Hewitt, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics 1974 Event Lou Brock ties (104) and then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark 1974 Event 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts 1974 Birthday Scott Tunkin, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday A. J. Hinch, Wavely, Iowa, baseball catcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1974 Event Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life" 1974 Event James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame 1974 Event Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule 1974 Event 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000 1974 Birthday Guillermo Mercedes, Dominican/US baseball infielder for the Texas Rangers 1974 Birthday Warren Morris, Alexandria, Louisiana, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze 1973 Birthday Jason Williams, Gonzales, Louisiana, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze 1973 Event Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade 1973 Birthday Andrew McNally, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Brian Loyd, Lynwood California, baseball catcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1973 Birthday Fred Lindberg, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Ichiro Suzuki, born in Kasugai, Japan, professional baseball player, outfielder, played for the Seattle Mariners and Orix BlueWave 1973 Birthday Grant McDonald, Australian baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Ben Mann, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Mark Doubleday, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics 1973 Event 44th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, KC 1973 Event Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs manager Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager 1973 Death Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies 1973 Death Frankie "Fordham Flash" Frisch, baseball player, dies at 74 1973 Event Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1973 Event Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1973 Birthday Aaron Holbert, U.S. baseball infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals 1972 Death Jackie Robinson, 1st black baseball player, Brooklyn Dodgers, dies at 53 1972 Event 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stad 1972 Event Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball 1972 Event U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws 1972 Birthday Scott Dawes, Australian baseball catcher 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Jeff Williams, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics 1972 Event 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days 1972 Event Baseball season is delayed due to a strike 1972 Event Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike 1972 Event Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year 1972 Event Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire 1972 Birthday Jeff Jackson, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies 1971 Birthday David Hynes, Australian baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics 1971 Event 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research 1971 Event Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame 1971 Birthday Steve Hinton, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics 1971 Event 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit 1971 Event Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf 1971 Birthday Stuart Howell, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Aaron Ledesma, born in Union City, California, professional baseball player, infielder, played for Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles 1971 Event 1st baseball game at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1 1971 Event Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by 1971 Birthday Jeff Schmidt, U.S. baseball pitcher for the California Angels 1971 Birthday Todd Williams, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1971 Birthday Shane Tonkin, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics 1971 Event Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (New York Yankees) 1971 Event Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1971 Birthday Ken Felder, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers 1971 Event Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks 1971 Event & Dave Bancroft and George Weiss elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1971 Birthday Kerry Taylor, U.S. baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres 1971 Birthday Cory Bailey, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1971 Birthday Jeff Juden, Salem, Massachusetts, baseball pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants 1971 Birthday Tyler Houston, U.S. baseball catcher, Atlanta Braves 1971 Birthday Carlos Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Montreal Expos 1970 Event Baseball umpires call their 1st strike 1970 Event Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball 1970 Event 41st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin 1970 Birthday Carl Everett, born in Tampa, Florida, baseball player, outfielder, played for Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball team, played for New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, 2005 World Series Champion 1970 Birthday Mike Kelly, born in Los Angeles, California, Michael Raymond Kelly, baseball player, outfielder, attended Arizona State University, played outfield for Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, won Golden Spikes Award, 1991 1970 Event Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans 1970 Event Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank 1970 Birthday Stuart Thompson, Australian baseball infielder, 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Javier De La Hoya, Mexican/U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins 1970 Birthday Tyler Green, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies 1970 Birthday Kelly Stinnett, U.S. baseball catcher for the New York Mets 1970 Birthday Kevin Stocker, U.S. baseball infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies 1970 Birthday Alberto Castillo, Dominican/U.S. baseball catcher for the New York Mets 1970 Birthday John Frascatore, U.S. baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals 1970 Birthday Dan Carlson, U.S. baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1970 Event 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft 1970 Event Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause 1970 Death John J "Johnny" Murphy, U.S. baseball pitcher (New York Yankees), dies at 61 1970 Birthday Nigel Wilson, Canadian/US baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins 1970 Event Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League 1969 Event New York Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball and challenge the reserve clause 1969 Birthday Andrew Scott, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Sam Militello, born in Tampa, Florida, pitcher, professional baseball player, played for the New York Yankees 1969 Event Baseball's 1st divisional playoff games, Mets beat Braves 9-5 and Orioles beat Twins 4-3 in 12 innings 1969 Event 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Washington D.C. 1969 Event 1st major league baseball game outside U.S. played (Montreal Canada) 1969 Event 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats New York Mets 10-9 1969 Birthday Willie Banks, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1969 Birthday Brandon Wilson, U.S. baseball infielder, Chicago White Sox 1969 Event Pension plan for baseball is agreed to 1969 Birthday Tim Costo, U.S. baseball infielder, Cincinnati Reds 1969 Birthday Bryan Eversgerd, U.S. baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals 1969 Birthday Kevin King, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners 1969 Birthday Tim Clark, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins 1969 Birthday Kurt Abbott, U.S. baseball player for the Florida Marlins 1969 Birthday Brad Cornett, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1969 Event Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame 1969 Birthday John Moore, Australian baseball catcher 1996 Olympics 1969 Death Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at 72 1969 Event Roy Campanella and Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1969 Birthday Keith Gordon, U.S. baseball outfielder, Cincinnati Reds 1969 Birthday Kevin Foster, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1969 Birthday Domingo Jean, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros 1969 Birthday Chris Hatcher, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros 1968 Event Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years 1968 Event 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four" 1968 Event 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston 1968 Death Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 1968 Death Tommy Bridges, U.S. baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 1968 Event Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King assassination 1968 Birthday J T Snow, U.S. baseball 1st baseman, New York Yankees, California Angels 1968 Birthday David Hulse, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers 1968 Event Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000 1968 Birthday Matt Mieske, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers 1968 Birthday Ryan Bowen, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins 1968 Event Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball 1968 Birthday Steve Phoenix, U.S. baseball pitcher, Oakland Athletics 1968 Birthday Kevin Roberson, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs 1968 Event Goose Goslin and Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1968 Birthday Eric Wedge, U.S. baseball catcher for the Boston Red Sox 1968 Birthday Ross Powell, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros 1968 Event Joe Medwick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1968 Birthday Ben Rivera, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies 1968 Birthday Paul Carey, U.S. baseball infielder for the Baltimore Orioles 1967 Birthday Cal Eldred, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox 1967 Event Ken Harrelson becomes baseball's 1st free agent 1967 Death Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Detroit Tigers/534 home runs), dies at 59 1967 Event 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA 1967 Birthday John Doherty, born in the Bronx, New York, John Harold Doherty, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball teams 1967 Birthday Rick Wilkins, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Richard Wilkins, baseball player, catcher, played Major League teams San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, also played for Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets 1967 Birthday Simon Sheldon-Collins, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics 1967 Event Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball 1967 Birthday Scott Service, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cincinnati Reds 1967 Birthday Rich Rowland, U.S. baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers 1967 Birthday Kurt Knudsen, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1967 Birthday Matt Turner, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins 1967 Birthday Eddie Pye, U.S. baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1967 Birthday John Patterson, U.S. baseball infielder for the San Francisco Giants 1967 Birthday Todd Pratt, U.S. baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies 1967 Event Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1967 Birthday Jeff Branson, U.S. baseball infielder, Cincinnati Reds 1967 Death Johnny Keane, baseball player/manager (Cards, New York Yankees), dies at 55 1967 Birthday Chris Nabholz, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1966 Event 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stad, St. Louis 1966 Event Miami beats St. Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball 1966 Birthday David Justice, baseball player, Atlanta Braves, husband of Halle Barry 1966 Birthday Chris Howard, U.S. baseball catcher for the Seattle Mariners 1966 Birthday Pete Smith, U.S. baseball player, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets 1966 Birthday Rene Arocha, Cubans/US baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals 1966 Birthday Chris Donnels, U.S. baseball infielder for the Houston Astros 1966 Birthday Derek Lilliquist, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cleveland Indians, Atl Braves 1966 Birthday Melido Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1966 Birthday Eddie Zambrano, Venezuelan/U.S. baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs 1966 Birthday Richie Lewis, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins 1966 Birthday Chris Hammond, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins 1966 Birthday Anthony Young, U.S. baseball pitcher, New York Met, Chicago Cubs 1965 Event William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball 1965 Death Branch Rickey, American baseball player, manager, and general manager 1965 Event William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball 1965 Birthday Troy Neel, born in Freeport, Texas, professional baseball player, first baseman, hitter, played for Oakland Athletics, Orix BlueWave team in Japan 1965 Event Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball 1965 Event Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise 1965 Event 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn 1965 Birthday Beau Allred, born in Mesa, Arizona, Dale Le Beau Allred, baseball player, outfielder, played for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team for three seasons from 1989 - 1991 1965 Birthday Mike Butcher, born in Davenport, Iowa, relief pitcher, professional baseball player, pitching coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1965 Event U.S. - Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute 1965 Birthday Jim Bowie, Japanese/US baseball infielder, Oakland Athletics 1965 Birthday Ruben Amaro, U.S. baseball outfielder, Cleveland Indians 1965 Event Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1965 Birthday Lou Frazier, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Montreal Expos 1965 Birthday Brad Brink, U.S. baseball pitcher, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies 1965 Birthday Jose Dejesus, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals 1965 Birthday Kevin Wickander, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cincinnati Reds 1965 Birthday Mark Dewey, U.S. baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates 1964 Event Baseball approves a free-agent draft 1964 Event Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes 1964 Birthday Jose Gonzales, born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, professional baseball player, played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers 1964 Birthday Peter Vogler, Australian baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics 1964 Event 35th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-4 at Shea Stadium, New York 1964 Birthday Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics 1964 Birthday Mike Twardoski, baseball player 1964 Birthday Steve Searcy, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, William Steven Searcy, baseball player, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball teams from 1998 - 1992 1964 Birthday Kevin Kennedy, baseball manager for the Texas Rangers 1964 Birthday Jeff Schwarz, U.S. baseball pitcher, California Angels, Chicago White Sox 1964 Birthday Floyd Youmans, baseball pitcher, Expos 1964 Birthday Jeff Sellers, baseball pitcher, Red Sox 1964 Event Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., announces a baseball team is moving there 1964 Event 101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling) 1964 Birthday John Habyan, U.S. baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals 1964 Birthday Jeff Tabaka, U.S. baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres 1964 Event Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in New York City 1963 Event 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1963 Birthday Jose Oquendo, born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Jose Manuel Roberto Guillermo Contreras Oquendo, baseball player, infielder, coach, signed with New York Mets at age fifteen, member, St. Louis Cardinals, played 1987 World Series, record for fewest second baseman errors, 1990 1963 Birthday Don August, born in Inglewood, California, Donald Glenn August, baseball player, pitcher, batted right-handed, pitched right-handed, played for Milwaukee Brewers 1988 - 1991, related to Archbishop of Philadelphia Justin Francis Rigali 1963 Birthday Jeff Musselman, born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets Major League Baseball teams 1963 Event 1st Sunday night game in baseball San Francisco Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0 1963 Birthday Chris Bosio, baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners 1963 Event Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000 1963 Birthday Matias Carrillo, Mexican/U.S. baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins 1963 Birthday Todd Benzinger, U.S. baseball player for the San Francisco Giants 1963 Event Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1963 Birthday Jeff Treadway, U.S. baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1963 Birthday Craig Shipley, Australian/US baseball infielder for the San Diego Padres 1963 Death Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66 1963 Birthday David Cone, born in Kansas City, Missouri, baseball pitcher, New York Mets/Tor Blue Jays/New York Yankees 1963 Birthday Edgar Martinez, New York City, baseball 1st baseman for the Seattle Mariners 1962 Birthday Bo Jackson, baseball/football player, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Raiders 1962 Event Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year 1962 Birthday Chuck Finley, born in Monroe, Louisiana, pitcher, Major League Baseball, played for California Angels, won more than 15 games six times between 1986 and 1999 1962 Birthday Ron Johnson, Australian baseball hitting coach 1996 Olympics 1962 Event 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago 1962 Event 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington 1962 Death Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59 1962 Event A record 54 home runs hit in baseball 1962 Birthday Darnell Coles, born in San Bernardino, California, professional baseball player, third baseman, outfielder, played for The Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball Teams 1962 Birthday Joey Meyer, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, professional baseball player, played for Milwaukee Brewers Major League Baseball team 1962 Event 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds 1962 Birthday Alvaro Espinoza, Venezuela, baseball shortstop, New York Yankees, New York Mets 1962 Event Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game 1962 Birthday Joe Handle, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins 1962 Event Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1962 Event Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1962 Birthday Kevin Mitchell, U.S. baseball outfielder, New York Met, San Francisco Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds 1962 Birthday Jim Lindeman, U.S. baseball outfielder for the New York Mets 1962 Birthday Danny Jackson, U.S. baseball pitcher, Royals/Phillies/Cardinals 1962 Birthday Darren Daulton, U.S. baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies 1962 Birthday Mark Gardner, U.S. baseball player for the Florida Marlins 1961 Death William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 1961 Birthday Jeff Robinson, baseball player, Det, Balt 1961 Birthday Randy Milligan, born in San Diego, California, professional baseball player, first baseman, played for New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds 1961 Event Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball 1961 Birthday Tim Belcher, Sparta Ohio, baseball pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals 1961 Death Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies 1961 Event 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston 1961 Death Ty Cobb, baseball great, Detroit Tigers, dies of cancer at 74 1961 Event 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF 1961 Birthday Gary Varsho, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Gary Andrew Varsho, baseball player, outfielder, played for Major League Baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, played in 1991 and 1992 National League Championship Series 1961 Birthday Kevin Romine, born in Exeter, New Hampshire, professional baseball player, outfielder, played for Major Baseball team, the Boston Redsox 1961 Event Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner 1961 Event New York Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows 1961 Birthday John Kruk, U.S. baseball 1st baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies 1961 Birthday Mike Aldrete, U.S. baseball infielder, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees 1960 Birthday Andy Van Slyke, born in Utica, New York, professional baseball player, outfielder, played for the St. Louis Cardinals, coached first base for the Detroit Tigers 1960 Birthday Ken Howell, born in Detroit, Michigan, professional baseball player, bullpen coach, Los Angeles Dodgers 1960 Event Minneapolis-St. Paul baseball club takes the name Twins 1960 Birthday Harold Reynolds, born in Eugene, Oregon, professional baseball player, second baseman, played for the Baltimore Orioles, California Angels 1960 Birthday Curt Ford, born in Jackson, Mississippi, professional baseball player, played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies Major League Baseball teams 1960 Birthday Ron Darling, Hawaii, baseball pitcher for the New York Mets 1960 Event Baseball's NL votes to add Houston and New York franchises 1960 Event 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York 1960 Event 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC 1960 Birthday Jack Daugherty, born in Hileyah, Florida, professional baseball player, outfielder, played for the Houston Astros, Texas Rangers, Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos 1960 Birthday Mike Fitzgerald, born in Long Beach, California, professional baseball player, catcher, played for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, California Angels Major League Baseball Teams, 1983 - 1992 1960 Event Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66) 1960 Birthday Barry Lyons, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Barry Stephen Lyons, baseball player, catcher, played for Major League Baseball teams, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, served as backup catcher to Gary Carter, named Most Valuable Player, South Atlantic League, 1984 1960 Birthday Steve Lyons, born in Tacoma, Washington, Stephen John Lyons, nicknamed 'Psycho', baseball player, outfielder, third baseman, television sportscaster, played with Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball team, known for oddities, such as playing hangman and tic-tac-toe with his spikes 1960 Event Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog 1960 Event Dodgers Larry and Norm Sherry are baseball's 10th brother battery 1960 Event Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs 1960 Birthday Rob Derksen, Australian baseball head coach 1996 Olympics 1959 Birthday Mike Moore, born in Eakly, Oklahoma, pitcher, professional baseball player, played for Seattle Mariners, World Series champion, 1989 1959 Birthday Brook Jacoby, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, professional baseball player, third baseman, Cincinnati Reds hitting coach 1959 Birthday [Dennis Ray] "Oil Can" Boyd, baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1959 Event 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA 1959 Event New Continental baseball league formed 1959 Event William Shea announces he plans to have a baseball team in New York City in 1961 1959 Event 26th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh 1959 Death Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78 1959 Event 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest 1959 Birthday Adrian Meagher, Australian baseball pitching coach, 1996 Olympics 1959 Birthday Bill Gullickson, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1959 Birthday Joe Hesketh, U.S. baseball player for the Boston Red Sox 1959 Death Napoleon Lajorie, baseball player, dies at 83 1959 Event Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1959 Birthday Otis Nixon, U.S. baseball outfielder, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers 1958 Birthday Rickey Henderson, born in Chicago, Illinois, baseball player, stolen base king, A's, Yankees 1958 Birthday Dave Righetti, baseball pitcher, Yankees, Giants 1958 Birthday Mike Scioscia, baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1958 Death Mel Ott, New York Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49 1958 Event New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League 1958 Event 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt 1958 Birthday Dickie Thon, born in South Bend, Indiana, Richard William 'Dickie' Thon, baseball player, shortstop, played for Major League Baseball teams California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, suffered Mike Torrez fastball facial injury, Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Famer, 2003 1958 Birthday Walt Terrell, born in Jeffersonville, Indiana, professional baseball player, starting pitcher, played for the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates 1958 Event 1st baseball game in California, San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-0 1958 Birthday Ken Griffy, baseball player, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees 1958 Birthday Bill Dawley, born in Norwich, Connecticut, baseball player, pitcher, played Major League Baseball with the Houston Astros, Chicago Whitesox, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics 1958 Event Baseball announces players and coaches rather than fans pick all stars 1957 Event CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on 1957 Birthday Chico Walker, born in Jackson, Mississippi, professional baseball player, second base, played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, California Angels, New York Mets 1957 Birthday Craig Lefferts, born in Munich, West Germany, professional baseball player, played for Chicago Cubs, relief pitcher, pitching coach for Vancouver Canadians 1957 Birthday Richard Vagg, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics 1957 Birthday Jerry Don Gleaton, born in Brownwood, Texas, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals 1957 Event Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4 ") 1957 Event Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10") 1957 Birthday Glen Gorbous, Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball, 445'10" 1957 Birthday Danny Heep, born in San Antonio, Texas, Daniel William Heep, athlete, baseball player, outfielder, coach, played for Houston Astros, played in two World Series, 1986 with New York Mets, 1988 with Los Angeles Dodgers, head coach for University of the Incarnate Word, Texas 1957 Birthday John Stuper, baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals 1957 Event Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport 1957 Event Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites 1957 Birthday Carney Lansford, born in San Jose, California, Major League Baseball player, third baseman, played for California Angels, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics 1978 - 1992 1957 Event Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates 1956 Birthday Dale Berra, baseball infeilder, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees 1956 Birthday Bob Walk, born in Van Nuys, California, professional baseball player, nickname, 'The Whirly Bird', pitcher, played for the Philadelphia Phillies 1956 Event 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington D.C. 1956 Birthday Bill Caudill, born in Santa Monica, California, nickname 'Cuffs', baseball player, pitcher, played for American and National League teams, including, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners 1956 Birthday Lance Parrish, born in Clairton, Pennsylvania, professional baseball player, catcher, played for many Major League Baseball teams, won All-Star eight times, won Silver Slugger award six times 1956 Birthday Terry Kennedy, born in Euclid, Ohio, professional baseball player, catcher, played for the Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants 1956 Event 1st ML baseball game in New Jersey, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium 1956 Death Connie Mack, baseball manager (Philadelphia A's, 1901-50), dies at 93 1956 Event Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field 1955 Birthday Jay Howell, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees, Oakland A's 1955 Birthday Wayne Tolleson, born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, professional baseball player, switch hitter, played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees 1955 Death Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (New York Yankees), dies at 85 1955 Event Dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time 1955 Event 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw 1955 Birthday Matt Keough, baseball player, Oakland A's, New York Yankees 1955 Birthday Chris Berman, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, sportscaster, nicknamed Boomer, anchor for Sunday NFL Countdown, Baseball Tonight, and other ESPN and ABC Sports shows 1955 Event Baseball Commish Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter 1955 Birthday Charlie Puleo, born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Major League Baseball player, pitcher, played for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Red and Atlanta Braves 1981 - 1989 1955 Birthday Damaso Garcia, born in Moca, Dominican Republic, Major League Baseball player, played for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos 1978 - 1989 1954 Birthday Ken Schrom, born in Grangeville, Idaho, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for the California Angels, the Toronto Blue Jays 1954 Event 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1954 Event Major League Baseball Players Association founded 1954 Birthday Jim Beattie, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1953 Birthday Sixto Lezcano, born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, professional baseball player, outfielder, played for Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres 1953 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business 1953 Event St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc 1953 Event Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws 1953 Birthday Warren Cromartie, born in Miami Beach, Florida, professional baseball player, outfielder, first baseman, played with the Kansas City Royals, Montreal Expos 1953 Event Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3 ") 1953 Event Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) and Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation 1953 Birthday Nick Leyva, baseball manager, Phillies 1988-91 1953 Birthday Ken Burns, epic documentary maker, Civil War, Baseball 1953 Event 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati 1953 Birthday Frank Tanana, baseball pitcher, California Angels 1953 Birthday Tony Armas, born in Puerto Piritu, Venezuela, Antonio Rafael Armas Machado, baseball player, two-time All-Star, played with California Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, susceptible to injuries, on disabled list 12 times, missing 302 games 1953 Birthday Charlie Moore, Jr., baseball player 1953 Event Alexander Cartwright founded baseball and not Abner Doubleday 1953 Event 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2 1953 Birthday Ron Jackson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, professional baseball player, played Major League Baseball, hitting coach for Boston Red Sox, 2003 - 2006 1953 Event U.S. Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling 1953 Event Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea 1952 Birthday Dave Collins, born in Rapid City, South Dakota, professional baseball player, outfielder, first base coach for the Florida Marlins 1952 Event Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tennessee) 1952 Event 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia 1952 Birthday Rick Waits, baseball pitcher, Rangers, Indians, Twins 1952 Event 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford) 1952 Birthday Fred Lynn, Chicago, baseball outfielder, Boston, California, Baltimore 1952 Event Harry Heilmann and Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1951 Event Joe DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement 1951 Death "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies 1951 Event Ford Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League 1951 Birthday Dave Winfield, baseball outfielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays, Twins 1951 Event NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball 1951 Event 1st color baseball game, Braves vs Dodgers, telecast, WCBS-NYC 1951 Event Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players 1951 Event 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit 1951 Death Harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56 1951 Birthday Dave Parker, baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates, NL MVP 1978 1951 Event Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office 1951 Event FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner 1951 Birthday Benny Ayala, born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, Benigno Ayala Felix, Major League Baseball player, played outfield, first base, designated hitter for New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals 1951 Event Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million 1951 Event Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1950 Birthday Manny Trillo, baseball infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies 1950 Event Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner 1950 Event Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus and high school rule 1950 Event Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract 1950 Birthday Jorge Orta, born in Mazatlan, Mexico, professional baseball player, played second baseman, third baseman, outfield, played for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays 1950 Birthday Greg Luzinski, baseball player, Phillies, White Sox 1950 Birthday Lyman Bostock, professional baseball player, outfielder, Minnesota Twins and California Angels Major League Baseball teams 1950 Event Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army 1950 Event 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons) 1950 Event 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chicago Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game 1950 Birthday Gary Matthews, baseball player, 1973 NL rookie of year 1950 Birthday Dane Iorg, baseball player, Philles, Cards 1950 Birthday Vic Harris, born in Los Angeles, California, baseball player, second baseman for Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Major League Baseball teams 1950 Event Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1950 Birthday Burt Hooton, born in Greenville, Texas, Burt Carlton Hooton, baseball player, nicknamed 'Happy', right-handed starting pitcher for Major League Baseball teams Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers 1950 Birthday Dan Quisenberry, baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals 1949 Birthday Bobby Jones, baseball player 1949 Birthday Steve Busby, born in Burbank, California, baseball player, sportscaster, starting pitcher, played for Major League Baseball team Kansas City Royals 1949 Event Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit 1949 Event Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman 1949 Event 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn 1949 Event Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence 1949 Birthday Don Baylor, born in Texas, baseball player, Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP 1949 Birthday Dusty Baker, baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1949 Birthday Jim Lampley, born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, newscaster, Monday Night Baseball 1949 Birthday Len Randle, baseball player for the New York Mets 1949 Event Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (New York Yankees) 1949 Birthday Richie Zisk, baseball player 1948 Birthday Dave Kingman, baseball player, Mets, Yankees, Giants 1948 Event Mexican Baseball league disbanded 1948 Death Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (New York Yankees), dies in New York at 53 1948 Event 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis 1948 Birthday Ed Armbrister, baseball player 1948 Birthday Champ Summers, baseball player 1948 Birthday Reggie Cleveland, baseball player 1948 Birthday Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1947 Birthday Aurelio Rodriguez, baseball player 1947 Birthday Johnny Bench, baseball catcher, Reds 1947 Birthday Larry Gura, baseball player 1947 Birthday Richie Hebner, baseball player 1947 Event 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a home run on 1st at bat) 1947 Birthday Steve Stone, born in Cleveland, Ohio, sportscaster, Monday Night Baseball 1947 Event 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago 1947 Birthday Morganna Roberts, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Baseball's kissing bandit 1947 Birthday Ken Singleton, born in Mount Vernon, New York, baseball player, Orioles 1947 Birthday Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain, New York Yankees 1947 Birthday Dick "Dirt" Tidrow, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1947 Event Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball 1947 Event Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers) 1947 Event Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year 1947 Birthday Joe Coleman, baseball pitcher, Washington, Detroit 1946 Birthday Gary Gentry, baseball player for the New York Mets 1946 Event Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game 1946 Event Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it 1946 Event 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night 1946 Birthday Dusty Rhodes, Australian baseball coach 1996 Olympics 1946 Event 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League), die in a bus crash 1946 Event 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston 1946 Event Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary 1946 Birthday Ken Henderson, baseball player 1946 Birthday Roger Freed, baseball player 1946 Event 2-for-42 and hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball 1946 Birthday Reggie Jackson, Mr. October - baseball rightfielder, Yankees, A's 1946 Event 1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs 1946 Birthday Bill Sudakis, baseball player 1946 Birthday Bobby Bonds, baseball player, Giants, Yankees, etc 1945 Birthday Al Michaels, Brooklyn, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football 1945 Event Happy Chandler, resigns as U.S. Senator, remains as baseball commish 1945 Event Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest) 1945 Birthday Rod Carew, baseball slugger, AL Rookie of Year 1967 1945 Event Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off 1945 Birthday Curtis Blefary, baseball player, 1965 AL rookie of year 1945 Event New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier 1945 Event Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner 1945 Birthday Don Sutton, baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1945 Event Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer 1945 Event No one is elected to baseball's Hall of Fame 1945 Birthday Tony Conigliaro, Massachusetts, baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox 1944 Death Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78 1944 Birthday Joe Niekro, baseball knuckler, New York Yankees 1944 Event 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh 1944 Event Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore 1944 Birthday Ron Swoboda, baseball outfielder/sportscaster, New York Yankees, New York Mets 1944 Birthday Dave Nelson, baseball player 1944 Event Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion 1944 Birthday Denny McLain, baseball pitcher, Detroit Tigers, 31 wins in 1968 1944 Event Youngest baseball player, Cincinnati Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall 1944 Birthday Sal Bando, baseball player for the Oakland A's 1944 Event Baseball meets in New York City to discuss postwar action 1943 Event Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core 1943 Birthday Ferguson Jenkins, baseball pitcher, Red Sox 1943 Event Phils owner William D. Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team 1943 Event 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia 1943 Birthday Andy Etchebarren, baseball catcher for the Baltimore Orioles 1943 Event Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 minutes), White Sox beat Senators 1943 Birthday Jesus Alou, baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants 1943 Event Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata) 1943 Birthday Bob Oliver, baseball player 1943 Birthday Davy Johnson, baseball manager for the New York Mets 1943 Birthday Jim Lefebvre, Hawthorne California, baseball manager for the Seattle Mariners 1942 Birthday Willie Horton, baseball slugger for the Detroit Tigers 1942 Event 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York 1942 Birthday Hal Lanier, baseball player 1942 Birthday Bruce DalCanton, baseball player 1942 Birthday Duane Josephson, baseball player 1942 Event New York City ends night baseball games for rest of WW II 1942 Birthday Tony Perez, baseball player 1942 Birthday Bert Campaneris, baseball player for the Oakland A's 1942 Birthday Richie Allen, baseball player, AL MVP 1972 1942 Event Baseball decides that players in military can't play when on furlough 1942 Birthday Fritz Peterson, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1942 Event Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II 1941 Birthday Jeff Torborg, baseball player 1941 Birthday Tim McCarver, baseball catcher, Cards, Phils, asportscaster, ABC, CBS 1941 Event Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg 1941 Birthday Boog Powell, baseball player, AL MVP 1970 1941 Event 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit 1941 Birthday Duane Duke Sims, baseball player 1941 Birthday Ken Berry, baseball player, White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians 1941 Event A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium for the Chicago Cubs 1941 Event 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) 1940 Birthday Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees 1940 Event Japan eliminates U.S. terms (strike, play ball) from baseball 1940 Birthday Joe Pepitone, baseball 1st baseman, New York Yankee 1940 Birthday Frank Linzy, baseball player 1940 Event 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis 1940 Birthday Cesar Tovar, baseball player 1940 Birthday Jack Acker, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1940 Birthday Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman, New York Yankees 1940 Birthday Jim Maloney, baseball pitcher 1940 Birthday Ed Garvey, labor leader, Major League Baseball Players Association 1940 Event 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition) 1940 Birthday Ron Santo, shortstop, Cubs, 1st baseball player to veto his trade 1939 Event Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1939 Birthday Jim Northrup, baseball player 1939 Event New York Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph) 1939 Event 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS New York) 1939 Birthday Joe Azcue, baseball player 1939 Birthday Claude Osteen, baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1939 Event 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York New York Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees 1939 Birthday Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader for the St. Louis Cardinals 1939 Event Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York 1939 Birthday Phil Linz, baseball shortstop, New York Yankees 1939 Event 1st sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball 1939 Birthday Milt Pappas, baseball pitcher 1939 Birthday Herbert Hippauf, baseball player 1939 Birthday Von McDaniel, baseball player 1938 Birthday Jose Tartabull, baseball player 1938 Birthday Gaylord Perry, baseball player, 1972 AL Cy Young winner 1938 Event Alexander Cartwright selects to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1938 Event 1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals) 1938 Event 6th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati 1938 Birthday Don Pavletich, baseball player 1938 Event Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit 1938 Birthday Billy Williams, baseball player, Cubs 1938 Birthday Art Mahaffey, baseball player 1938 Birthday Gene Michael, baseball shortstop/manager/general manger, New York Yankees 1938 Event Protective baseball helmets 1st worn by batters 1938 Birthday Francis Thomas, Fay, Vincent, baseball commissioner 1938 Birthday Merritt Ranew, baseball player 1938 Birthday A Bartlett Giamatti, born in Boston, President of Yale and baseball commissioner, 1989 1938 Event Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York 1938 Birthday Donald Schwall, baseball player, 1961 AL rookie of year 1938 Birthday Manny Mota, baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1938 Birthday Juan Pizarro, baseball player 1937 Birthday Juan Marichal, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1937 Birthday Eli Jacobs, baseball owner for the Baltimore Orioles 1937 Birthday Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics, 1984, baseball commissioner 1937 Event 5th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 8-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash 1937 Birthday Dick Berardino, baseball player 1937 Birthday Jim Hickman, baseball player, Mets, Dodgers, Cubs 1937 Event Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1936 Event AL OKs night baseball for St. Louis 1936 Birthday Stan Williams, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers 1936 Event Demo baseball game at 1936 Olympics in Berlin, world beats U.S., 6-5 1936 Birthday Frank Howard, baseball player, NL Rookie of the Year 1960 1936 Event 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston 1936 Birthday Harmon Killebrew, baseball player, Minnesota Twins 1936 Birthday Floyd Robinson, baseball player, White Sox, Reds, A's 1936 Event 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5 1936 Event 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson 1935 Birthday Cal Ripken Sr, baseball manager for the Baltimore Orioles 1935 Birthday Frank Robinson, baseball player/manager, MVP 1961-NL 1966-AL 1935 Event 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1935 Event 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1) 1934 Event Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms 1934 Event Ford Frick becomes president of baseball's National League 1934 Event NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team) 1934 Birthday Al Kaline, born in Baltimore, Maryland, baseball outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1934 Birthday Bill Giles, born in Rochester, New York, baseball owner for the Philadelphia Phillies 1934 Birthday Roberto Clemente, U.S. baseball outfielder, Pittsburgh Pirates 1934 Death Wilbert Robinson, baseball manager (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies 1934 Birthday Dallas Green, baseball manager, Phillies, Yankees 1934 Birthday Bud Selig, owner, Milw Brewers, acting baseball commissioner 1934 Event 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York 1934 Birthday Jim Gentile, baseball player 1934 Birthday George "Sparky" Anderson, South Dakota, baseball manager, Reds, Tigers 1934 Birthday Hank Aaron, born in Mobile, Alabama, baseball player, record 755 home runs, 1957 NL MVP 1934 Event National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball 1933 Event Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15 1933 Birthday Rocky Colavito, Cleveland Indians, baseball player, Hit 4 home runs in a game 1933 Event 1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago 1933 Birthday Frank Baumann, baseball player 1933 Birthday Jerry Lumpe, baseball player 1932 Birthday Maury Wills, baseball shortstop, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL MVP 1962 1932 Event John McGraw retires from baseball 1932 Birthday Wes Covington, baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies 1932 Birthday Woody, Woodson, Held, baseball player 1931 Event Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players and NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers 1931 Birthday Whitey Herzog, baseball manager for the St. Louis Cardinals 1931 Event Eddie Collins and Harry Heilmann, retire from baseball 1931 Birthday Larry Jackson, baseball player 1931 Birthday Jim Frey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, manager, coach, Major League Baseball teams, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs 1931 Birthday Willie Mays, baseball centerfielder, "Say Hey Kid", 660 home runs, MVP 1954 1931 Event Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball 1931 Event John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on 1931 Death Ban Johnson, founder of baseball's American League, dies at 67 1931 Death Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness 1931 Event 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball) 1931 Event National League adopts a deader baseball 1931 Event 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League 1930 Event Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book 1930 Event Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a home run, now a double 1930 Birthday Harvey Kuenn, baseball player, AL Rookie of the Year-1953 1930 Birthday Jack McKeon, baseball player 1930 Birthday Bill Fischer, baseball player 1930 Birthday Carl Barger, Lewistown Pennsylvania, baseball President, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins 1930 Event 1st night organized baseball game Independence. Kansas 1930 Birthday Frank Malzone, baseball player 1929 Death Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (New York Giants), dies at 58 1929 Birthday Jimmy Piersall, baseball player, Red Sox, Senators, Indians 1929 Birthday James Brosnan, baseball player/writer, Long Season 1929 Birthday Bill Tuttle, baseball player 1929 Birthday Chuck Tanner, baseball player 1929 Birthday Dick Williams, baseball player, manager, including Seattle 1986-87 1928 Event Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th and final career hit 1928 Birthday Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman and manager, New York Yankees, Oakland A's 1928 Birthday Elroy Face, baseball pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates 1928 Birthday Al "Fuzzy" Smith, baseball player 1927 Birthday Jim Simpson, Washington D.C., sportscaster, Monday Night Baseball 1927 Birthday Vin[ce] Scully, sportscaster, NBC Baseball Game of the Week 1927 Birthday Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1927 Birthday Ruben Gomez, baseball player 1927 Birthday Jackie Collum, baseball player 1927 Birthday Ray Katt, baseball player 1927 Birthday Richie Ashburn, baseball infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies/sportscaster 1927 Birthday Jack Jensen, baseball player, AL MVP 1958 1927 Event Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year) 1927 Birthday Smokey Burgess, baseball catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates 1927 Birthday Lou Creekmur, Baseball Hall-of-Famer 1926 Event Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner 1926 Birthday Carl Erskine, baseball player, Brooklyn Dodgers 1926 Birthday Lew Burdette, baseball player 1926 Birthday Bowie Kuhn, born in Maryland, lawyer, sports administrator, fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1925 Birthday Bobby Shantz, baseball player, 1952 AL MVP 1925 Birthday Harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher, pitched perfect game into 12th 1925 Birthday Gene Baker, baseball player 1925 Event No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral 1925 Birthday Vic Wertz, baseball player 1925 Event French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings 1924 Birthday Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL, Cleveland Indians 1924 Birthday Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Mets 1924 Event Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Washington Senators) 1924 Birthday Joe Black, baseball player 1923 Event Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding 1923 Birthday Al "Red" Schoendienst, baseball manager/2nd baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals 1922 Event Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes 1922 Birthday Art Fowler, baseball player 1922 Birthday John McNamara, baseball player 1922 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws 1922 Event Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball 1921 Birthday Joe "Ducky" Medwick, baseball player 1921 Event 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) 1921 Event Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 1921 Birthday Hoot Evers, baseball player 1921 Event Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball 1920 Event Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner 1920 Event Baseball meeting to depose Ban Johnson is set for Nov 12th 1920 Event Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st post-season grand slam 1920 Birthday Bob Kennedy, baseball player 1920 Birthday Harry Caray, baseball announcer, Chicago Cubs 1920 Event Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball 1920 Birthday Buddy Blattner, baseball player 1920 Event Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to 1920 Birthday Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer, pitcher 1919 Event Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball 1919 Birthday Ralph Houk, baseball manager, Yankees, Tigers 1919 Event Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap 1919 Event 1st legal Sunday baseball game in New York City (Phillies beat Giants 4-3) 1919 Birthday Hank Sauer, baseball player, NL MVP 1952 1919 Birthday Monty Irvin, baseball hall of famer for the New York Giants 1919 Birthday Jackie Robinson, born in Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player, Dodgers 1918 Birthday William Kennedy, baseball player 1918 Event John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League 1918 Birthday Phil Rizzuto, born in Brooklyn, New York, Major League Baseball player, shortstop for the New York Yankees 1918 Event Baseball season ends due to WW I 1918 Birthday Ted Williams, Baseball's last .400 hitter for the Boston Red Sox 1918 Event Washington catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for deferment from the draft Secretary of War Newton D. Baker rules baseball players are not draft exempt 1918 Event Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington D.C. 1918 Birthday Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher, Brooklyn Dodgers 1918 Birthday Charles O Finley, baseball team owner for the Oakland A's 1918 Birthday Dominic DiMaggio, baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox 1918 Birthday William Rigney, baseball manager for the San Francisco Giants 1917 Birthday Marty Marion, baseball player, NL MVP 1944 1917 Birthday Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager, Pittsburgh Pirates 1917 Event Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw and Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws 1917 Birthday Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager, 1948 AP Athlete of Year 1917 Event 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service 1917 Event Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I 1917 Birthday Jim Konstanty, baseball player, NL MVP 1950 1916 Birthday Bob Elliot, baseball player 1916 Event Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown final baseball game 1916 Birthday Phillip Cavaretta, baseball player, NL MVP 1945 1916 Birthday Eddie Joost, baseball player 1915 Event Federal Baseball League disolved 1915 Event Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati 1915 Birthday Max Lanier, baseball player 1915 Birthday Harry Craft, baseball manager 1915 Event Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit 1914 Event Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox 1914 Birthday Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player 1914 Birthday Bill Veeck, baseball club owner 1914 Birthday Bert Haas, baseball player 1914 Event New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt 1913 Event John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League 1913 Birthday Mort Cooper, baseball player, NL MVP 1942 1912 Birthday Vincent DiMaggio, baseball player, Giants, Phils, Reds, Braves 1912 Event AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball 1912 Event 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs. Harvard) 1912 Event Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins 1911 Birthday Walter Alston, baseball manager, Dodgers 1911 Event Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379) 1911 Event Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP 1911 Birthday Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, HOF baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals 1910 Birthday Hal Schumacher, baseball player 1910 Event 1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series 1910 Event Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park 1910 Event Taft is 1st President to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game 1909 Event Thomas J Lynch becomes president of baseball's National League 1909 Event Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det 1909 Birthday Spud Chandler, baseball player, AL MVP 1943 1909 Event A. J. Reach Co. patents cork-centered baseball 1909 Event John A. Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League 1909 Event 1st pro baseball game, minor league, played under lights 1909 Event Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals 1909 Event Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years 1909 Birthday Emil "Dutch" Leonard, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox 1908 Birthday Lefty Gomez, baseball pitcher 1908 Event 1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda U, 5-0 1908 Event Baseball Writers Association of America, forms 1908 Event Baseball Writers Association, formed 1908 Event New York Giants scores shown on electric diamonds known as "Compton's Baseball Bulletin" at MSG 1908 Birthday Alfonso Lopez, baseball player, AL Manager of the year 1959 1908 Death Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 1908 Event Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday 1907 Event Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball 1907 Birthday Dick Bartell, baseball player 1907 Birthday Jimmy Foxx, baseball home run hitter, 534, Detroit Tigers 1906 Birthday Joe Cronin, baseball, Pirates, Red Sox, Senators, MVP 1930, AL President 1906 Birthday Leo Durocher, born in Massachusetts, baseball manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants 1906 Birthday Satchel Paige, American Athlete, baseball pitcher, never look back 1905 Birthday Rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher 1905 Birthday Roy Peaches Davis, baseball pitcher 1905 Event Waseda University of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball 1905 Event Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months 1904 Event Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913 1903 Birthday Walter O'Malley, baseball team owner, Dodgers 1903 Event 1st baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates vs Americans Pilgrims (Red Sox) 1903 Event Bill Bradley becomes 1st Cleveland baseball player (Cleveland Naps) to hit for cycle 1903 Birthday Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, .320 avg 1903 Birthday Thomas Yawkey, baseball owner for the Boston Red Sox 1903 Event 2 NYers buy Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and moved it to NY 1903 Event Baseball's National and American Leagues make peace 1902 Event Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1902 Event Minor League's most lopsided baseball game: Corsicana 51; Texarkana 3 Justin Clark of Corsicana, Texas minors hits 8 home runs in 1 game 1902 Birthday Sal Gliatto, baseball player 1901 Event 11 baseball games canceled due to funeral of President William McKinley 1901 Event National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms 1901 Event In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit) 1901 Event 1st games played in baseball's American League 1900 Event Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees) enter baseball's American League 1900 Birthday Carl Hubbard, Missouri, baseball and football Hall of Famer 1900 Birthday [Leon] Goose Goslin, baseball hall of famer, AL bat champ 1928 1900 Event 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids) 1900 Birthday Robert "Lefty" Grove, baseball pitcher, 300 game winner 1899 Birthday Harold "Pie" Traynor, baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman, Pirates 1898 Birthday Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, New York City, baseball player, NL MVP 1931 1897 Event Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball) 1897 Birthday Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player and organized Japanese baseball 1896 Birthday Arch Ward, sportswriter, proposed baseball's all-star game 1896 Birthday Bucky Harris, baseball manager, Phillies, Yankees 1896 Birthday Warren Giles, baseball's National League president 1895 Birthday Edward Gill, baseball player 1895 Birthday Babe Ruth, American Athlete, baseball legend 1894 Birthday Ford Frick, baseball commissioner, 1951 - 1965 1894 Birthday Harry Heilmann, born in San Francisco, California, baseball hall of famer outfielder, Detroit 1894 Event Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 home runs in 1 baseball game 1894 Event Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium and 170 other buildings 1893 Death Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday 1892 Event John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game 1892 Event Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter 1892 Event 1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1 1890 Event 1st pro baseball game, New York Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in New York City 1890 Event 1st baseball tripleheader-Boston vs Pittsburgh 1890 Birthday Casey Stengel, baseball manager, Yankees, 1949 - 1960, New York Met's 1st 1889 Event Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL 1889 Event Softball rules adopted by Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League 1889 Event Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss 1888 Event 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia 1888 Event Chicago and All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand 1888 Birthday Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose 1887 Birthday Grover Cleveland Alexander, HOF baseball pitcher, Phillies, Cubs 1887 Event 1st minor league baseball association organizes in Pittsburgh 1887 Birthday Henry Zimmerman, baseball player, 1912-batted .372 with 14 home runs 1885 Event John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players, 1st baseball union 1885 Event Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season 1885 Birthday Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player 1884 Event Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds New York City to determine baseball champion 1883 Event 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (New York Gothams beat Cleveland Spiders 5-2) 1883 Event 1st night baseball under lights, Ft. Wayne Indiana 1883 Event Baseball game between one-armed and one-legged players 1883 Birthday Charles Bender, only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame 1883 Event Baseball returns to Philadelphia, 1st NL game since 1876 1883 Birthday Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager 1882 Event 1st baseball doubleheader (Providence and Worcester) 1881 Birthday Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager, New York Yankees 1881 Birthday Branch Rickey, born in Portsmouth, Ohio, baseball executive, Dodgers 1880 Birthday Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher, Won 37 in 1908 1880 Birthday Joseph Tinker, baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo 1880 Event 1st baseball perfect game, John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleveland 1879 Event Cincinnati Enquirer publishes 1st report on baseball reserve clause 1879 Event Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill 1878 Event 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines 1877 Birthday Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance 1877 Event Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game 1877 Event International Association (minor baseball league) organizes 1876 Event Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St. Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford 1876 Event Philadelphia Nationals Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run 1876 Event 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Philadelphia-5) 1876 Event Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football 1876 Event Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 1875 Event 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St. Louis 0 1874 Event 1st baseball teams to play outside U.S., Boston-Philadelphia in British Isles 1874 Birthday Jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees - won 41 in 1904 1874 Event Baseball batter's box is officially adopted 1874 Event Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds 1871 Event Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant 1871 Event 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double 1871 Birthday Joseph McGinnity, born in Rock Island, Illinois, baseball pitcher for the New York Giants 1870 Birthday Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years 1870 Event New York Times dubs baseball "The National Game" 1869 Birthday Clark Griffith, Missouri, baseball player/manager, New York Yankees 1869 Event Cincinnati Reds play their 1st baseball game, win 41-7 1869 Event 1st pro baseball games-Cincinnati Reds 24, Cincinnati amateurs 15 1869 Event Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team 1868 Event 1st baseball game played in enclosed field in SF, at 25th and Folsom 1866 Birthday Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball 1866 Event Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms 1866 Birthday William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, New Jersey, hall of fame baseball player 1865 Birthday Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner for the Pittsburgh Pirates 1864 Birthday Ban Johnson, Norwalk, Connecticut, baseball founder, American League 1862 Event 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC 1862 Birthday Connie Mack, born in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, HOF baseball executive/manager, Philadelphia A's 1900 - 1950 1862 Birthday William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99 1862 Event Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 1st baseball enclosure, opens 1860 Event Organized baseball played in San Francisco for 1st time 1859 Event 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32 1859 Event Philadelphia A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later 1858 Event Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents ) (New York beats Brooklyn 22-18) 1857 Event Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs 1857 Event National Association of Baseball Players founded, New York 1851 Event 1st baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers 1850 Birthday Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company 1848 Event Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner 1846 Event 1st baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1 1845 Event 1st baseball team is organized 1845 Event 1st baseball team, New York Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code 1839 Event 1st baseball game played in America 1824 Birthday Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
