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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1861 Tony Hellman

The Cincinnati native appeared in a single game as a catcher for Baltimore while the Orioles were in the River City on October 10, 1886. Cincinnati had no problem winning, 12 – 4. As for Hellman, he was hitless in three at bats and, whilst he made no errors, he was charged with five passed balls.

Hellman died in his home of acute nephritis at 37 years old.

“Baseball Gossip,” Cincinnati Enquirer, March 30, 1898: 4.

1869 Marty Honan
1875 Dave Fultz
1885 Jack Lively
1899 Hal Elliott
1899 Art Reinhart
1901 Jim Stroner
1907 Phil Gallivan
1910 George McQuinn
1915 Vance Dinges
1917 Jim Missouri
1918 Bill Burich
1919 Al Brancato
1920 Sammy Haynes
1922 John Williams
1928 Willard Schmidt
1929 Roberto Vargas
1931 John Baumgartner
1938 Dale Willis
1941 John Kennedy
1945 John “Blue Moon” Odom
1945 Clyde Mashore
1946 Dyar Miller
1952 Fred Holdsworth
1953 Mike Dupree
1958 Jamie Allen
1958 Mike Stenhouse
1962 Eric Davis
1965 Charlie Hayes
1967 Bill Risley
1969 Toby Borland
1973 Trever Miller
1975 Sean Spencer
1976 Jerry Hairston
1979 John Rheinecker
1980 Cha-Seung Baek
1982 Matt Macri
1990 Tyler Pill
1990 Trevor Rosenthal
1990 Joe Biagini
1991 Steven Matz
1991 Nick Wittgren
1992 D.J. Snelten
1994 Ka’ai Tom
1995 Conner Menez
1995 Zack Short
1996 Bobby Bradley
1997 Tyler Nevin
1998 Brenan Hanifee
1998 Connor Thomas
1999 Patrick Bailey
2002 Paul Skenes

OBITUARIES:

1876 Tom Miller

Take your choice as to what took Reddy Miller, a Philadelphia based catcher, to the next league around the age of 26. It came on quickly – but the Philadelphia Inquirer says inflammation of the bowels and the Lancaster Intelligencer noted disease of the kidneys. The Intelligencer‘s reporting was a week later than the Inquirer – maybe it had better information. Maybe it was malaria.

Miller spent a small part of 1874 on the Philadelphia Athletics, the a full season in 1875 with the St. Louis Brown Stockings – both of the National Association. He was still on the St. Louis roster for 1876, but he never played a game with them even though he was traveling with the team.

Richard Hershberger wrote his bio for SABR.

“Base Ball Notes,” Lancaster Intelligencer, June 7, 1876: 2.
“Local Summary, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 31, 1876: 3.

1932 Frank Lobert
1939 William McCarthy
1943 Pat Wright
1949 Doc Scanlan
1952 Doc Lavan
1955 Ray Brown
1959 Dutch Ussat
1963 Fred Herbert
1964 Eli Cates
1965 Mike McNally
1966 Hippo Vaughn
1972 Moe Berg
1978 Carl Reynolds
1979 Sig Jakucki
1982 Erv Palica
1983 Charley Thomas
1985 Billy Zitzmann
1987 Jack Sheehan
1989 Julio Baez
1993 Alex Kampouris
2002 Sam Page
2010 Jeriome Robertson
2018 Ray Barker
2020 Hank Mason
2024 Hank Allen

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!

1884 Columbus’ Cannonball Ed Morris fires a no-hitter to beat Pittsburgh, 5
– 0. By the way, Pittsburgh purchased Morris at the end of the season. If
you have never heard of him, neither had I, but he is considered one of the
early great lefty throwers.

1922 A Supreme Court decision says that baseball, being a sport, is exempt
from anti-trust laws.

1928 Bill Terry’s six RBI come courtesy of his four hits – and completes the
cycle.

1962 Buck O’Neill is signed by the Cubs to be a coach – the first black coach
in the majors.

2000 Former Yankee Randy Velarde snares a Shane Spencer liner, steps on second, and tags a runner coming from first – completing an unassisted triple play.

2010 Roy Halliday, only 20 days later, duplicates the feat of Dallas Braden
and throws a perfect game to beat the Marlins.

TRANSACTION WIRE:

1906 Washington purchases Daredevil Dave Altizer from Lancaster in the Ohio-Penn League… Loved that nickname.

1922 The White Sox send three players and cash to San Francisco of the PCL for Willie Kamm.

1925 The Yankees send three players and cash to St. Paul of the AA for Mark Koenig.

1931 The Cubs get Rollie Hemsley from the Pirates for Earl Grace.

1939 Philadelphia sends Claude Passeau to the Cubs for Kirby Higbe, Ray Harrell, and Joe Marty.

1965 San Francisco sends Ed Bailey, Harvey Kuenn and Bob Hendley to the Cubs for Dick Bertell and Len Gabrielson.

1971 The Reds get outfielder George Foster from the Giants for Frank Duffy and Vern Geishart.

1981 The Mets get Ellis Valentine from the Expos for Jeff Reardon and Dan Norman.