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2003 Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75

2001 "Willie ""Pops"" Stargell", baseball great/humanitarian, dies at 61

1998 69th All Star Baseball Game: at Coors Field, Denver

1998 Harry Caray, Cubs baseball announcer, dies at 77

1998 Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1997 Roy McMillan, baseball player (Reds), dies of heart failure at 68

1997 Richie Ashburn, HOF baseball player (Phillies, Mets), dies at 70

1997 Baseball's triple A Anerican Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband

1997 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland

1997 1st ever baseball inter-league game San Francisco Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3

1997 Baseball's Exec Council suspends New York Yank owner George Steinbrenner

1997 Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games

1997 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader

1997 Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams

1997 Major League Baseball announces 5 year, $50M deal with Pepsi

1996 Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4

1996 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Phila

1996 Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11

1996 Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18

1996 St. Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1

1996 Charles O Finley, baseball owner for the Oakland A's, dies at 76

1996 Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997

1996 For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1995 Sal Gliatto, baseball player, dies at 93

1995 Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100

1995 New York Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever

1995 Von McDaniel, baseball player, dies at 56

1995 William Kennedy, baseball player, dies at 76

1995 Mickey Mantle, baseball great (New York Yankees), dies of cancer at 63

1995 Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87

1995 Harry Craft, baseball manager, dies at 80

1995 Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56

1995 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington, Texas

1995 Peaches Roy Davis, baseball pitcher, dies at 89

1995 Baseball season begins after lengthy strike

1995 Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike

1995 Baseball season opener delayed until April 26

1995 Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26

1995 Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike

1995 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays

1995 Tiger manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike

1995 Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days

1995 Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1994 Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players

1994 "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS

1994 Ken Burn's "Baseball" premieres on PBS

1994 All 28 baseball owners vote to cancel rest of 1994 season

1994 Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike

1994 Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994

1994 Texas Ranger Kenny Rogers pitches baseball's 12th perfect game

1994 Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in New York City

1994 Baseball Night in America premieres, no Saturday day games

1994 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at 3 Rivers Stad, Pitts

1994 Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game

1994 1st roster of Silver Bullets, all-female pro baseball team, announced

1994 Phil Rizzuto elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1994 Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23)

1994 Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1994 Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball President (National League), dies at 72

1993 Bill Dickey, HOF baseball catcher (New York Yankees, 1928-46), dies at 86

1993 Irving Torgoff, U.S. baseball player (Detroit Tigers), dies at 75

1993 Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65

1993 Baseball's proposed switch to a three-division format OKed in AL

1993 Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York

1993 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore

1993 Johnny Mize, baseball player, dies at 80

1993 Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (New York Yankees), dies at 88

1993 Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82

1993 Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism

1993 Charlie Gehringer, baseball player, dies at 89

1992 Carl Barger, baseball President (Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins), dies at 62

1992 Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71

1992 Deion Sanders, plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and Braves (Baseball)

1992 Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball

1992 Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns

1992 63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD

1992 Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball

1992 Kelly Saunders is 2nd female baseball Pennsylvania announcer for the Baltimore Orioles

1992 U.S. Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0

1992 New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time

1992 Carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), dies at 82

1992 George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball

1992 Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2

1992 Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract - $4.7 mil

1992 Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1991 Ken Keltner, U.S. baseball player (Cleveland Indians), dies at 75

1991 Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86

1991 Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings

1991 Dennis Martinez pitches the 15th perfect game in baseball history

1991 62nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto

1991 Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins)

1991 Major league umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement

1991 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles)

1991 James "Cool Papa" Bell, Negro baseball league great, dies at 87

1991 Bill Veeck and Tony Lazzeri elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame

1991 Joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64

1990 Senior Professional Baseball Association folds

1990 Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise

1990 U.S. beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games

1990 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago

1990 At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a New York Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!"

1990 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards

1990 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends

1990 Tony Conigliaro, baseball player (Red Sox), dies of pneumonia at 45

1990 Baseball owners lock out players

1990 St. Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship

1990 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1990 Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (Giants), dies at 86

1989 A A Busch Jr, brewer/baseball owner for the St. Louis Cardinals, dies at 90

1989 Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner

1989 A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51

1989 A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51

1989 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling

1989 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (Kansas City Royals)

1989 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 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball

1989 Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation

1989 Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash

1989 Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1989 Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990

1988 CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights

1988 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 Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases and hit 40 HRs

1988 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams

1988 NL President Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball's 7th commish

1988 Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame

1988 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin

1988 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 Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1987 U.S. beats Cuba in Pan-Am baseball

1987 Kevin Seitzer (Kansas City Royals), gets 6 hits in one baseball game

1987 Travis Jackson, baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83

1987 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF

1987 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad

1987 Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak

1987 Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games

1987 46 home runs hit in 13 baseball games

1987 Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy

1987 LaMarr Hoyt is banned from baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse

1987 Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1986 A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's National League

1986 IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992

1986 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston

1986 A. Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL

1986 Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs

1985 Burleigh Grimes, U.S. baseball pitcher, dies at 92

1985 Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players

1985 Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993

1985 Baseball players end a 2 day strike

1985 Major League Baseball Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day)

1985 Baseball players go on strike for 2 days

1985 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn

1985 Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68

1985 Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1985 Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1984 Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball

1984 Walter Alston, Baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 72

1984 Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner

1984 California Angel Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game

1984 Japan beats U.S. for olympic gold medal in baseball

1984 Al Schacht, [Clown prince of baseball], baseball player, dies at 91

1984 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco

1984 White Sox and Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game, 25 innings

1984 IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics

1984 Pee Wee Reese and Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1984 Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1)

1983 Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark

1983 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago

1983 Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino

1983 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball

1982 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game

1982 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 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal

1982 [Leroy] Satchel Paige, U.S. baseball pitcher, dies at 75

1982 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279

1982 Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians

1981 Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game

1981 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League))

1981 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve

1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends

1981 3rd baseball strike starts

1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike

1981 Pawtucket and Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game

1981 Johnny Mize and Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1981 Exec Board of Baseball Players Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved

1981 Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1980 Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time HR run king with 868, retires

1980 Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player, dies at 66

1980 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

1980 Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game

1980 [Richard] Rube Marquard, U.S. baseball pitcher, dies at 90

1980 Baseball Players Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games

1979 Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball

1979 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle

1979 Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters

1979 Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro and amateur umpires

1979 Warren Giles and Hack Wilson selected to baseball Hall of Fame

1979 Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1978 Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player

1978 Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike

1978 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium

1978 Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83

1978 Addie Joss and Larry MacPhail elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1978 Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (New York Yankees), dies at 96

1977 Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, U.S. baseball player/umpire, dies at 77

1977 Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)

1977 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York

1977 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium

1977 Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner for the Chicago Cubs, dies at 82

1977 Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie, and Al Lopez elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1976 Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 59

1976 Michael Nakamura, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics

1976 Jim Weaver, Northridge California, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1976 Troy Glaus, born in Tarzana, California, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1976 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Phila

1976 Eric DuBose, Bradenton, Florida, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1976 Ryan Drese, born in San Francisco, California, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1976 Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame

1976 Jim Parque, born in Norwalk, California, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 Matt LeCroy, Anderson, South Carolina, baseball catcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 Mark Kotsay, Whittier California, baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball

1975 Kip Harkrider, born in Carthage, Texas, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 Kaipo Spenser, born in Wailuku, HI, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 Seth Greisinger, born in Kansas City, Kansas, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee

1975 Chad Green, born in Dunkirk, New York, baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 Travis Lee, born in San Diego, California, baseball 1st baseman 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time

1975 Mark Johnson, Dayton Ohio, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 Jacque Jones, born in San Diego, California, baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball mgr (Cleve, beats New York 5-3)

1975 William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame

1975 Chad Allen, born in Dallas, Texas, baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 Ralph Kiner elected to baseball's Hall of Fame

1974 Augie Ojeda, born in Los Angeles, California, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1974 Billy Koch, Garden City, New York, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1974 Kris Benson, Konnesaw, Texas, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1974 R A Dickey, born in Nashville, Tennessee, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1974 Braden Looper, Weatherford, Oklahoma, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1974 Frank Robinson became 1st Black baseball manager (Cleve Indians)

1974 Frank Robinson becomes baseball's 1st black manager (Cleve Indians)

1974 Jason Hewitt, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics

1974 Lou Brock ties (104) and then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark

1974 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts

1974 Scott Tunkin, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics

1974 A. J. Hinch, Wavely, Iowa, baseball catcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1974 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 James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame

1974 Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule

1974 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000

1974 Guillermo Mercedes, Dominican/US baseball infielder for the Texas Rangers

1974 Warren Morris, Alexandria, Louisiana, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1973 Jason Williams, Gonzales, Louisiana, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1973 Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade

1973 Andrew McNally, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics

1973 Brian Loyd, Lynwood California, baseball catcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1973 Fred Lindberg, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics

1973 Grant McDonald, Australian baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics

1973 Ben Mann, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics

1973 Mark Doubleday, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics

1973 44th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, KC

1973 Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager

1973 Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies

1973 Frankie "Fordham Flash" Frisch, baseball player, dies at 74

1973 Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1973 Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1973 Aaron Holbert, U.S. baseball infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals

1972 Jackie Robinson, 1st black baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies at 53

1972 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stad

1972 Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball

1972 U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws

1972 Scott Dawes, Australian baseball catcher 1996 Olympics

1972 Jeff Williams, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics

1972 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days

1972 Baseball season is delayed due to a strike

1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike

1972 Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year

1972 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire

1972 Jeff Jackson, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies

1971 David Hynes, Australian baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics

1971 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research

1971 Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame

1971 Steve Hinton, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics

1971 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit

1971 Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf

1971 Stuart Howell, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics

1971 Aaron Ledesma, baseball player

1971 1st baseball game at Phila's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1

1971 Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by

1971 Jeff Schmidt, U.S. baseball pitcher for the California Angels

1971 Todd Williams, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1971 Shane Tonkin, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics

1971 Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (New York Yankees)

1971 Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF

1971 Ken Felder, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers

1971 Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks

1971 & Dave Bancroft and George Weiss elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1971 Kerry Taylor, U.S. baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres

1971 Cory Bailey, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1971 Jeff Juden, Salem, Massachusetts, baseball pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants

1971 Tyler Houston, U.S. baseball catcher, Atlanta Braves

1971 Carlos Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Montreal Expos

1970 Baseball umpires call their 1st strike

1970 Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball

1970 41st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin

1970 Carl Everett, baseball player

1970 Mike Kelly, baseball player

1970 Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans

1970 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 Stuart Thompson, Australian baseball infielder, 1996 Olympics

1970 Javier De La Hoya, Mexican/US baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1970 Tyler Green, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies

1970 Kelly Stinnett, U.S. baseball catcher for the New York Mets

1970 Kevin Stocker, U.S. baseball infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies

1970 Alberto Castillo, Dominican/U.S. baseball catcher for the New York Mets

1970 John Frascatore, U.S. baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

1970 Dan Carlson, U.S. baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants

1970 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft

1970 Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause

1970 John J "Johnny" Murphy, U.S. baseball pitcher (New York Yankees), dies at 61

1970 Nigel Wilson, Canadian/US baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins

1970 Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League

1969 New York Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball and challenge the reserve clause

1969 Andrew Scott, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics

1969 Sam Militello, baseball player

1969 Baseball's 1st divisional playoff games, Mets beat Braves 9-5 and Orioles beat Twins 4-3 in 12 innings

1969 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Washington D.C.

1969 Ramon Caraballo, baseball player

1969 1st major league baseball game outside U.S. played (Montreal Canada)

1969 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats New York Mets 10-9

1969 Willie Banks, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs

1969 Brandon Wilson, U.S. baseball infielder, Chicago White Sox

1969 Pension plan for baseball is agreed to

1969 Tim Costo, U.S. baseball infielder, Cincinnati Reds

1969 Bryan Eversgerd, U.S. baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

1969 Kevin King, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners

1969 Tim Clark, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins

1969 Kurt Abbott, U.S. baseball player for the Florida Marlins

1969 Brad Cornett, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1969 Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame

1969 John Moore, Australian baseball catcher 1996 Olympics

1969 Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at 72

1969 Roy Campanella and Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1969 Keith Gordon, U.S. baseball outfielder, Cincinnati Reds

1969 Kevin Foster, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs

1969 Domingo Jean, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros

1969 Chris Hatcher, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros

1968 Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years

1968 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"

1968 Sammy Sosa, Dominican Republic, baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs

1968 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston

1968 Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88

1968 Tommy Bridges, U.S. baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61

1968 Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King assassination

1968 J T Snow, U.S. baseball 1st baseman, New York Yankees, California Angels

1968 David Hulse, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers

1968 Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000

1968 Matt Mieske, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers

1968 Ryan Bowen, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1968 Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball

1968 Steve Phoenix, U.S. baseball pitcher, Oakland Athletics

1968 Kevin Roberson, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs

1968 Goose Goslin and Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1968 Eric Wedge, U.S. baseball catcher for the Boston Red Sox

1968 Ross Powell, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros

1968 Joe Medwick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1968 Ben Rivera, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies

1968 Paul Carey, U.S. baseball infielder for the Baltimore Orioles

1967 Cal Eldred, baseball player

1967 Ken Harrelson becomes baseball's 1st free agent

1967 Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Det Tigers/534 HRs), dies at 59

1967 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA

1967 Rick Wilkins, baseball player

1967 Simon Sheldon-Collins, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics

1967 Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball

1967 Scott Service, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cincinnati Reds

1967 Rich Rowland, U.S. baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers

1967 Kurt Knudsen, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers

1967 Matt Turner, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1967 Eddie Pye, U.S. baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1967 John Patterson, U.S. baseball infielder for the San Francisco Giants

1967 Todd Pratt, U.S. baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies

1967 Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1967 Jeff Branson, U.S. baseball infielder, Cincinnati Reds

1967 Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, New York Yanks), dies at 55

1967 Chris Nabholz, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1966 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stad, St. Louis

1966 Miami beats St. Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball

1966 David Justice, baseball player, Atlanta Braves, /husband of Halle Barry

1966 Chris Howard, U.S. baseball catcher for the Seattle Mariners

1966 Pete Smith, U.S. baseball player, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets

1966 Rene Arocha, Cubans/US baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

1966 Chris Donnels, U.S. baseball infielder for the Houston Astros

1966 Derek Lilliquist, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cleveland Indians, Atl Braves

1966 Melido Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher, New York Yankees

1966 Eddie Zambrano, Venezuelan/US baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs

1966 Richie Lewis, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1966 Chris Hammond, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1966 Anthony Young, U.S. baseball pitcher, New York Met, Chicago Cubs

1965 William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball

1965 William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball

1965 Troy Neel, baseball player

1965 Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball

1965 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise

1965 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn

1965 Beau Allred, baseball player

1965 Mike Butcher, baseball player

1965 U.S. - Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute

1965 Jim Bowie, Japanese/US baseball infielder, Oakland Athletics

1965 Ruben Amaro, U.S. baseball outfielder, Cleveland Indians

1965 Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1965 Lou Frazier, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Montreal Expos

1965 Brad Brink, U.S. baseball pitcher, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies

1965 Jose Dejesus, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals

1965 Kevin Wickander, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cincinnati Reds

1965 Mark Dewey, U.S. baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates

1964 Baseball approves a free-agent draft

1964 Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes

1964 Jose Gonzales, baseball player

1964 Peter Vogler, Australian baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics

1964 35th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-4 at Shea Stadium, New York

1964 Joe Magrane, baseball player

1964 Mike Twardoski, baseball player

1964 Steve Searcy, baseball player

1964 Kevin Kennedy, baseball manager for the Texas Rangers

1964 Jeff Schwarz, U.S. baseball pitcher, California Angels, Chicago White Sox

1964 Floyd Youmans, baseball pitcher, Expos

1964 Jeff Sellers, baseball pitcher, Red Sox

1964 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr, announces a baseball team is moving there

1964 101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling)

1964 John Habyan, U.S. baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

1964 Jeff Tabaka, U.S. baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres

1964 Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in New York City

1963 Dale Sveum, baseball player

1963 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland

1963 Jose Oquendo, baseball player

1963 Don August, baseball player

1963 Jeff Musselman, baseball player

1963 1st Sunday night game in baseball San Francisco Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0

1963 Brian Harvey, baseball umpire, NL

1963 Early Wynn wins his 300th baseball game

1963 Chris Bosio, baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners

1963 Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000

1963 Matias Carrillo, Mexican/US baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins

1963 Todd Benzinger, U.S. baseball player for the San Francisco Giants

1963 Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1963 Jeff Treadway, U.S. baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1963 Craig Shipley, Australian/US baseball infielder for the San Diego Padres

1963 Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66

1963 David Cone, born in Kansas City, Missouri, baseball pitcher, New York Mets/Tor Blue Jays/New York Yankees

1963 Edgar Martinez, New York City, baseball 1st baseman for the Seattle Mariners

1962 Bo Jackson, baseball/football player, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Raiders

1962 Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year

1962 Ron Johnson, Australian baseball hitting coach 1996 Olympics

1962 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago

1962 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington

1962 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59

1962 A record 54 home runs hit in baseball

1962 Darnell Coles, baseball player

1962 Joey Meyer, baseball player

1962 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds

1962 Alvaro Espinoza, Venezuela, baseball shortstop, New York Yanks, New York Mets

1962 Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game

1962 Joe Handle, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1962 Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1962 Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1962 Kevin Mitchell, U.S. baseball outfielder, New York Met, San Francisco Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds

1962 Jim Lindeman, U.S. baseball outfielder for the New York Mets

1962 Danny Jackson, U.S. baseball pitcher, Royals/Phillies/Cardinals

1962 Darren Daulton, U.S. baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies

1962 Mark Gardner, U.S. baseball player for the Florida Marlins

1961 Storm Davis, baseball player

1961 William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99

1961 Jeff Robinson, baseball player, Det, Balt

1961 Randy Milligan, baseball player

1961 Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball

1961 Tim Belcher, Sparta Ohio, baseball pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals

1961 Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies

1961 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston

1961 Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74

1961 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF

1961 Gary Varsho, baseball player

1961 Kevin Romine, baseball player

1961 Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner

1961 New York Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows

1961 John Kruk, U.S. baseball 1st baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies

1961 Mike Aldrete, U.S. baseball infielder, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees

1960 Andy Van Slyke, baseball player

1960 Ken Howell, baseball player

1960 Minneapolis-St. Paul baseball club takes the name Twins

1960 Harold Reynolds, baseball player

1960 Curt Ford, baseball player

1960 Ron Darling, Hawaii, baseball pitcher for the New York Mets

1960 Baseball's NL votes to add Houston and New York franchises

1960 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York

1960 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC

1960 Jack Daugherty, baseball player

1960 Mike Fitzgerald, baseball player

1960 Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66)

1960 Barry Lyons, baseball player

1960 Jack Daugherty, baseball player

1960 Steve Lyons, baseball player

1960 Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog

1960 Dodgers Larry and Norm Sherry are baseball's 10th brother battery

1960 Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs

1960 Rob Derksen, Australian baseball head coach 1996 Olympics

1959 Mike Moore, baseball player

1959 Brook Jacoby, baseball player

1959 [Dennis Ray] "Oil Can" Boyd, baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1959 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA

1959 New Continental baseball league formed

1959 William Shea announces he plans to have a baseball team in New York City in 1961

1959 26th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

1959 Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78

1959 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest

1959 Adrian Meagher, Australian baseball pitching coach 1996 Olympics

1959 Bill Gullickson, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers

1959 Joe Hesketh, U.S. baseball player for the Boston Red Sox

1959 Napoleon Lajorie, baseball player, dies at 83

1959 Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1959 Otis Nixon, U.S. baseball outfielder, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers

1958 Rickey Henderson, Chic, baseball player, stolen base king, A's, Yanks

1958 Dave Righetti, baseball pitcher, Yankees, Giants

1958 Mike Scioscia, baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1958 Mel Ott, New York Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49

1958 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League

1958 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt

1958 Dickie Thon, baseball player

1958 Walt Terrell, baseball player

1958 1st baseball game in California, San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-0

1958 Ken Griffy, baseball player, Cin Reds, New York Yanks

1958 Bill Dawley, baseball player

1958 Baseball announces players and coaches rather than fans pick all stars

1957 CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on

1957 Chico Walker, baseball player

1957 Richard Vagg, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics

1957 Jerry Don Gleaton, baseball player

1957 Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4 ")

1957 Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10")

1957 Glen Gorbous, Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball, 445'10"

1957 Danny Heep, baseball player

1957 John Stuper, baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

1957 Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport

1957 Georgia Senate unanimously approves Sen Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites

1957 Carney Lansford, baseball player

1957 Damaso Garcia, baseball player

1957 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Det Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates

1956 Dale Berra, baseball infeilder, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees

1956 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington D.C.

1956 Bill Caudill, baseball player

1956 Lance Parrish, baseball player

1956 Terry Kennedy, baseball player

1956 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium

1956 Connie Mack, baseball manager (Philadelphia A's, 1901-50), dies at 93

1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field

1955 Bob Walk, baseball player

1955 Jay Howell, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees, Oakland A's

1955 Wayne Tolleson, baseball player

1955 Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (New York Yankees), dies at 85

1955 Dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time

1955 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw

1955 Matt Keough, baseball player, Oakland A's, New York Yankees

1955 Baseball Commish Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter

1955 Charlie Puleo, baseball player

1954 Ken Schrom, baseball player

1954 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve

1954 Major League Baseball Players Association founded

1954 Jim Beattie, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees

1953 Sixto Lezcano, baseball player

1953 U.S. Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business

1953 St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc

1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws

1953 Warren Cromartie, baseball player

1953 Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3 ")

1953 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 Nick Leyva, baseball manager, Phillies 1988-91

1953 Ken Burns, epic documentary maker, Civil War, Baseball

1953 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati

1953 Frank Tanana, baseball pitcher, California Angels

1953 Tony Armas, baseball player

1953 Charlie Moore, Jr., baseball player

1953 Alexander Cartwright founded baseball and not Abner Doubleday

1953 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2

1953 Ron Jackson, baseball player

1953 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 Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea

1952 Dave Collins, baseball player

1952 Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn)

1952 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Phila

1952 Rick Waits, baseball pitcher, Rangers, Indians, Twins

1952 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)

1952 Fred Lynn, Chicago, baseball outfielder, Boston, California, Baltimore

1952 Harry Heilmann and Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1951 Joe DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement

1951 "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies

1951 Ford C Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League

1951 Dave Winfield, baseball outfielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays, Twins

1951 NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball

1951 1st color baseball game, Braves vs Dodgers, telecast, WCBS-NYC

1951 Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players

1951 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit

1951 Harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56

1951 Dave Parker, baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates, NL MVP 1978

1951 Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office

1951 FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner

1951 Benny Ayala, baseball player

1951 Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million

1951 Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1950 Manny Trillo, baseball infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies

1950 Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner

1950 Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus and high school rule

1950 Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract

1950 Jorge Orta, baseball player

1950 Greg Luzinski, baseball player, Phillies, White Sox

1950 Lyman Bostock, baseball player

1950 Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army

1950 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons)

1950 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game

1950 Gary Matthews, baseball player, 1973 NL rookie of year

1950 Dane Iorg, baseball player, Philles, Cards

1950 Vic Harris, baseball

1950 Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1950 Burt Hooton, baseball player

1950 Dan Quisenberry, baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals

1949 Bobby Jones, baseball player

1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit

1949 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman

1949 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn

1949 Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence

1949 Don Baylor, born in Texas, baseball player, Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP

1949 Dusty Baker, baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1949 Jim Lampley, born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, newscaster, Monday Night Baseball

1949 Len Randle, baseball player for the New York Mets

1949 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (New York Yankees)

1949 Richie Zisk, baseball player

1948 Dave Kingman, baseball player, Mets, Yanks, Giants

1948 Baseball's Negro National League disbands

1948 Mexican Baseball league disbanded

1948 Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (New York Yankees), dies in New York at 53

1948 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis

1948 Ed Armbrister, baseball player

1948 Champ Summers, baseball player

1948 Reggie Cleveland, baseball player

1948 Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees

1947 Aurelio Rodriguez, baseball player

1947 Johnny Bench, baseball catcher, Reds

1947 Larry Gura, baseball player

1947 Richie Hebner, baseball player

1947 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat)

1947 Steve Stone, born in Cleveland, Ohio, sportscaster, Monday Night Baseball

1947 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago

1947 Morganna Roberts, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Baseball's kissing bandit

1947 Ken Singleton, born in Mt. Vernon, New York, baseball player, Orioles

1947 Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain, New York Yankees

1947 Dick "Dirt" Tidrow, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees

1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball

1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers)

1947 Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year

1947 Joe Coleman, baseball pitcher, Washington, Detroit

1946 Gary Gentry, baseball player for the New York Mets

1946 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game

1946 Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it

1946 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night

1946 Dusty Rhodes, Australian baseball coach 1996 Olympics

1946 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League), die in a bus crash

1946 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston

1946 Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary

1946 Ken Henderson, baseball player

1946 Roger Freed, baseball player

1946 2-for-42 and hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott