1994 Charles "Lefty" Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67
1994 Mets reliever John Franco sets lefty save mark at 253
1989 Lefty Gomez, pitching great (New York Yankees), dies at 80
1981 Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters
1980 Steve Carlton (14-4) pitches most strikeouts by a lefty (2,836)
1980 White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958
1979 New York Giants Willie McCovey 513th HR is an NL lefty record
1978 George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in WI 1935), dies
1977 Paul "Goggo" Adams, cricketer, lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa
1974 Jim Maher, cricketer, Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side
1973 Daniel Marsh, cricketer, son of Rod South Aust slow lefty since 1993
1972 Troy Corbett, cricket pace bowler, Victorian lefty since 1994-95
1972 Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez and Early Wynn
1972 Matthew Hart, cricketer, NZ lefty spinner 1994-
1972 Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Hall of Fame
1971 Matthew Minagall, cricketer, S Australian lefty wrist-spinner 1991-95
1970 Justin Langer, cricketer, gutsy Australian lefty bat 1993-
1970 Michael Bevan, cricketer, dashing NSW and Australian lefty bat
1969 Nadim Khan, cricketer, brother of Moin Pakistani lefty spinner 1993
1968 Jimmy Adams, cricketer, prolific West Indian lefty bat since 1992
1967 Gary Kirsten, cricketer, South African lefty opening batsman 1993-
1967 Asif Mujtaba, cricketer, Pakistani lefty batsman
1966 Wasim Akram, cricketer, brilliant Pakistani lefty fast bowler
1966 Phil Tufnell, cricketer, England slow lefty and slower fieldsman
1965 Keith Arthurton, cricketer, Charlestown, Nevis WI lefty bat
1964 David Brain, cricketer, Zimbabwe lefty seamer 1993-
1963 Hugh Morris, cricketer, England lefty opening batsman 1991
1963 Azeem Hafeez, cricketer, fingerless Pakistani lefty quick
1963 Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty)
1962 Alan Sippy, cricketer, dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's
1961 Paul Jackson, cricketer, slow lefty bowler for Victoria and Queensland
1959 Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty
1959 Tim Shaw, cricketer, South African ODI slow lefty 1991
1959 Michael Roy Whitney, cricket, great NSW and Aussie lefty quick 1981-92
1958 Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times
1958 Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years
1957 Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out
1956 Graeme Wood, cricketer, Australian lefty opening batsman 1978-88
1956 Nick Cook, cricketer, England lefty slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89
1956 Farrukh Zaman, lefty cricket spinner, bowled 10 overs Pak vs. NZ 1976
1956 David Smith, cricketer, England lefty batsman in 2 Tests vs. WI 1986
1955 Malcolm Jarvis, cricket lefty paceman, Zimbabwe's 1st Test side
1955 Graeme "Jock" Edwards, cricketer, beefy NZ lefty batsman late 70's
1953 Iqbal Qasim, cricketer, Pakistani slow lefty in the 80's
1953 Elquemedo Willett, cricketer, WI lefty spinner early 70's
1952 Ajit De Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan lefty spinner in four Tests 1982
1952 Gary Troup, cricketer, NZ lefty pace bowler in 15 Tests 1976-86
1952 Wasim Raja, cricketer, bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat and leggie
1951 Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan)
1951 Karsan Ghavri, cricketer, Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s
1950 Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army
1949 John Lever, cricketer, England lefty quick in 21 Tests 1976-81
1947 Dilip Doshi, cricketer, India's main slow lefty post-Bedi
1947 Sam Gannon, cricketer, Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests vs. India 1977-78
1943 Hedley Howarth, cricketer, brother of Geoff, NZ lefty spinner 1969-77
1942 Roy Fredericks, cricketer, brilliant WI lefty opener 169 vs. Aust 1975
1942 Rajinder Goel, cricketer, slow lefty who didn't play for India
1942 Peter Petherick, cricketer, NZ slow lefty 1976-77, hat-trick on debut
1941 New York Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St. L 0)
1941 Red Sox Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory)
1941 Red Sox Lefty Grove, 41, wins his 300th game
1941 After winning 20 straight at Fenway, Lefty Grove loses to Browns
1938 Yanks Lefty Gomez sets record of 6 World Series wins without a loss
1938 Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941
1937 Barry Shepherd, cricketer, Australian lefty bat early 60's
1937 Bill Lawry, cricketer, dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit
1936 Rusi Surti, cricketer, Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969
1935 Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler, 5 Tests 1964-65
1935 Bob Barber, cricketer, dashing England lefty bat in 28 Tests 1960-68
1935 Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty," premieres in New York City
1934 J E F "John" Beck, cricketer, lefty bat in 8 Tests for NZ 1953-56
1931 Lefty Grove, A's pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL's MVP
1931 Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1
1931 Philadelphia A's Lefty Grove, loses 1-0 (Browns) after winning 16 straight
1931 Lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game
1930 Alf Valentine, cricketer, great West Indian lefty spinner
1929 Tony Lock, cricketer, highly successful England slow lefty bowler
1929 Alan Davidson, cricketer, mighty Australian lefty quick all-rounder
1928 Neil Harvey, cricketer, prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's
1926 Bob Berry, cricketer, England slow lefty 1950
1925 Ghulam Guard, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959
1925 Yanks Lefty Grove beats A's Herb Pennock 1-0 in 15 innings
1922 Bill Johnston, cricket pace bowler, mighty Australian lefty post-war
1922 Arthur Morris, cricketer, great Australian lefty opening batsman
1917 Jack Plimsoll, cricketer, South Africa lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947
1917 Martin Donnelly, cricketer, brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war
1917 Giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter
1917 Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway
1917 Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies
1908 Lefty Gomez, baseball pitcher
1906 Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game
1905 Hedley Verity, cricketer, terrific slow lefty for England pre-WW II
1904 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days
1902 Jack Newman, NZ cricket lefty pace bowler, 1932-33, later knighted
1900 Robert "Lefty" Grove, baseball pitcher, 300 game winner
1897 Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player and organized Japanese baseball
1895 Matthew Henderson, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test
1891 J C "Farmer" White, cricketer, Somerset slow lefty 1909-37
1885 Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher, New York Yankees, 1905
1884 Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies
1882 Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty
1881 Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer, 1912-22
1879 Colin Blythe, cricketer, outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I
1876 C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer, South Africa lefty all-rounder 1896-1912
1870 Joe Darling, cricketer, Australian lefty batsman at turn of century
1857 Bobby Peel, cricketer, great English lefty 1884-96
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