Today in Baseball History (Part 4)
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Historical Events
Results 301 - 400 of 577
1961-04-12 - Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner
1961-07-11 - 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF
1961-07-31 - 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston
1961-11-26 - Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball
1962-01-23 - Bob Feller & Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1962-01-24 - Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1962-02-04 - Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game
1962-04-10 - 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds
1962-06-10 - A record 54 home runs hit in baseball
1962-07-10 - 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington
1962-07-30 - 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
1962-11-29 - Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year
1963-01-27 - Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, & John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1963-02-27 - Mickey Mantle of NY Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000
1963-05-25 - Early Wynn wins his 300th baseball game
1963-06-09 - 1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0
1963-07-09 - 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1963-09-06 - Major league baseballs 100,000th game
1964-01-15 - Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in NYC
1964-02-17 - 101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling)
1964-03-05 - Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr, announces a baseball team is moving there
1964-07-07 - 35th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-4 at Shea Stadium, New York
1964-12-04 - Baseball approves a free-agent draft
1964-12-04 - Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes
1965-01-31 - Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1965-02-17 - US-Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute
1965-07-13 - 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn
1965-08-12 - Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise
1965-08-30 - Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball
1965-11-17 - William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball
1965-12-15 - William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball
1966-06-14 - Miami beats St Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball
1966-07-12 - 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stad, St Louis
1967-01-29 - Branch Rickey & Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1967-05-30 - Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball
1967-07-11 - 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA
1967-08-21 - Ken Harrelson becomes baseball's 1st free agent
1968-01-23 - Joe Medwick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1968-01-28 - Goose Goslin & Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1968-02-04 - Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball
1968-02-21 - Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000
1968-04-08 - Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of M L King assassination
1968-07-09 - 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston
1968-11-15 - 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"
1968-12-06 - Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years
1969-01-22 - Roy Campanella & Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1969-02-02 - Stan Coveleski & Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame
1969-02-25 - Pension plan for baseball is agreed to
1969-04-08 - 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats NY Mets 10-9
1969-04-14 - 1st major league baseball game outside US played (Montreal Canada)
1969-07-23 - 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Wash DC
1969-09-13 - Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player
1969-10-04 - Baseball's 1st divisional playoff games, Mets beat Braves 9-5 & Orioles beat Twins 4-3 in 12 innings
1969-12-29 - NY Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball & challenge the reserve clause
1970-01-01 - Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League
1970-01-16 - Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause
1970-01-17 - 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft
1970-04-01 - 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 bankrupt
1970-05-30 - Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans
1970-07-14 - 41st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin
1970-08-12 - Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball
1970-10-03 - Baseball umpires call their 1st strike
1971-01-31 - & Dave Bancroft & George Weiss elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1971-02-04 - Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks
1971-02-09 - Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF
1971-02-10 - Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (NY Yankees)
1971-04-07 - Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by
1971-04-10 - 1st baseball game at Phila's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1
1971-06-21 - Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf
1971-07-13 - 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit
1971-08-09 - Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame
1971-08-10 - 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research
1972-01-13 - Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire
1972-02-29 - Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year
1972-04-01 - Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike
1972-04-05 - Baseball season is delayed due to a strike
1972-04-13 - 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days
1972-06-18 - US Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws
1972-06-25 - Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball
1972-07-25 - 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stad
1973-01-24 - Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1973-02-01 - Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1973-05-08 - Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager
1973-07-24 - 44th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, KC
1973-12-05 - Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade
1974-02-11 - Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule
1974-02-11 - 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000
1974-02-13 - James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame
1974-04-09 - Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies & gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life"
1974-07-23 - 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts
1974-09-10 - Lou Brock ties (104) & then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark
1974-10-03 - Frank Robinson becomes baseball's 1st black manager (Cleve Indians)
1974-10-09 - Frank Robinson became 1st Black baseball manager (Cleve Indians)
1974-12-02 - Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
1975-01-23 - Ralph Kiner elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
1975-02-10 - William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame
1975-04-08 - Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball mgr (Cleve, beats NY 5-3)
1975-05-04 - Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time
1975-07-15 - 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee
1975-10-26 - Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball
Famous Birthdays
Results 301 - 400 of 1,623
1923-02-02 - Al "Red" Schoendienst, baseball manager/2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)
1923-04-17 - Solly Hemus, American baseball player
1923-07-23 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (d. 1997)
1923-11-17 - Mike Garcia, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1924-02-08 - Joe Black, baseball player
1924-02-29 - Al Rosen, American baseball player
1924-04-04 - Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager (Bkln Dodgers, NY Mets)
1924-04-23 - Chuck Harmon, American baseball player
1924-08-26 - Alex Kellner, baseball player (d. 1996)
1924-09-10 - Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1924-12-13 - Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL (Cleve Indians)
1925-02-09 - Vic Wertz, baseball player
1925-05-25 - Don Liddle, baseball player (d. 2000)
1925-06-08 - Del Ennis, baseball player (d. 1996)
1925-06-15 - Gene Baker, baseball player
1925-08-16 - Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1925-09-12 - Stan Lopata, American baseball player
1925-09-18 - Harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th)
1925-09-26 - Bobby Shantz, baseball player (1952 AL MVP)
1925-10-01 - Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1925-12-14 - Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1971)
1926-01-06 - Ralph Branca, American baseball player
1926-01-31 - Tom Alston, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1926-03-18 - Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (d. 1997)
1926-04-03 - Alex Grammas, American baseball player
1926-06-14 - Don Newcombe, baseball player
1926-07-25 - Whitey Lockman, American baseball player
1926-08-06 - Clem Labine, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1926-09-11 - Eddie Miksis, baseball player (d. 2005)
1926-10-28 - Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner (1969-1984)
1926-11-22 - Lew Burdette, baseball player
1926-12-13 - Carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers)
1926-12-17 - Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1927-01-22 - Lou Creekmur, Baseball Hall-of-Famer
1927-01-26 - Bob Nieman, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1927-02-06 - Smokey Burgess, baseball catcher (Pitts Pirates)
1927-02-18 - Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican baseball player
1927-03-09 - Jack Jensen, baseball player (AL MVP 1958)
1927-03-19 - Richie Ashburn, baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)/sportscaster
1927-05-09 - Ray Katt, baseball player
1927-06-21 - Jackie Collum, baseball player
1927-07-01 - Ruben Gomez, baseball player
1927-08-07 - Art Houtteman, American baseball player (d. 2003)
1927-08-08 - Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)
1927-09-22 - Tom Lasorda, baseball manager (LA Dodgers)
1927-11-29 - Vin[ce] Scully, sportscaster (NBC Baseball Game of the Week)
1927-12-25 - Nellie Fox, baseball player (d. 1975)
1927-12-26 - Stu Miller, American baseball player
1927-12-29 - Jim Simpson, Wash DC, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
1928-01-23 - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005)
1928-02-07 - Al "Fuzzy" Smith, baseball player
1928-02-20 - Elroy Face, baseball pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1928-05-16 - Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)
1928-08-06 - Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1928-08-12 - Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1928-08-25 - Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1928-11-13 - Steve Bilko, American baseball player (d. 1978)
1929-02-05 - Al Worthington, baseball player
1929-04-29 - Mickey McDermott, American baseball player (d. 2003)
1929-05-07 - Dick Williams, baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87)
1929-07-04 - Bill Tuttle, baseball player
1929-07-04 - Chuck Tanner, baseball player
1929-08-07 - Don Larsen, American baseball player
1929-10-24 - James Brosnan, baseball player/writer (Long Season)
1929-11-04 - Jimmy Piersall, baseball player (Red Sox, Senators, Indians)
1929-11-17 - Norm Zauchin, baseball player (d. 1999)
1929-12-18 - Gino Cimoli, American baseball player
1930-01-30 - Sandy Amorós, Cuban baseball player (d. 1992)
1930-02-28 - Frank Malzone, baseball player
1930-03-05 - Del Crandall, American baseball player
1930-03-08 - Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)
1930-04-03 - Wally Moon, American baseball player
1930-06-02 - Bob Lillis, baseball player
1930-08-13 - Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1930-08-18 - Carl Barger, Lewistown Pa, baseball pres (Pitts Pirates, Fla Marlins)
1930-10-11 - Bill Fischer, baseball player
1930-11-23 - Jack McKeon, baseball player
1930-11-24 - Bob Friend, baseball player
1930-12-04 - Harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)
1930-12-07 - Hal Smith, American baseball player
1930-12-18 - Moose Skowron, American baseball player
1931-01-17 - Don Zimmer, American baseball coach
1931-03-06 - Willie Mays, Hall of Fame baseball centerfielder (Giants, NY Mets)
1931-05-06 - Willie Mays, baseball centerfielder, "Say Hey Kid" (660 HRs, MVP 1954)
1931-05-20 - Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1931-06-02 - Larry Jackson, baseball player
1931-08-09 - Chuck Essegian, American baseball player
1931-08-27 - Joe Cunningham, American baseball player
1931-10-13 - Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1931-10-23 - Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
1931-11-09 - Whitey Herzog, baseball manager (St Louis Cardinals)
1932-02-09 - Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player
1932-03-25 - Woody (Woodson) Held, baseball player
1932-03-27 - Wes Covington, baseball player (Phila Phillies)
1932-06-27 - Eddie Kasko, baseball player
1932-09-30 - Johnny Podres, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1932-10-02 - Maury Wills, baseball shortstop (LA Dodgers, NL MVP 1962)
1933-03-06 - Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1933-03-20 - George Altman, American baseball player
1933-06-02 - Jerry Lumpe, baseball player
Famous Deaths
Results 301 - 339 of 339
2005-07-30 - Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (b. 1905)
2005-08-08 - Gene Mauch, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2005-10-30 - Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (b. 1908)
2005-12-03 - Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2005-12-21 - Elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)
2006-03-06 - Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (b. 1960)
2006-04-09 - Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and official (b. 1916)
2006-04-13 - Bill Baker, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2006-06-20 - Billy Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1918)
2006-10-06 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2006-10-11 - Cory Lidle, American baseball pitcher (b. 1972)
2006-10-27 - Joe Niekro, American baseball player (b. 1944)
2006-11-07 - Johnny Sain, American baseball pitcher (b. 1917)
2006-11-22 - Pat Dobson, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2006-12-08 - José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)
2006-12-17 - Larry Sherry, American baseball player (b. 1935)
2006-12-31 - George Sisler, Jr., baseball executive (b. 1917)
2007-01-01 - Ernie Koy, American baseball player (b. 1909)
2007-02-01 - Ray Berres, American baseball player (b. 1907)
2007-02-04 - Steve Barber, American baseball pitcher (b. 1938)
2007-02-06 - Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2007-02-09 - Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. 1922)
2007-03-02 - Clem Labine, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2007-03-08 - John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach.. (b. 1947)
2007-03-15 - Bowie Kuhn, American commissioner of baseball (b. 1926)
2007-04-29 - Milt Bocek, American baseball player (b. 1912)
2007-04-29 - Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978)
2007-06-04 - Clete Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1937)
2007-06-23 - Rod Beck, American baseball player (b. 1968)
2007-07-22 - Mike Coolbaugh former baseball player and coach (b.1972)
2007-07-22 - Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (b. 1906)
2007-08-13 - Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
2007-11-13 - Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937)
2007-11-15 - Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
2007-11-23 - Joe Kennedy, American baseball player (b. 1979)
2008-01-02 - Gerry Staley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2008-01-13 - Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)
2008-04-14 - Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (b. 1918)
2008-04-19 - John Marzano, American baseball player (b. 1963)
