BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1849 Dave Eggler
1852 Charley Jones
1865 John Cahill
1872 Shorty Gallagher
1874 Seth Sigsby
1879 Bob Edmondson
1887 Ed Forsyth
1887 Babe Danzig
1888 Paul Wachtel
1890 Bill Pierce
1891 Tony Brottem
1897 Walt Walsh
1902 Bill Deitrick
1904 Neal Baker
1904 Tony Murray
1907 Jumbo Brown
1912 Chet Laabs
1914 Donald Jarmon
1916 Lamb Barbee
1920 Lorenzo Cabrera
1922 Leonardo Chapman
1934 Ken Retzer
1939 Bob Hendley
1945 Ray Miller
1947 Jim Clark
1948 Mike Barlow
1949 Phil Garner
1954 Joe Strain
1961 Tony Mack
1964 Jeff Reboulet
1971 Ryan Hawblitzel
1980 Mark Saccomanno
1988 Ryan O’Rourke
1988 Jesus Sucre
1989 Phil Klein
1994 Jose Peraza
1995 Jesus Tinoco
1996 Michael Kopech
1996 Zac Lowther
1998 Darius Vines
1999 Canaan Smith-Njoba
1999 Edouard Julien
OBITUARIES:
1901 Dude Esterbrook
“Thomas G. Esterbrook, known to ballplayers in all parts of the country as ‘Dude’ Esterbrook, jumped headforemost from a swiftly running train near Tuxedo yesterday and was killed. For more than two years he has suffered from a mild form of dementia, and yesterday his brother and Henry S. Sengstacken, an attendant, started with him for the Middletown State Hospital. Suddenly, when neither was looking, he raised the window and plunged from the car.
“Sengstacken made a desperate effort to seize the crazed man, but was unable to hold him. The engine driver was signalled to stop, and the train was backed to where he died. His skull was fractured and he was injured seriously elsewhere.
“Esterbrook was one of the most graceful athletes who ever played ball. He was a fine runner, very sure in making fly catches, but only a fair batter. In fact, his inability to bat up to the standard of to-day’s game caused his retirement earlier than his age warranted. He was a great favorite in this city when a member of the the old Metropolitans and subsequently added to his reputation by a fine season with the Cleveland National League club. He tried to play third base for the New York League Club, and while he did fairly well, his best position was in the outfield.
“He acquired the name ‘Dude’ by his immaculate attire. He was always dressed in the latest fashion, and was never without a carnation in the lapel of his coat.”
“Thomas Esterbrook Killed,” Brooklyn Standard Union, May 01, 1901: 3.
1929 Dan Long
PCL star, manager, and west coast scout for Charles Comiskey – he found a good number of players, including Frank Chance, Duffy Lewis, and Oscar Vitt among others. His boat was late, so he didn’t get to his train as quickly as he might. He ran to a passenger car and tried to jump on, but his foot slipped and he went under the car. He was crushed immediately.
“Train Kills Danny Long, Baseball Vet,” San Francisco Examiner, May 1, 1929: 1, 4.
1938 Sun Daly
The only obit I could find online for James J. Daly spelled his name as James A. Daley (Rutland Daily Herald – May 2, 1938). It didn’t mention how he died, but that he died at home…
1940 Patsy Dougherty
Dougherty was working with a bank in Bolivar, NY when he died. Apparently he was a school age friend of newspaper publisher Frank Gannett and they played on the same town teams. Gannett claimed that Dougherty tried to convince him to play professionally, but Gannett chose school instead. “Gannett Sorry Over Death of Old Catcher,” Elmira Star-Gazette, May 3, 1940: 22.
1950 Tom Niland
Died at his home in Lynn, MA – his obituary notes that after his baseball career was over, he spent four years on the state boxing commission. “Thomas J. Niland,” Boston Globe, May 2, 1950: 23
1952 Frank Madden
According to Madden’s death certificate, Madden died of a cerebral vascular accident thanks to having suffered from arteriosclerosis for some time. After his baseball career, Madden was a candy maker (technically, a candy separator according to the 1950 US Census) – which makes you wish he did that WHILE he was a baseball player as that would have been a fun nickname. (More fun than, say, “Red” – which suggests the ruddiness of his Irish skin or the color of his hair…) His birthdate is listed as 1892 in all of your published references (as of 2024), but the 1900 US Census, his death certificate, and his Social Security Admin docs all say he was born in 1891. (Some good SABR person must have tipped off Baseball-Reference.com since I first wrote this… It’s fixed now.)
Madden played in but two games for the Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League in 1914, one as a pinch hitter and one as a substitute catcher. In his debut game, the second game of a July 4th double header, Madden batted in the tenth inning against the Baltimore Terrapins against Frank Smith, the former White Sox star pitcher. Madden’s single drove in the winning run.
1960 Herman Pillette
1960 Oscar Owens
1962 Russ Miller
1962 Al Demaree
1969 Colonel Snover
1970 Dan Jessee
1970 Chick Gagnon
1971 Slim Harrell
1977 Elam Vangilder
1979 Wally Kopf
1982 Leo Dickerman
1986 Bill Higdon
2000 Bill Lynn
2001 Frank Stewart
2006 Dave Bartosch
2011 Mike Krsnich
2011 Milton Navarro
2018 Frank Ernaga
Ernaga was an outfielder with the Cubs during parts of the 1957 and 1958 season, famous for hitting a homer and triple in his first to MLB at bats – off Warren Spahn, no less. After his baseball days were over, he worked in construction and eventually education and spent his life teaching kids to play baseball and watching kids play baseball at the local high school and nearby colleges. Entered and exited this world in Susanville, California – the local little league facility is named for him there.
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!
1919 Burleigh Grimes (Brooklyn) and Joe Oeschger (Philadelphia) go 20 innings in a game that ends in a 9 – 9 tie. Oeschger would join Brooklyn the following season and throw 26 innings in a 1 – 1 tie.
1922 Charlie Robertson throws a perfect game in just his fourth career start to beat the Tigers.
1940 James “Tex” Carleton fires a no-hitter to beat the Reds, 3 – 0.
1944 Phil Weintraub has 11 RBIs and Mel Ott scores six runs in a 26 – 8 pounding of the Dodgers. Weintraub went 4 for 5 with two doubles, a triple, and a homer. Oddly, he was the third player to get at least 11 RBIs in a game – and no player had yet had a 10 RBI game.
For Ott, this was the second time he scored six runs in a game (he did it first in 1934) and got on base seven times (two hits, five walks).
1946 Bob Feller throws his second career no-hitter, a 1 – 0 win over the Yankees.
1961 Willie Mays slams four homers to help beat the Braves.
1969 Jim Maloney blanks the Astros, the third no-hitter in his career.
TRANSACTION WIRE:
1923 New York signs Columbia University slugger Lou Gehrig.
1951 Three Team Deal… The White Sox send Dave Philley and Gus Zernial to the Athletics. Philadelphia sends Paul Lehner to the White Sox and Lou Brissie to the Indians. The Indians sent Sam Zoldak and Ray Murray to the Athletics and Minnie Minoso to the White Sox.
1974 Kansas City sends Paul Schaal to the Angels for Richie Schienblum.
1989 The Yankees send Al Leiter to the Blue Jays for Jesse Barfield.
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