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 |
