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2003 Warren Spahn, American Baseball pitcher, dies at home
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 Executive Council suspends New York Yankees 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, Philadelphia 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 1st female baseball 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 Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yankees 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 home run 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 (Yankees-Orioles) 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 home runs 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 (Pittsburgh 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, Cleveland 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 Executive 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 home run 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 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, Philadelphia 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 manager (Cleveland, 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 becomes baseball's 1st black manager with the Cleveland 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 manager 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 Philadelphia'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 Hall of Fame 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, born in Tampa, Florida, baseball player, outfielder, played for Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball team, played for New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, 2005 World Series Champion 1970 Mike Kelly, born in Los Angeles, California, Michael Raymond Kelly, baseball player, outfielder, attended Arizona State University, played outfield for Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, won Golden Spikes Award, 1991 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/U.S. 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 (Detroit Tigers/534 home runs), dies at 59 1967 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA 1967 John Doherty, born in the Bronx, New York, John Harold Doherty, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball teams 1967 Rick Wilkins, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Richard Wilkins, baseball player, catcher, played Major League teams San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, also played for Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets 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/manager (Cards, New York Yankees), 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/U.S. 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 Branch Rickey, American baseball player, manager, and general manager 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, born in Mesa, Arizona, Dale Le Beau Allred, baseball player, outfielder, played for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team for three seasons from 1989 - 1991 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, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics 1964 Mike Twardoski, baseball player 1964 Steve Searcy, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, William Steven Searcy, baseball player, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball teams from 1998 - 1992 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, born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Jose Manuel Roberto Guillermo Contreras Oquendo, baseball player, infielder, coach, signed with New York Mets at age fifteen, member, St. Louis Cardinals, played 1987 World Series, record for fewest second baseman errors, 1990 1963 Don August, born in Inglewood, California, Donald Glenn August, baseball player, pitcher, batted right-handed, pitched right-handed, played for Milwaukee Brewers 1988 - 1991, related to Archbishop of Philadelphia Justin Francis Rigali 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/U.S. 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 Yankees, 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 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, Detroit 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, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Gary Andrew Varsho, baseball player, outfielder, played for Major League Baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, played in 1991 and 1992 National League Championship Series 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, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Barry Stephen Lyons, baseball player, catcher, played for Major League Baseball teams, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, served as backup catcher to Gary Carter, named Most Valuable Player, South Atlantic League, 1984 1960 Jack Daugherty, baseball player 1960 Steve Lyons, born in Tacoma, Washington, Stephen John Lyons, nicknamed 'Psycho', baseball player, outfielder, third baseman, television sportscaster, played with Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball team, known for oddities, such as playing hangman and tic-tac-toe with his spikes 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, born in Chicago, Illinois, baseball player, stolen base king, A's, Yankees 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, born in South Bend, Indiana, Richard William 'Dickie' Thon, baseball player, shortstop, played for Major League Baseball teams California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, suffered Mike Torrez fastball facial injury, Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Famer, 2003 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, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees 1958 Bill Dawley, born in Norwich, Connecticut, baseball player, pitcher, played Major League Baseball with the Houston Astros, Chicago Whitesox, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics 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, born in San Antonio, Texas, Daniel William Heep, athlete, baseball player, outfielder, coach, played for Houston Astros, played in two World Series, 1986 with New York Mets, 1988 with Los Angeles Dodgers, head coach for University of the Incarnate Word, Texas 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 Senator 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 Detroit 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, born in Santa Monica, California, nickname 'Cuffs', baseball player, pitcher, played for American and National League teams, including, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners 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, Cleveland 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, born in Puerto Piritu, Venezuela, Antonio Rafael Armas Machado, baseball player, two-time All-Star, played with California Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, susceptible to injuries, on disabled list 12 times, missing 302 games 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" (Tennessee) 1952 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia 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 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, born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, Benigno Ayala Felix, Major League Baseball player, played outfield, first base, designated hitter for New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals 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, Chicago 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, born in Los Angeles, California, baseball player, second baseman for Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Major League Baseball teams 1950 Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1950 Burt Hooton, born in Greenville, Texas, Burt Carlton Hooton, baseball player, nicknamed 'Happy', right-handed starting pitcher for Major League Baseball teams Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers 1950 Dan Quisenberry, baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals 1949 Bobby Jones, baseball player 1949 Steve Busby, born in Burbank, California, baseball player, sportscaster, starting pitcher, played for Major League Baseball team Kansas City Royals 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, Yankees, Giants 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 home run 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 Mount 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 stops playing baseball 1946 Reggie Jackson, Mr. October - baseball rightfielder, Yankees, A's 1946 1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs 1946 Bill Sudakis, baseball player 1946 Bobby Bond, baseball player, Giants, Yankees, etc 1945 Al Michaels, Brooklyn, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football 1945 Happy Chandler, resigns as U.S. Senator, remains as baseball commish 1945 Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest) 1945 Rod Carew, baseball slugger, AL Rookie of Year 1967 1945 Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off 1945 Curtis Blefary, baseball player, 1965 AL rookie of year 1945 New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier 1945 Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner 1945 Don Sutton, baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1945 Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer 1945 No one is elected to baseball's Hall of Fame 1945 Tony Conigliaro, Massachusetts, baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox 1944 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78 1944 Joe Niekro, baseball knuckler, New York Yankees 1944 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh 1944 Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore 1944 Ron Swoboda, baseball outfielder/sportscaster, New York Yankees, New York Mets 1944 Dave Nelson, baseball player 1944 Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion 1944 Denny McLain, baseball pitcher, Detroit Tigers, 31 wins in 1968 1944 Youngest baseball player, Cincinnati Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall 1944 Sal Bando, baseball player for the Oakland A's 1944 Baseball meets in New York City to discuss postwar action 1943 Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core 1943 Ferguson Jenkins, baseball pitcher, Red Sox 1943 Phils owner William D. Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team 1943 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia 1943 Andy Etchebarren, baseball catcher for the Baltimore Orioles 1943 Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 minutes), White Sox beat Senators 1943 Jesus Alou, baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants 1943 Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata) 1943 Bob Oliver, baseball player 1943 Davy Johnson, baseball manager for the New York Mets 1943 Jim Lefebvre, Hawthorne California, baseball manager for the Seattle Mariners 1942 Willie Horton, baseball slugger for the Detroit Tigers 1942 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York 1942 Hal Lanier, baseball player 1942 Bruce DalCanton, baseball player 1942 Duane Josephson, baseball player 1942 New York City ends night baseball games for rest of WW II 1942 Tony Perez, baseball player 1942 Bert Campaneris, baseball player for the Oakland A's 1942 Richie Allen, baseball player, AL MVP 1972 1942 Baseball decides that players in military can't play when on furlough 1942 Fritz Peterson, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1942 Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II 1941 Jeff Torborg, baseball player 1941 Tim McCarver, baseball catcher, Cards, Phils, asportscaster, ABC, CBS 1941 Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg 1941 Boog Powell, baseball player, AL MVP 1970 1941 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit 1941 Duane Duke Sims, baseball player 1941 Ken Berry, baseball player, White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians 1941 A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium for the Chicago Cubs 1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) 1940 Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees 1940 Japan eliminates U.S. terms (strike, play ball) from baseball 1940 Joe Pepitone, baseball 1st baseman, New York Yankee 1940 Frank Linzy, baseball player 1940 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis 1940 Cesar Tovar, baseball player 1940 Jack Acker, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1940 Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman, New York Yankees 1940 Jim Maloney, baseball pitcher 1940 Ed Garvey, labor leader, Major League Baseball Players Association 1940 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition) 1940 Ron Santo, shortstop, Cubs, 1st baseball player to veto his trade 1939 Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1939 Jim Northrup, baseball player 1939 New York Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph) 1939 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS New York) 1939 Joe Azcue, baseball player 1939 Claude Osteen, baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1939 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York New York Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees 1939 Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader for the St. Louis Cardinals 1939 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York 1939 Phil Linz, baseball shortstop, New York Yankees 1939 1st sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball 1939 Milt Pappas, baseball pitcher 1939 Herbert Hippauf, baseball player 1939 Von McDaniel, baseball player 1938 Jose Tartabull, baseball player 1938 Gaylord Perry, baseball player, 1972 AL Cy Young winner 1938 Alexander Cartwright selects to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1938 1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals) 1938 6th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati 1938 Don Pavletich, baseball player 1938 Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit 1938 Billy Williams, baseball player, Cubs 1938 Art Mahaffey, baseball player 1938 Gene Michael, baseball shortstop/manager/general manger, New York Yankees 1938 Protective baseball helmets 1st worn by batters 1938 Francis Thomas, Fay, Vincent, baseball commissioner 1938 Merritt Ranew, baseball player 1938 A Bartlett Giamatti, born in Boston, President of Yale and baseball commissioner, 1989 1938 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York 1938 Donald Schwall, baseball player, 1961 AL rookie of year 1938 Manny Mota, baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1938 Juan Pizarro, baseball player 1937 Juan Marichal, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1937 Eli Jacobs, baseball owner for the Baltimore Orioles 1937 Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics, 1984, baseball commissioner 1937 5th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 8-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash 1937 Dick Berardino, baseball player 1937 Jim Hickman, baseball player, Mets, Dodgers, Cubs 1937 Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1936 AL OKs night baseball for St. Louis 1936 Stan Williams, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers 1936 Demo baseball game at 1936 Olympics in Berlin, world beats U.S., 6-5 1936 Frank Howard, baseball player, NL Rookie of the Year 1960 1936 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston 1936 Harmon Killebrew, baseball player, Minnesota Twins 1936 Floyd Robinson, baseball player, White Sox, Reds, A's 1936 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5 1936 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson 1935 Cal Ripken Sr, baseball manager for the Baltimore Orioles 1935 Frank Robinson, baseball player/manager, MVP 1961-NL 1966-AL 1935 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1935 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1) 1934 Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms 1934 Ford Frick becomes president of baseball's National League 1934 NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team) 1934 Al Kaline, born in Baltimore, Maryland, baseball outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1934 Bill Giles, born in Rochester, New York, baseball owner for the Philadelphia Phillies 1934 Roberto Clemente, U.S. baseball outfielder, Pittsburgh Pirates 1934 Wilbert Robinson, baseball manager (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies 1934 Dallas Green, baseball manager, Phillies, Yankees 1934 Bud Selig, owner, Milw Brewers, acting baseball commissioner 1934 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York 1934 Jim Gentile, baseball player 1934 George "Sparky" Anderson, South Dakota, baseball manager, Reds, Tigers 1934 Hank Aaron, born in Mobile, Alabama, baseball player, record 755 home runs, 1957 NL MVP 1934 National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball 1933 Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15 1933 Rocky Colavito, Bronx, baseball player, Hit 4 home runs in a game 1933 1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago 1933 Frank Baumann, baseball player 1933 Jerry Lumpe, baseball player 1932 Maury Wills, baseball shortstop, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL MVP 1962 1932 John McGraw retires from baseball 1932 Wes Covington, baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies 1932 Woody, Woodson, Held, baseball player 1931 Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players and NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers 1931 Whitey Herzog, baseball manager for the St. Louis Cardinals 1931 Eddie Collins and Harry Heilmann, retire from baseball 1931 Larry Jackson, baseball player 1931 Jim Frey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, manager, coach, Major League Baseball teams, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs 1931 Willie Mays, baseball centerfielder, "Say Hey Kid", 660 home runs, MVP 1954 1931 Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball 1931 John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on 1931 Ban Johnson, founder of baseball's American League, dies at 67 1931 Willie Mays, Hall of Fame baseball centerfielder, Giants, New York Mets 1931 Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness 1931 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball) 1931 National League adopts a deader baseball 1931 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League 1930 Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book 1930 Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a home run, now a double 1930 Harvey Kuenn, baseball player, AL Rookie of the Year-1953 1930 Jack McKeon, baseball player 1930 Bill Fischer, baseball player 1930 Carl Barger, Lewistown Pennsylvania, baseball President, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins 1930 1st night organized baseball game Independence. Kansas 1930 Frank Malzone, baseball player 1929 Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (New York Giants), dies at 58 1929 Jimmy Piersall, baseball player, Red Sox, Senators, Indians 1929 James Brosnan, baseball player/writer, Long Season 1929 Bill Tuttle, baseball player 1929 Chuck Tanner, baseball player 1929 Dick Williams, baseball player, manager, including Seattle 1986-87 1928 Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th and final career hit 1928 Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman and manager, New York Yankees, Oakland A's 1928 Elroy Face, baseball pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates 1928 Al "Fuzzy" Smith, baseball player 1927 Jim Simpson, Washington D.C., sportscaster, Monday Night Baseball 1927 Vin[ce] Scully, sportscaster, NBC Baseball Game of the Week 1927 Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1927 Ruben Gomez, baseball player 1927 Jackie Collum, baseball player 1927 Ray Katt, baseball player 1927 Richie Ashburn, baseball infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies/sportscaster 1927 Jack Jensen, baseball player, AL MVP 1958 1927 Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year) 1927 Smokey Burgess, baseball catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates 1927 Lou Creekmur, Baseball Hall-of-Famer 1926 Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner 1926 Carl Erskine, baseball player, Brooklyn Dodgers 1926 Lew Burdette, baseball player 1926 Bowie Kuhn, born in Maryland, lawyer, sports administrator, fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1925 Bobby Shantz, baseball player, 1952 AL MVP 1925 Harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher, pitched perfect game into 12th 1925 Gene Baker, baseball player 1925 No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral 1925 Vic Wertz, baseball player 1925 French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings 1924 Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL, Cleveland Indians 1924 Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Mets 1924 Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Washington Senators) 1924 Joe Black, baseball player 1923 Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding 1923 Al "Red" Schoendienst, baseball manager/2nd baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals 1922 Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes 1922 Art Fowler, baseball player 1922 John McNamara, baseball player 1922 U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws 1922 Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball 1921 Joe "Ducky" Medwick, baseball player 1921 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) 1921 Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 1921 Hoot Evers, baseball player 1921 Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball 1920 Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner 1920 Baseball meeting to depose Ban Johnson is set for Nov 12th 1920 Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st post-season grand slam 1920 Bob Kennedy, baseball player 1920 Harry Caray, baseball announcer, Chicago Cubs 1920 Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball 1920 Buddy Blattner, baseball player 1920 Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to 1920 Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer, pitcher 1919 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball 1919 Ralph Houk, baseball manager, Yankees, Tigers 1919 Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap 1919 1st legal Sunday baseball game in New York City (Phillies beat Giants 4-3) 1919 Hank Sauer, baseball player, NL MVP 1952 1919 Monty Irvin, baseball hall of famer for the New York Giants 1919 Jackie Robinson, born in Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player, Dodgers 1918 William Kennedy, baseball player 1918 John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League 1918 Phil Rizzuto, born in Brooklyn, New York, Major League Baseball player, shortstop for the New York Yankees 1918 Baseball season ends due to WW I 1918 Ted Williams, Baseball's last .400 hitter for the Boston Red Sox 1918 Washington catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for deferment from the draft Secretary of War Newton D. Baker rules baseball players are not draft exempt 1918 Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington D.C. 1918 Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher, Brooklyn Dodgers 1918 Charles O Finley, baseball team owner for the Oakland A's 1918 Dominic DiMaggio, baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox 1918 William Rigney, baseball manager for the San Francisco Giants 1917 Marty Marion, baseball player, NL MVP 1944 1917 Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager, Pittsburgh Pirates 1917 Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw and Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws 1917 Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager, 1948 AP Athlete of Year 1917 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service 1917 Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I 1917 Jim Konstanty, baseball player, NL MVP 1950 1916 Bob Elliot, baseball player 1916 Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown final baseball game 1916 Phillip Cavaretta, baseball player, NL MVP 1945 1916 Eddie Joost, baseball player 1915 Federal Baseball League disolved 1915 Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati 1915 Max Lanier, baseball player 1915 Harry Craft, baseball manager 1915 Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit 1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox 1914 Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player 1914 Bill Veeck, baseball club owner 1914 Bert Haas, baseball player 1914 New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt 1913 John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League 1913 Mort Cooper, baseball player, NL MVP 1942 1912 Vincent DiMaggio, baseball player, Giants, Phils, Reds, Braves 1912 AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball 1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs. Harvard) 1912 Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins 1911 Walter Alston, baseball manager, Dodgers 1911 Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379) 1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP 1911 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, HOF baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals 1910 Hal Schumacher, baseball player 1910 1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series 1910 Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park 1910 Taft is 1st President to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game 1909 Thomas J Lynch becomes president of baseball's National League 1909 Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det 1909 Spud Chandler, baseball player, AL MVP 1943 1909 A. J. Reach Co. patents cork-centered baseball 1909 John A. Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League 1909 1st pro baseball game, minor league, played under lights 1909 Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals 1909 Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years 1909 Emil "Dutch" Leonard, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox 1908 Lefty Gomez, baseball pitcher 1908 1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda U, 5-0 1908 Baseball Writers Association of America, forms 1908 Baseball Writers Association, formed 1908 New York Giants scores shown on electric diamonds known as "Compton's Baseball Bulletin" at MSG 1908 Alfonso Lopez, baseball player, AL Manager of the year 1959 1908 Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 1908 Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday 1907 Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball 1907 Dick Bartell, baseball player 1907 Jimmy Foxx, baseball home run hitter, 534, Detroit Tigers 1906 Joe Cronin, baseball, Pirates, Red Sox, Senators, MVP 1930, AL President 1906 Leo Durocher, born in Massachusetts, baseball manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants 1906 Satchel Paige, American Athlete, baseball pitcher, never look back 1905 Rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher 1905 Roy Peaches Davis, baseball pitcher 1905 Waseda University of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball 1905 Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months 1904 Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913 1903 Walter O'Malley, baseball team owner, Dodgers 1903 1st baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox) 1903 Bill Bradley becomes 1st Cleveland baseball player (Cleveland Naps) to hit for cycle 1903 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, .320 avg 1903 Thomas Yawkey, baseball owner for the Boston Red Sox 1903 2 NYers buy Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and moved it to NY 1903 Baseball's National and American Leagues make peace 1902 Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1902 Minor League's most lopsided baseball game: Corsicana 51; Texarkana 3 Justin Clark of Corsicana, Texas minors hits 8 home runs in 1 game 1902 Sal Gliatto, baseball player 1901 11 baseball games canceled due to funeral of President William McKinley 1901 National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms 1901 In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit) 1901 1st games played in baseball's American League 1900 Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees) enter baseball's American League 1900 Carl Hubbard, Missouri, baseball and football Hall of Famer 1900 [Leon] Goose Goslin, baseball hall of famer, AL bat champ 1928 1900 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids) 1900 Robert "Lefty" Grove, baseball pitcher, 300 game winner 1899 Harold "Pie" Traynor, baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman, Pirates 1898 Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, New York City, baseball player, NL MVP 1931 1897 Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball) 1897 Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player and organized Japanese baseball 1896 Arch Ward, sportswriter, proposed baseball's all-star game 1896 Bucky Harris, baseball manager, Phillies, Yankees 1896 Warren Giles, baseball's National League president 1895 Edward Gill, baseball player 1895 Babe Ruth, American Athlete, baseball legend 1894 Ford Frick, baseball commissioner, 1951 - 1965 1894 Harry Heilmann, born in San Francisco, California, baseball hall of famer outfielder, Detroit 1894 Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 home runs in 1 baseball game 1894 Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium and 170 other buildings 1893 Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday 1892 John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game 1892 Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter 1892 1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1 1890 1st pro baseball game, New York Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in New York City 1890 1st baseball tripleheader-Boston vs Pittsburgh 1890 Casey Stengel, baseball manager, Yankees, 1949 - 1960, New York Met's 1st 1889 Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL 1889 Softball rules adopted by Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League 1889 Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss 1888 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia 1888 Chicago and All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand 1888 Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose 1887 Grover Cleveland Alexander, HOF baseball pitcher, Phillies, Cubs 1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes in Pittsburgh 1887 Henry Zimmerman, baseball player, 1912-batted .372 with 14 home runs 1885 John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players, 1st baseball union 1885 Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season 1885 Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player 1884 Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds New York City to determine baseball champion 1883 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (New York Gothams beat Cleveland Spiders 5-2) 1883 1st night baseball under lights, Ft. Wayne Indiana 1883 Baseball game between one-armed and one-legged players 1883 Charles Bender, only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame 1883 Baseball returns to Philadelphia, 1st NL game since 1876 1883 Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager 1882 1st baseball doubleheader (Providence and Worcester) 1881 Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager, New York Yankees 1881 Branch Rickey, born in Portsmouth, Ohio, baseball executive, Dodgers 1880 Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher, Won 37 in 1908 1880 Joseph Tinker, baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo 1880 1st baseball perfect game, John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleveland 1879 Cincinnati Enquirer publishes 1st report on baseball reserve clause 1879 Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill 1878 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines 1877 Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance 1877 Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game 1877 International Association (minor baseball league) organizes 1876 Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St. Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford 1876 Philadelphia Nationals Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run 1876 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Philadelphia-5) 1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football 1876 Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 1875 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St. Louis 0 1874 1st baseball teams to play outside U.S., Boston-Philadelphia in British Isles 1874 Jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees - won 41 in 1904 1874 Baseball batter's box is officially adopted 1874 Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds 1871 Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant 1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double 1871 Joseph McGinnity, born in Rock Island, Illinois, baseball pitcher for the New York Giants 1870 Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years 1870 New York Times dubs baseball "The National Game" 1869 Clark Griffith, Missouri, baseball player/manager, New York Yankees 1869 Cincinnati Reds play their 1st baseball game, win 41-7 1869 1st pro baseball games-Cincinnati Reds 24, Cincinnati amateurs 15 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team 1868 1st baseball game played in enclosed field in SF, at 25th and Folsom 1866 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball 1866 Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms 1866 William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, New Jersey, hall of fame baseball player 1865 Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner for the Pittsburgh Pirates 1864 Ban Johnson, Norwalk, Connecticut, baseball founder, American League 1862 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC 1862 Connie Mack, born in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, HOF baseball executive/manager, Philadelphia A's 1900 - 1950 1862 William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99 1862 Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 1st baseball enclosure, opens 1860 Organized baseball played in San Francisco for 1st time 1859 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32 1859 Philadelphia A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later 1858 Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents ) (New York beats Brooklyn 22-18) 1857 Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs 1857 National Association of Baseball Players founded, New York 1851 1st baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers 1850 Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company 1848 Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner 1846 1st baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1 1845 1st baseball team is organized 1845 1st baseball team, New York Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code 1839 1st baseball game played in America 1824 Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book |
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