Today in Baseball History (Part 3)
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Historical Events
Results 201 - 300 of 577
1944-06-06 - Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion
1944-06-10 - Joe Nuxhall at 15 becomes youngest ML baseball player
1944-07-03 - Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore
1944-07-11 - 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
1945-01-10 - Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer
1945-01-10 - No one is elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
1945-04-24 - Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner
1945-05-07 - Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League
1945-05-09 - New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier
1945-08-18 - Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds & Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off
1945-10-15 - Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest)
1945-10-29 - Happy Chandler, resigns as US Senator, remains as baseball commish
1946-02-10 - 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum
1946-04-20 - 1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs
1946-05-26 - 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball
1946-07-08 - Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
1946-07-09 - 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
1946-07-24 - 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League), die in a bus crash
1946-08-09 - 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night
1946-08-22 - Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it
1946-09-05 - Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
1947-04-09 - Baseball suspends Bkln Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
1947-04-10 - Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers)
1947-04-11 - Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball
1947-07-08 - 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
1947-08-26 - 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat)
1948-07-13 - 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
1948-09-20 - Mexican Baseball league disbanded
1948-11-30 - Baseball's Negro National League disbands
1949-02-07 - Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
1949-07-12 - 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
1949-07-12 - Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence
1949-07-31 - Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman
1949-09-18 - Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit
1950-02-16 - Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1950-07-11 - 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
1950-08-01 - 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons)
1950-10-03 - Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army
1950-12-11 - Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract
1950-12-12 - Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus & high school rule
1950-12-14 - Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), & Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner
1951-01-26 - Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1951-01-29 - Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million
1951-03-10 - FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner
1951-03-12 - Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office
1951-07-10 - 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
1951-07-30 - Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players
1951-08-11 - 1st color baseball game (Braves vs Dodgers) telecast (WCBS-NYC)
1951-09-20 - NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball
1951-10-08 - Ford C Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League
1951-12-11 - Joe DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement
1952-01-31 - Harry Heilmann & Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1952-02-20 - 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)
1952-07-08 - 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Phila
1952-09-07 - Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn)
1953-02-17 - Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea
1953-02-20 - US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
1953-05-30 - 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2
1953-06-03 - Alexander Cartwright officially credited by U.S. Congress as founder of baseball
1953-07-14 - 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
1953-08-21 - Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) & Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation
1953-08-23 - Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3")
1953-11-09 - Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws
1953-11-17 - St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
1953-11-19 - US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business
1954-07-12 - Major League Baseball Players Assn founded
1954-07-13 - 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1955-03-07 - Baseball Commish Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter
1955-07-12 - 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw
1955-10-23 - Dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time
1956-01-19 - Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field
1956-04-19 - 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium
1956-07-10 - 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash DC
1957-01-10 - Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Det Tigers, even though he owns part of Pitts Pirates
1957-02-14 - Georgia Senate unanimously approves Sen Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites
1957-02-25 - Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport
1957-07-09 - 24th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
1957-08-01 - Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10")
1957-08-18 - Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4½")
1957-12-28 - CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on
1958-01-30 - Baseball announces players & coaches rather than fans pick all stars
1958-04-15 - 1st baseball game in Calif, SF Giants beat LA Dodgers, 8-0
1958-07-08 - 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt
1958-11-13 - NYC Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League
1959-02-01 - Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1959-05-07 - "Roy Campanella Night" Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in LA Coliseum) sees Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition
1959-05-15 - 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst & Williams Teams reenact the original contest
1959-07-07 - 26th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
1959-07-27 - William Shea announces he plans to have a baseball team in NYC in 1961
1959-08-01 - New Continental baseball league formed
1959-08-03 - 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA
1960-04-19 - Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs
1960-05-07 - Dodgers Larry & Norm Sherry are baseball's 10th brother battery
1960-05-20 - Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog
1960-06-18 - Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66)
1960-07-11 - 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC
1960-07-13 - 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York
1960-07-18 - Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises
1960-11-26 - Minneapolis-St Paul baseball club takes the name Twins
1961-03-24 - NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows
Famous Birthdays
Results 201 - 300 of 1,623
1910-06-10 - Frank Demaree, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1910-06-29 - Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1910-10-04 - Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1910-10-12 - Bob Sheppard, American baseball announcer
1910-11-23 - Hal Schumacher, baseball player
1911-01-16 - Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, HOF baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1911-02-22 - Bill Baker, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1911-09-06 - Harry Danning, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1911-11-13 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1911-11-24 - Joe Medwick, baseball player (d. 1975)
1911-12-01 - Walter Alston, baseball manager (Dodgers)
1911-12-01 - Calvin Griffith, Canadian-born baseball executive (d. 1999)
1911-12-21 - Josh Gibson, pro baseball player, "Negro Babe Ruth" (hit 800+ HRs)
1912-05-21 - Monty Stratton, baseball player (d. 1982)
1912-05-27 - Terry Moore, American baseball player (d. 1995)
1912-06-19 - Don Gutteridge, American baseball player
1912-07-16 - Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1912-09-06 - Vincent DiMaggio, baseball player (Giants, Phils, Reds, Braves)
1913-01-07 - Johnny Mize, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1913-03-02 - Mort Cooper, baseball player (NL MVP 1942)
1913-08-11 - Bob Scheffing, American professional baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
1913-08-14 - Paul Dean, American baseball player (d. 1981)
1913-08-17 - Rudy York, American baseball player (d. 1970)
1914-01-04 - Herman Franks, American baseball player
1914-02-08 - Bert Haas, baseball player
1914-02-09 - Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck, baseball club owner
1914-06-28 - Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player
1914-07-19 - Marius Russo, baseball player (d. 2005)
1914-07-26 - Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1914-10-10 - Tommy Fine, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1914-11-02 - Johnny Vander Meer, baseball player (d. 1997)
1914-11-25 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1915-01-08 - Walker Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1991)
1915-04-19 - Harry Craft, baseball manager
1915-08-18 - Max Lanier, baseball player
1915-11-18 - Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2004)
1916-02-09 - Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1916-04-04 - Mickey Owen, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1916-04-27 - Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1916-06-05 - Eddie Joost, baseball player
1916-07-18 - Johnny Hopp, baseball player (d. 2003)
1916-07-19 - Phillip Cavaretta, baseball player (NL MVP 1945)
1916-10-30 - Leon Day, American baseball player (d. 1995)
1916-11-26 - Bob Elliot, baseball player
1917-03-02 - Jim Konstanty, baseball player (NL MVP 1950)
1917-03-04 - Clyde McCullough, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1917-04-18 - Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player (d. 1947)
1917-07-10 - Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1917-07-17 - Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager (1948 AP Athlete of Year)
1917-08-13 - Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)
1917-08-27 - Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1917-09-25 - Johnny Sain, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1917-10-08 - Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1917-10-25 - Lee MacPhail, American baseball manager and league executive
1917-10-30 - Bobby Bragan, American baseball player
1917-12-01 - Marty Marion, baseball player (NL MVP 1944)
1918-01-25 - Ernie Harwell, American baseball sportscaster
1918-01-29 - William Rigney, baseball manager (SF Giants)
1918-02-12 - Dominic DiMaggio, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
1918-02-22 - Charles O Finley, baseball team owner (Oakland A's)
1918-02-26 - Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers)
1918-03-18 - Al Benton, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1918-04-07 - Bobby Doerr, American baseball player
1918-04-22 - Mickey Vernon, baseball player
1918-06-21 - Eddie Lopat, American baseball player (d. 1992)
1918-07-23 - Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1918-08-30 - Ted Williams, American baseball player, last player in MLB to bat over .400 in a single season (Red Sox, AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47)
1918-08-30 - Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1918-10-22 - Lou Klein, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1918-11-03 - Bob Feller, baseball player
1918-12-22 - William Kennedy, baseball player
1919-01-31 - Jackie Robinson, Ga, 1st black major league baseball player (Dodgers)
1919-02-25 - Monty Irvin, baseball hall of famer (NY Giants)
1919-03-17 - Hank Sauer, baseball player (NL MVP 1952)
1919-03-28 - Vic Raschi, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1919-08-09 - Ralph Houk, baseball manager (Yankees, Tigers)
1919-09-27 - Johnny Pesky, American baseball player
1919-12-31 - Tommy Byrne, American baseball player
1920-01-06 - Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer (pitcher)
1920-01-10 - Max Patkin, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1920-01-15 - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1920-02-08 - Buddy Blattner, baseball player
1920-02-26 - Danny Gardella, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1920-03-01 - Harry Caray, baseball announcer (Chicago Cubs)
1920-03-23 - Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
1920-08-18 - Bob Kennedy, baseball player
1920-09-22 - Bob Lemon, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1921-02-08 - Hoot Evers, baseball player
1921-03-05 - Elmer Valo, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1921-04-11 - Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1921-05-20 - Hal Newhouser, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1921-11-19 - Roy Campanella, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1921-11-24 - Joe "Ducky" Medwick, baseball player
1922-05-11 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (d. 1992)
1922-06-04 - John McNamara, baseball player
1922-07-03 - Art Fowler, baseball player
1922-08-23 - George Kell, baseball player
1922-10-06 - Joe Frazier, American baseball player
1922-10-07 - Grady Hatton, American baseball player
1922-11-29 - Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player
Famous Deaths
Results 201 - 300 of 339
1993-10-21 - Irving Torgoff, US baseball player (Detroit Tigers), dies at 75
1993-11-12 - Bill Dickey, HOF baseball catcher (NY Yankees, 1928-46), dies at 86
1994-01-10 - Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball pres (National League), dies at 72
1995-01-18 - Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (b. 1937)
1995-04-28 - Peaches Roy Davis, baseball pitcher, dies at 89
1995-07-17 - Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56
1995-08-03 - Harry Craft, baseball manager, dies at 80
1995-08-04 - Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87
1995-08-13 - Mickey Mantle, baseball great (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63
1995-08-20 - Von McDaniel, baseball player, dies at 56
1995-08-20 - William Kennedy, baseball player, dies at 76
1995-10-10 - Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100
1995-11-02 - Sal Gliatto, baseball player, dies at 93
1996-02-19 - Charles O Finley, baseball owner (Oakland A's), dies at 76
1996-04-01 - John McSherry, American baseball umpire (b. 1944)
1996-04-17 - Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18
1996-06-16 - Mel Allen, American baseball announcer (b. 1913)
1997-04-07 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923)
1997-09-09 - Richie Ashburn, HOF baseball player (Phillies, Mets), dies at 70
1997-11-02 - Roy McMillan, baseball player (Reds), dies of heart failure at 68
1997-11-20 - Dick Littlefield, baseball player (b. 1926)
1998-03-06 - Frank Barrett, American baseball player (b. 1913)
1998-06-10 - Jim Hearn, American baseball player (b. 1921)
1998-06-21 - Al Campanis, American baseball executive (b. 1916)
1998-07-19 - Elmer Valo, baseball player (b. 1921)
1998-09-30 - Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player (b. 1953)
1998-10-06 - Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
1999-01-31 - Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. 1929)
1999-02-21 - Wilmer David Mizell, baseball player (b. 1930)
1999-03-08 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1914)
1999-03-24 - Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
1999-03-25 - Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball manager (b. 1936)
1999-04-04 - Early Wynn, American baseball player (b. 1920)
1999-05-03 - Joe Adcock, American baseball player (b. 1927)
1999-08-14 - Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (b. 1918)
1999-09-09 - Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (b. 1946)
2000-01-11 - Bob Lemon, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2000-04-14 - Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (b. 1910)
2000-06-05 - Don Liddle, baseball player (b. 1925)
2000-09-23 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
2000-10-28 - Andujar Cedeno, Dominican baseball player for the Houston Astros (b. 1969)
2000-11-25 - Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1917)
2001-01-22 - Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2001-01-28 - Curt Blefary, American baseball player (b. 1943)
2001-02-16 - Bob Buhl, baseball player (b. 1928)
2001-02-18 - Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (b. 1931)
2001-03-20 - Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1949)
2001-04-01 - Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (b. 1908)
2001-04-09 - Willie Stargell, American baseball player (b. 1940)
2001-08-10 - Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
2001-11-23 - Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (b. 1936)
2002-01-15 - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2002-02-11 - Frank Crosetti, baseball player (b. 1910)
2002-06-18 - Jack Buck, American baseball announcer (b. 1924)
2002-06-22 - Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968)
2002-07-05 - Ted Williams, baseball hall of famer and last player to bat over.400 in a single season (Boston Red Sox) dies at 84
2002-08-12 - Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (b. 1916)
2002-08-16 - John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
2002-08-23 - Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (b. 1922)
2002-12-01 - Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2003-05-06 - Art Houtteman, baseball player (b. 1927)
2003-06-01 - Johnny Hopp, baseball player (b. 1916)
2003-06-18 - Larry Doby, American baseball player (b. 1923)
2003-08-07 - Mickey McDermott, baseball player (b. 1929)
2003-08-23 - Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
2003-11-24 - Warren Spahn, Major League Baseball player (b. 1921)
2003-12-27 - Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962)
2004-01-03 - Leon Wagner, American baseball player (b. 1934)
2004-01-05 - Tug McGraw, American baseball player, father of Tim McGraw (b. 1944)
2004-01-17 - Harry Brecheen, American baseball player (b. 1914)
2004-02-22 - Andy Seminick, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2004-03-02 - Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928)
2004-04-13 - Lou Berberet, American baseball player (b. 1929)
2004-05-03 - Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2004-06-08 - Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938)
2004-08-27 - Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946)
2004-09-07 - Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2004-10-03 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (b. 1960)
2004-10-10 - Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963)
2004-10-20 - Chuck Hiller, American baseball player (b. 1934)
2004-10-26 - Bobby Avila, Major League Baseball player (b. 1924)
2004-11-29 - Harry Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2004-12-13 - Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (b. 1934)
2004-12-14 - Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (b. 1934)
2004-12-16 - Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2004-12-22 - Doug Ault, American baseball player (b. 1950)
2004-12-24 - Johnny Oates, baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
2004-12-29 - Ken Burkhart, American baseball player (b. 1915)
2005-01-22 - César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1943)
2005-02-13 - Nelson Briles, baseball player (b. 1943)
2005-03-02 - Rick Mahler, American baseball player (b. 1953)
2005-03-06 - Danny Gardella, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2005-03-16 - Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)
2005-03-26 - Marius Russo, American baseball player (b. 1914)
2005-03-27 - Bob Casey, American baseball announcer (b. 1925)
2005-04-07 - Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
2005-04-08 - Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2005-04-13 - Don Blasingame, American baseball player (b. 1932)
2005-04-23 - Earl Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1934)
2005-05-26 - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928)
